Easy Physics Step-by-Step
With 95 Solved Problems
1st Edition
Published on 17. April 2013
255 pages
978-0-07-180592-6 (ISBN)
Description
What you wont find in Easy Physics Step-by-Step is a lot of endless drills.Instead, you get a clear explanation that breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand steps, followed by highly focused exercises that are linked to core skills--enabling learners to grasp when and how to apply those techniques
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Content
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to Problem Solving in Physics
- The Nature of Science
- The Problem-Solving Ring and the Process Triangle
- 2 Units and Measurements
- Fundamental (SI) Units
- Conversion of Units
- Accuracy and Precision
- Significant Figures and Data Analysis
- Rule for Mathematical Operations
- 3 Graphical Analysis of Data
- How to Make a Simple Linear Graph
- Proportional Relationships
- 4 Linear Motion
- Motion and Frame of Reference
- Kinematic Quantities
- Finding Displacement with Uniformly Accelerated Motion
- Freely Falling Objects
- Graphical Analysis of Linear Motion
- 5 Vectors
- Review of Trigonometry
- Combining Vectors
- Components of Vectors
- 6 Forces
- Types of Forces
- Newton's Laws
- Equilibrium
- Hooke's Law
- Forces on Inclines
- Friction
- 7 Motion in a Plane
- Horizontal Projectiles
- Projectiles Launched at an Angle
- Uniform Circular Motion
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Torque and Rotational Equilibrium
- 8 Work, Energy, and Power
- Work and Power
- Work Done by Springs
- Simple Machines
- Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy
- Conservation of Energy
- 9 Momentum
- Impulse and Momentum
- Conservation of Momentum and One-Dimensional Collisions
- 10 Gravitation
- Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
- Newton's Law of Gravitation
- Applications of Gravitation
- 11 Fluids
- Static Pressure
- Archimedes' Principle
- Buoyancy
- Pascal's Principle
- Bernoulli's Principle
- 12 Heat and the Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Temperature Measurements
- Heat Transfer
- Change of State
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
- 13 Waves
- Properties of Mechanical Waves
- Sound
- 14 Static Electricity
- Electric Charges
- Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields
- Potential Difference and Voltage
- 15 Electric Circuits
- Ohm's Law
- Series Circuits
- Parallel Circuits
- 16 Magnetism
- Terrestrial Magnetism
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetic Induction
- 17 Properties of Light
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Reflection
- Refraction
- Interference and Diffraction
- 18 Geometrical Optics
- Images Formed by Curved Mirrors
- Images Formed by Lenses
- 19 Quantum Theory of Light
- Photoelectric Effect
- Matter Waves
- Compton Effect and Photon Momentum
- 20 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Spectral Lines
- Radioactive Decay
- Bohr Model of the Atom
- Nuclear Models
- Nuclear Binding Energy
- Fission and Fusion
- Answer Key
- Index
