Physics : A World View

by Kirkpatrick, Larry D.; Wheeler, Gerald F.

• ISBN13: 9780030200526
• ISBN10: 0030200520
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-24
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(10)
To the Student	xvii
Prologue On Building a World View	1	(10)
1 Describing Motion	4	(22)
2 Explaining Motion	26	(26)
3 Motions in Space	52	(25)
4 Gravity	77	(25)
Interlude The Discovery of Invariants	102	(54)
5 Momentum	105	(23)
6 Energy	128	(28)
Interlude The Search for Atoms	156	(96)
7 Structure of Matter	159	(24)
8 States of Matter	183	(24)
9 Thermal Energy	207	(24)
10 Available Energy	231	(21)
Interlude Universality of Motion	252	(68)
11 Classical Relativity	254	(26)
12 special Relativity	280	(24)
13 General Relativity	304	(16)
Interlude Waves--Something Else That Moves	320	(54)
14 Vibrations and Waves	322	(28)
15 Sound and Music	350	(24)
Interlude The Mystery of Light	374	(78)
16 Light	377	(25)
17 Refraction of Light	402	(27)
18 A Model for Light	429	(23)
Interlude An Electrical and Magnetic World	452	(74)
19 Electricity	454	(22)
20 Electric Charges in Motion	476	(22)
21 Electromagnetism	498	(28)
Interlude The Story of the Quantum	526	(58)
22 The Early Atom	528	(29)
23 The Modern Atom	557	(27)
Interlude The Subatomic World	584	(82)
24 The Nucleus	586	(30)
25 Nuclear Energy	616	(25)
26 Elementary Particles	641	(25)
Epilogue The Search Goes On	666
Appendix A The Metric System	A-1	(3)
Appendix B Numbers Large and Small	A-4	(2)
Appendix C Nobel Laureates in Physics	A-6
Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions and Exercises	ANS-1
Figure Credits	F-1
Glossary	G-1
Index	I-1