Contents
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2
Preface
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12
Chapter
1:
Introduction:
The
Nature
of
Science
and
Physics
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13
1.2
Physical
Quantities
and
Units
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13
1.3
Accuracy,
Precision,
and
Significant
Figures
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14
Chapter
2:
Kinematics
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16
2.1
Displacement
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16
2.3
Time,
Velocity,
and
Speed
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16
2.5
Motion
Equations
for
Constant
Acceleration
in
One
Dimension
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18
2.7
Falling
Objects
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21
2.8
Graphical
Analysis
of
One-‐Dimensional
Motion
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23
Chapter
3:
Two-‐Dimensional
Kinematics
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25
3.2
Vector
Addition
and
Subtraction:
Graphical
Methods
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25
3.3
Vector
Addition
and
Subtraction:
Analytical
Methods
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27
3.4
Projectile
Motion
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29
3.5
Addition
of
Velocities
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32
Chapter
4:
Dynamics:
Force
and
Newton’s
Laws
of
Motion
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36
4.3
Newton’s
Second
Law
of
Motion:
Concept
of
a
System
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36
4.6
Problem-‐Solving
Strategies
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37
4.7
Further
Applications
of
Newton’s
Laws
of
Motion
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41
Chapter
5:
Further
Application
of
Newton’s
Laws:
Friction,
Drag,
and
Elasticity
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45
2
, 5.1
Friction
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45
5.3
Elasticity:
Stress
and
Strain
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46
Chapter
6:
Uniform
Circular
Motion
and
Gravitation
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49
6.1
Rotation
Angle
and
Angular
Velocity
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49
6.2
Centripetal
Acceleration
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50
6.3
Centripetal
Force
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50
6.5
Newton’s
Universal
Law
of
Gravitation
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51
6.6
Satellites
and
Kepler’s
Laws:
An
Argument
for
Simplicity
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52
Chapter
7:
Work,
Energy,
and
Energy
Resources
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54
7.1
Work:
The
Scientific
Definition
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54
7.2
Kinetic
Energy
and
the
Work-‐Energy
Theorem
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55
7.3
Gravitational
Potential
Energy
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55
7.7
Power
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56
7.8
Work,
Energy,
and
Power
in
Humans
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57
Chapter
8:
Linear
Momentum
and
Collisions
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61
8.1
Linear
Momentum
and
Force
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61
8.2
Impulse
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61
8.3
Conservation
of
Momentum
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62
8.5
Inelastic
Collisions
in
One
Dimension
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63
8.6
Collisions
of
Point
Masses
in
Two
Dimensions
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66
8.7
Introduction
to
Rocket
Propulsion
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68
Chapter
9:
Statics
and
Torque
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70
9.2
The
Second
Condition
for
Equilibrium
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70
9.3
Stability
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70
3
, 9.6
Forces
and
Torques
in
Muscles
and
Joints
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73
Chapter
10:
Rotational
Motion
and
Angular
Momentum
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74
10.1
Angular
Acceleration
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74
10.3
Dynamics
of
Rotational
Motion:
Rotational
Inertia
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75
10.4
Rotational
Kinetic
Energy:
Work
and
Energy
Revisited
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77
10.5
Angular
Momentum
and
Its
Conservation
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79
10.6
Collisions
of
Extended
Bodies
in
Two
Dimensions
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79
Chapter
11:
Fluid
Statics
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81
11.2
Density
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81
11.3
Pressure
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81
11.4
Variation
of
Pressure
with
Depth
in
a
Fluid
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82
11.5
Pascal’s
Principle
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83
11.7
Archimedes’
Principle
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85
11.8
Cohesion
and
Adhesion
in
Liquids:
Surface
Tension
and
Capillary
Action
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87
11.9
Pressures
in
the
Body
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88
Chapter
12:
Fluid
Dynamics
and
Its
Biological
and
Medical
Applications
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91
12.1
Flow
Rate
and
Its
Relation
to
Velocity
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91
12.2
Bernoulli’s
Equation
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92
12.3
The
Most
General
Applications
of
Bernoulli’s
Equation
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93
12.4
Viscosity
and
Laminar
Flow;
Poiseuille’s
Law
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93
12.5
The
Onset
of
Turbulence
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95
12.7
Molecular
Transport
Phenomena:
Diffusion,
Osmosis,
and
Related
Processes
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96
Chapter
13:
Temperature,
Kinetic
Theory,
and
the
Gas
Laws
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98
13.1
Temperature
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98
4
, 13.2
Thermal
Expansion
of
Solids
and
Liquids
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99
13.3
The
Ideal
Gas
Law
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99
13.4
Kinetic
Theory:
Atomic
and
Molecular
Explanation
of
Pressure
and
Temperature
........
102
13.6
Humidity,
Evaporation,
and
Boiling
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102
Chapter
14:
Heat
and
Heat
Transfer
Methods
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105
14.2
Temperature
Change
and
Heat
Capacity
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105
14.3
Phase
Change
and
Latent
Heat
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106
14.5
Conduction
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108
14.6
Convection
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109
14.7
Radiation
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110
Chapter
15:
Thermodynamics
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113
15.1
The
First
Law
of
Thermodynamics
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113
15.2
The
First
Law
of
Thermodynamics
and
Some
Simple
Processes
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114
15.3
Introduction
to
the
Second
Law
of
Thermodynamics:
Heat
Engines
and
Their
Efficiency
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115
15.5
Applications
of
Thermodynamics:
Heat
Pumps
and
Refrigerators
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115
15.6
Entropy
and
the
Second
Law
of
Thermodynamics:
Disorder
and
the
Unavailability
of
Energy
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116
15.7
Statistical
Interpretation
of
Entropy
and
the
Second
Law
of
Thermodynamics:
The
Underlying
Explanation
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117
Chapter
16:
Oscillatory
Motion
and
Waves
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119
16.1
Hooke’s
Law:
Stress
and
Strain
Revisited
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119
16.2
Period
and
Frequency
in
Oscillations
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120
16.3
Simple
Harmonic
Motion:
A
Special
Periodic
Motion
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120
16.4
The
Simple
Pendulum
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120
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