FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS
CONTENTS THE BASICS … MEASUREMENT … CAREERS IN PHYSICS … FAMOUS PHYSICISTS … THE NOBEL PRIZE MOTION AND ITS CAUSES … FORCE AND NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION MOMENTUM AND ENERGY … MOMENTUM … ENERGY STATICS … CENTER OF GRAVITY … STATICS … BRIDGES AND OTHER “STATIC” STRUCTURES FLUIDS … WATER PRESSURE … BLOOD PRESSURE … ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE … SINKING AND FLOATING: BUOYANCY … FLUID DYNAMICS: HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS … AERODYNAMICS … THE SOUND BARRIER … SUPERSONIC FLIGHT THERMAL PHYSICS … THERMAL ENERGY … TEMPERATURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT … ABSOLUTE ZERO … STATES OF MATTER … HEAT … THERMODYNAMICS WAVES … WATER WAVES … ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES … COMMUNICATING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES … PUTTING INFORMATION ON ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES … MICROWAVES … THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION … RESONANCE … IMPEDANCE … THE DOPPLER EFFECT … RADAR … NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR … RADIO ASTRONOMY SOUND … SPEED OF SOUND … HEARING … ULTRASONICS AND INFRASONICS … INTENSITY OF SOUND … ACOUSTICS … MUSICAL ACOUSTICS … NOISE POLLUTION LIGHT … THE SPEED OF LIGHT … POLARIZATION OF LIGHT … OPAQUE, TRANSPARENT, AND TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS … SHADOWS … REFLECTION … MIRRORS … REFRACTION … LENSES … FIBER OPTICS … DIFFRACTION AND INTERFERENCE … COLOR … RAINBOWS … EYESIGHT … CAMERAS … TELESCOPES ELECTRICITY … LEYDEN JARS AND CAPACITORS … VAN DE GRAAF GENERATORS … LIGHTNING … SAFETY PRECAUTIONS … CURRENT ELECTRICITY … RESISTANCE … SUPERCONDUCTORS … OHM’S LAW … ELECTRIC POWER AND ITS USES … CIRCUITS … AC/DC … SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUITS … ELECTRICAL OUTLETS MAGNETISM … ELECTROMAGNETISM … ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY … MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SPACE WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF? … AT THE HEART OF THE ATOM … UNANSWERED QUESTIONS