Conceptual Physics

by Benjamin Crowell

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For a semester-length course, all seven chapters can be covered. For a shorter course, the book is designed so that chapters 1, 2, and 5 are the only ones that are required for continuity; any of the others can be included or omitted at the instructor’s discretion, with the only constraint being that chapter 6 requires chapter 4.

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Fullerton College
Subjects
Physics
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 2.1: Introduction and Review
  7. 2.1.1: Introduction and Review
  8. 2.1.2: Scaling and Order-of-Magnitude Estimates
  9. 2.1.3: Footnotes
  10. 2.1.4: Problems
  11. 2.2: Conservation of Mass
  12. 2.2.1: Mass
  13. 2.2.2: Equivalence of Gravitational and Inertial Mass
  14. 2.2.3: 1.3 Galilean Relativity
  15. 2.2.4: A Preview of Some Modern Physics
  16. 2.2.5: Footnotes
  17. 2.2.6: Problems
  18. 2.3: Conservation of Energy
  19. 2.3.1: Energy
  20. 2.3.2: Numerical Techniques
  21. 2.3.3: Gravitational Phenomena
  22. 2.3.4: Atomic Phenomena
  23. 2.3.5: Oscillations
  24. 2.3.6: Footnotes
  25. 2.3.7: Problems
  26. 2.4: Conservation of Momentum
  27. 2.4.1: Momentum In One Dimension
  28. 2.4.2: Force In One Dimension
  29. 2.4.3: Resonance
  30. 2.4.4: Motion In Three Dimensions
  31. 2.4.5: Footnotes
  32. 2.4.E: Problems
  33. 2.5: Conservation of Angular Momentum
  34. 2.5.1: Angular Momentum In Two Dimensions
  35. 2.5.2: Rigid-Body Rotation
  36. 2.5.3: Angular Momentum In Three Dimensions
  37. 2.5.4: Footnotes
  38. 2.5.E: Conservation of Angular Momentum (Exercises)
  39. 2.6: Thermodynamics
  40. 2.6.1: Pressure and Temperature
  41. 2.6.2: Microscopic Description of An Ideal Gas
  42. 2.6.3: Entropy As a Macroscopic Quantity
  43. 2.6.4: Entropy As a Microscopic Quantity
  44. 2.6.5: More About Heat Engines
  45. 2.6.6: Footnotes
  46. 2.6.E: Thermodynamics (Exercises)
  47. 2.7: Waves
  48. 2.7.1: Free Waves
  49. 2.7.2: Bounded Waves
  50. 2.7.3: Footnotes
  51. 2.7.4: Problems
  52. 2.8: Relativity
  53. 2.8.1: Time Is Not Absolute
  54. 2.8.2: Distortion of Space and Time
  55. 2.8.3: Dynamics
  56. 2.8.4: General Relativity (optional)
  57. 2.8.5: Footnotes
  58. 2.8.E: Relativity (Exercises)
  59. 2.9: Atoms and Electromagnetism
  60. 2.9.1: The Electric Glue
  61. 2.9.2: The Nucleus
  62. 2.9.3: Footnotes
  63. 2.9.4: Problems
  64. 2.10: Circuits
  65. 2.10.1: Current and Voltage
  66. 2.10.2: Parallel and Series Circuits
  67. 2.10.E: Circuits (Exercises)
  68. 2.11: Fields
  69. 2.11.1: Fields of Force
  70. 2.11.2: Voltage Related To Field
  71. 2.11.3: Fields by Superposition
  72. 2.11.4: Energy In Fields
  73. 2.11.5: LRC Circuits
  74. 2.11.6: Fields by Gauss' Law
  75. 2.11.7: Gauss' Law In Differential Form
  76. 2.11.8: Footnotes
  77. 2.11.E: Fields (Exercises)
  78. 2.12: Electromagnetism
  79. 2.12.1: More About the Magnetic Field
  80. 2.12.2: Magnetic Fields by Superposition
  81. 2.12.3: Magnetic Fields by Ampère's Law
  82. 2.12.4: Ampère's Law In Differential Form (Optional)
  83. 2.12.5: Induced Electric Fields
  84. 2.12.6: Maxwell's Equations
  85. 2.12.7: Electromagnetic Properties of Materials
  86. 2.12.8: Footnotes
  87. 2.12.E: Electromagnetism (Exercises)
  88. 2.13: Optics
  89. 2.13.1: The Ray Model of Light
  90. 2.13.2: Images by Reflection
  91. 2.13.3: Images, Quantitatively
  92. 2.13.4: Refraction
  93. 2.13.5: Wave Optics
  94. 2.13.6: Footnotes
  95. 2.13.E: Optics (Exercises)
  96. 2.14: Quantum Physics
  97. 2.14.1: Rules of Randomness
  98. 2.14.2: Light As a Particle
  99. 2.14.3: Matter As a Wave
  100. 2.14.4: The Atom
  101. 2.14.5: Footnotes
  102. 2.14.6: Problems
  103. Back Matter
  104. Index
  105. Glossary
  106. Index
  107. Glossary
  108. Detailed Licensing