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Table of Contents
Chapter 0, The Big Picture: Modern Physics Frontiers
Part 1: Mechanics of Point Particles
Chapter 1, Overview
Chapter 2, Motion in a Straight Line
Chapter 3, Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Chapter 4, Force
Chapter 5, Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power
Chapter 6, Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
Chapter 7, Momentum and Collisions
Part 2: Extended Objects, Matter and Circular Motion
Chapter 8, Systems of Particles and Extended Objects
Chapter 9, Circular Motion
Chapter 10, Rotation
Chapter 11, Static Equilibrium
Chapter 12, Gravitation
Chapter 13, Solids and Fluids
Part 3: Oscillations and Waves
Chapter 14, Oscillations
Chapter 15, Waves
Chapter 16, Sound
Part 4: Thermal Physics
Chapter 17, Temperature
Chapter 18, Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Chapter 19, Ideal Gases
Chapter 20, The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Chapter 21, Electrostatics
Chapter 22, Electric Fields and Gauss's Law
Chapter 23, Electric Potential
Chapter 24, Capacitors
Chapter 25, Current and Resistance
Chapter 26, Direct Current Circuits
Chapter 27, Magnetism
Chapter 28, Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges
Chapter 29, Electromagnetic Induction
Chapter 30, Alternating Current Circuits
Chapter 31, Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 32, Geometric Optics
Chapter 33, Lenses and Optical Instruments
Chapter 34, Wave Optics
Chapter 35, Relativity
Chapter 36, Quantum Physics
Chapter 37, Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 38, Atomic Physics
Chapter 39, Elementary Particle Physics
Chapter 40, Nuclear Physics
Appendix A: Mathematical Primer
Appendix B: Element Properties
Answers to Selected Questions and Problems
Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University Gary D. Westfall, Michigan State University