pt. I. Putting physics into motion -- 1. Using physics to understand your world -- What physics is all about -- Observing objects in motion -- Speed, direction, velocity, and acceleration -- Springs and pendulums : simple harmonic motion -- Forces -- Pressures in fluids -- Thermodynamics -- 2. Reviewing physics measurement and math fundamentals -- Measuring the world around you and making predictions -- Systems of measurement -- Converting between units -- Using scientific notation -- Checking the accuracy and precision of measurements -- Basic algebra -- Trig -- Interpreting equations as real-world ideas -- 3. Exploring the need for speed -- Displacement and position -- Examining axes -- Instantaneous speed -- Uniform speed -- Nonuniform motion -- Average speed -- Units of acceleration -- Positive and negative acceleration -- Putting the acceleration formula into practice -- Relating acceleration, time, and displacement -- Deriving the formula -- Calculating acceleration and distance -- Linking velocity, acceleration, and displacement -- 4. Following directions : motion in two dimensions -- Visualizing vectors -- Vector basics -- Vector addition -- Vector subtraction -- Putting vectors on the grid -- Adding vectors by adding coordinates -- Multiplying a vector by a number -- Trig : breaking up vectors into components -- Featuring displacement, velocity, and acceleration in 2-D -- Accelerating downward : motion under the influence of gravity --
pt. II. May the forces of physics be with you -- 5. When push comes to shove : force -- Newton's First Law : resisting with inertia -- Inertia and mass -- Measuring mass -- Newton's Second Law : relating force, mass, and acceleration -- Relating the formula to the real world -- Naming units of force -- Vector addition : gathering net forces -- Newton's Third Law : looking at equal and opposite forces -- Friction -- Pulleys -- Analyzing angles and force -- Finding equilibrium -- 6. Getting down with gravity, inclined planes, and friction -- Acceleration due to gravity -- Inclined planes -- Friction -- Calculating friction and the normal force -- Conquering the coefficient of friction -- Understanding static and kinetic friction -- Handling uphill and downhill friction -- Sending objects airborne -- Shooting an object straight up -- Firing an object at an angle -- 7. Circling around rotational motion and orbits -- Centripetal acceleration -- Uniform circular motion -- Centripetal force -- Negotiating flat curves and banked turns -- Getting angular with displacement, velocity, and acceleration -- Measuring angles in radians -- Relating linear and angular motion -- Letting gravity supply centripetal force -- Newton's law of universal gravitation -- Deriving the force of gravity on the Earth's surface -- Using the law of gravitation to examine circular orbits -- Vertical circular motion -- 8. Go with the flow : looking at pressure in fluids -- Mass density -- Calculating density -- Comparing densities with specific gravity -- Applying pressure -- Units of pressure -- Hydraulic machines -- Pascal's principle -- Buoyancy : Archimedes's principle -- Fluid dynamics -- Flow and pressure -- Berenoulli's equation : relating speed and pressure -- Pipes and pressure --
pt. III. Manifesting the energy to work -- 9. Getting some work out of physics -- Measurement systems -- Applying force in the direction of movement -- Applying force at an angle -- Applying force opposite the direction of motion -- Kinetic energy -- The work-energy theorem -- Using the kinetic energy equation -- Calculating changes in kinetic energy by using net force -- Potential energy -- Conservative versus nonconservative forces -- The conservation of mechanical energy -- The mechanical-energy balance : finding velocity and height -- The rate of doing work -- Common units of power -- Alternate calculations of power -- 10. Putting objects in motion : momentum and impulse -- Impact of impulse -- Gathering momentum -- Impulse-momentum theorem -- Conserving momentum -- Deriving the conservation formula -- Elastic and inelastic collision -- 11. Winding up with angular kinetics -- Going from linear to rotational motion -- Tangential motion -- Applying vectors to rotation -- Torque -- Rotational equilibrium -- 12. Round and round with rotational dynamics -- Rolling up Newton's Second Law into angular motion -- Moments of inertia : looking into mass distribution -- Wrapping your head around rotational work and kinetic energy -- Angular momentum -- 13. Springs 'n' things : simple harmonic motion -- Hooke's Law -- Factoring energy into simple harmonic motion -- Swinging with pendulums --
pt. IV. Laying down the laws of thermodynamics -- 14. Turning up the heat with thermodynamics -- Measuring temperature -- Fahrenheit and Celsius -- Kelvin scale -- Thermal expansion -- Linear expansion -- volume expansion -- Heat : going with the flow -- Temperature changes -- Adding heat without changing temperature -- 15. Here, take my coat : how heat is transfered -- Convection -- Natural convection -- Forced convection -- Conduction equation -- Conductors and insulators -- radiation : riding the (electromagnetic) wave -- Mutual radiation -- Blackbodies : absorbing and reflecting radiation -- 16. In the best of all possible worlds : the ideal gas law -- Digging into molecules and moles with Avogadro's number -- Relating pressure, volume, and temperature with the ideal gas law -- Standard temperature and pressure -- Checking your oxygen -- Boyle's and Charles's laws : alternative expressions of the ideal gas law -- Kinetic energy formula -- Predicting air molecule speed -- Calculating kinetic energy in an ideal gas -- 17. Heat and work : the laws of thermodynamics -- Thermal equilibrium : getting temperature with the Zeroth Law -- Conserving energy : the First Law of Thermodynamics -- Isobaric, isochoric, isothermal, and adiabatic processes -- Flowing from hot to cold : the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- Heat engines -- Limiting efficiency -- Going cold : the The Third Law of Thermodynamics --
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
19. Ten wild physics theories
You can measure a smallest distance
There may be a smallest time
Heisenberg says you can't be certain
Black holes don't let light out
Matter and antimatter destroy each other
Supernovas are the most powerful explosions
The Universe starts with Big Bang and ends with Gnab Gib
Microwave ovens are hot physics
Is the Universe made to measure?
