Fundamentals of Physics

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Chapters

1. Physics and Measurement
2. Motion in One Dimension
3. Vectors
4. Motion in Two Dimensions
5. Forces and Motion - I
6. Forces and Motion - II
7. Work and Kinetic Energy
8. Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
9. Linear Momentum and Collisions
10. Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis
11. Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum
12. Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
13. Oscillatory Motion
14. The Law of Gravity
15. Fluid Mechanics
16. Wave Motion
17. Sound Waves
18. Superposition and Standing Waves
19. Temperature
20. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
21. The Kinetic Theory of Gases
22. Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
23. Electric Fields
24. Gauss's Law
25. Electric Potential
26. Capacitance and Dielectrics
27. Current and Resistance
28. Direct Current Circuits
29. Magnetic Fields
30. Sources of the Magnetic Field
31. Faraday's Law
32. Inductance
33. Alternating-Current Circuits
34. Electromagnetic Waves
35. The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics
36. Geometric Optics
37. Interference of Light Waves
38. Diffraction and Polarization
39. Relativity
40. All About Atoms
41. Conduction of Electricity in Solids
42. Nuclear Physics
43. Energy from the Nucleus
44. Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang