THE BOOK IN PHYSICS
1 Think Like a Physicist: In the beginning 1 2 Making It All Mean Something: Units and Measurements 17 3 Scientific Notation, Area, and Volume: All Numbers Great and Small 55 4 Equations and Graphs: Learning the Lingo 95 5 Dealing with Directions: Vectors 149 Experiments 193 6 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration: What’s Going On? 203 7 Equations of Motion (Part 1): Playing with Equations 237 8 Equations of Motion (Part 2): Up, Up, and Back Down 283 9 Triangles, Trig and Trajectories: Going Two-Dimensional 335 10 Momentum Conservation: What Newton Did 391 11 Weight and The Normal Force: Forces for Courses 437 12 Using Forces, Momentum, Friction and Impulse: Getting On With It 471 13 Torque and Work: Getting a Lift 515 14 Energy Conservation: Making Your Life Easier 559 15 Tension, Pulleys and Problem Solving: Changing Direction 603 16 Circular Motion (Part 1) From ? to ? 631 17 Circular Motion (Part 2): Staying on Track 663 18 Gravitation and Orbits: Getting Away From It All 715 19 Oscillations (Part 1): Round and Round 761 20 Oscillations (Part 2): Springs ‘n’ Swings 797 21 Think Like a Physicist: It’s the Final Chapter 839