Physics

by Zitzewitz, Paul W.

• ISBN13: 9780028267210
• ISBN10: 0028267214
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-12-01
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub

Table of Contents

MECHANICS
What Is Physics?	2	(10)
Physics: The Search for Understanding	4	(4)
What and How, not Why: Scientific Methods	8	(3)
Chapter Review	11	(1)
A Mathematical Toolkit	12	(28)
The Measure of Science	14	(7)
Not All Is Certain	21	(5)
Displaying Data	26	(5)
Manipulating Equations	31	(9)
Chapter Review	35	(5)
Describing Motion: Velocity	40	(22)
How Far and How Fast?	42	(9)
New Meanings for Old Words	51	(11)
Chapter Review	57	(5)
Acceleration	62	(24)
What is Acceleration?	64	(7)
Displacement During Constant Acceleration	71	(15)
Chapter Review	80	(6)
Forces	86	(22)
Newton's Laws of Motion	88	(5)
Using Newton's Laws	93	(15)
Chapter Review	104	(4)
Vectors	108	(24)
Graphical Method of Vector Addition	110	(3)
Analytical Method of Vector Addition	113	(7)
Applications of Vectors	120	(12)
Chapter Review	127	(5)
Motion in Two Dimensions	132	(22)
Projectile Motion	134	(7)
Periodic Motion	141	(13)
Chapter Review	150	(4)
Universal Gravitation	154	(20)
Motion In The Heavens and On Earth	156	(8)
Using The Law of Universal Gravitation	164	(10)
Chapter Review	170	(4)
Momentum and Its Conservation	174	(22)
Impulse and Change In Momentum	176	(4)
The Conservation of Momentum	180	(16)
Chapter Review	192	(4)
Work, Energy, and Simple Machines	196	(20)
Work and Energy	198	(7)
Machines	205	(11)
Chapter Review	212	(4)
Energy	216	(24)
Energy In Its Many Forms	218	(9)
Conservation of Energy	227	(13)
Chapter Review	236	(4)
STATES OF MATTER
Thermal Energy	240	(24)
Temperature and Thermal Energy	242	(10)
Change of State and Laws of Thermodynamics	252	(12)
Chapter Review	261	(3)
States of Matter	264	(22)
The Fluid States	266	(12)
The Solid State	278	(8)
Chapter Review	283	(3)
WAVES AND LIGHT
Waves and Energy Transfer	286	(20)
Wave Properties	288	(6)
Wave Interference	294	(12)
Chapter Review	302	(4)
Sound	306	(22)
Properties of Sound	308	(6)
The Sound of Music	314	(14)
Chapter Review	324	(4)
Light	328	(18)
Light Fundamentals	330	(6)
Light and Matter	336	(10)
Chapter Review	343	(3)
Reflection and Refraction	346	(20)
How Light Behaves at a Boundary	348	(8)
Applications of Reflected and Refracted Light	356	(10)
Chapter Review	362	(4)
Mirrors and Lenses	366	(24)
Mirrors	368	(10)
Lenses	378	(12)
Chapter Review	387	(3)
Diffraction and Interference of Light	390	(16)
When Light Waves Interfere	392	(8)
Applications of Diffraction	400	(6)
Chapter Review	403	(3)
ELECTRICITY
Static Electricity	406	(18)
Electrical Charges	408	(5)
Electrical Forces	413	(11)
Chapter Review	421	(3)
Electric Fields	424	(22)
Creating and Measuring Electric Fields	426	(5)
Applications of the Electric Field	431	(15)
Chapter Review	443	(3)
Current Electricity	446	(22)
Current and Circuits	448	(9)
Using Electrical Energy	457	(11)
Chapter Review	464	(4)
Series and Parallel Circuits	468	(22)
Simple Circuits	470	(10)
Applications of Circuits	480	(10)
Chapter Review	486	(4)
Magnetic Fields	490	(24)
Magnets: Permanent and Temporary	492	(10)
Forces Caused by Magnetic Fields	502	(12)
Chapter Review	510	(4)
Electromagnetic Induction	514	(20)
Creating Electric Current From Changing Magnetic Fields	516	(7)
Effects of Changing Magnetic Fields: Induced EMF	523	(11)
Chapter Review	530	(4)
Electric and Magnetic Fields	534	(20)
Action of Electric and Magnetic Fields on Matter	536	(6)
Electric and Magnetic Fields in Space	542	(12)
Chapter Review	551	(3)
MODERN PHYSICS
Quantum Theory	554	(18)
Waves Behave Like Particles	556	(8)
Particles Behave Like Waves	564	(8)
Chapter Review	569	(3)
The Atom	572	(22)
The Bohr Model	574	(10)
The Present Model of the Atom	584	(10)
Chapter Review	591	(3)
Solid State Electronics	594	(20)
Conduction in Solids	596	(9)
Electronic Devices	605	(9)
Chapter Review	611	(3)
The Nucleus	614	(24)
Radioactivity	616	(8)
The Building Blocks of Matter	624	(14)
Chapter Review	635	(3)
Nuclear Applications	638	(2)
Holding the Nucleus Together	640	(3)
Using Nuclear Energy	643	(10)
Chapter Review	653