pt. I. Force and motion -- 1. Representing motion -- Motion -- Position and time -- Velocity -- Sense of scale : significant figures, scientific notation, and units -- 2. Motion in one dimension -- Uniform motion -- Instantaneous velocity -- Acceleration -- Free fall -- 3. Vectors and motion in two dimension -- Vectors on motion diagrams -- Coordinate systems and vector components -- Motion on a ramp -- relative motion -- Projectile motion -- Circular motion -- 4. Forces and Newton's laws of motion -- Newton's second law -- Free-body diagrams -- Newton's third law -- 5. Applying Newton's laws -- Equilibrium -- Dynamics and Newton's second law -- Mass and weight -- Normal forces -- Friction -- Drag -- Interacting objects -- Ropes and pulleys -- 6. Circular motion, orbits, and gravity -- Uniform circular motion -- Speed, velocity, and acceleration in uniform circular motion -- Circular orbits and weightlessness -- Newton's law of gravity -- Gravity and orbits -- 7. Rotational motion -- Rotation of a rigid body -- Torque -- Gravitational torque and the center of gravity -- rotational dynamics and moment of inertia -- Using Newton's second law for rotation -- Rolling motion -- 8. Equilibrium and elasticity -- Torque and static equilibrium -- Stability and balance -- Springs and Hooke's law -- Stretching and compressing materials -- Dark matter and the structure of the universe -- pt. II. Conservation laws -- 9. Momentum -- Impulse -- Momentum and the impulse-momentum theorem -- Conservation of momentum -- Inelastic collisions -- Angular momentum -- 10. Energy and work -- Kinetic energy -- Potential energy -- Thermal energy -- Using the law of conservation of energy -- Energy in collisions -- Power -- 11. Using energy -- Transforming energy -- Energy in the body : energy inputs -- Energy in the body : energy outputs -- Thermal energy and temperature -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Heat engines -- Heat pumps -- Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics -- Systems, energy, and entropy -- Order out of chaos --
pt. III. Properties of matter -- 12. Thermal properties of matter -- Atomic model of matter -- Atomic model of ideal gas -- Ideal-gases processes -- Thermal expansion -- Specific heat and heat of transformation -- Calorimetry -- Thermal properties of gases -- Heat transfer -- 13. Fluids -- Fluids and density -- Pressure -- Buoyancy -- Fluids in motion -- Fluid dynamics -- Size and life -- pt. IV. Oscillations and waves -- 14. Oscillations -- Equilibrium and oscillation -- Linear restoring forces and simple harmonic motion -- Pendulum motion -- Damped oscillations -- Driven oscillations and resonance -- 15. Traveling waves and sound -- The wave model -- Traveling waves -- Graphical and mathematical descriptions of waves -- Sound and light waves -- Energy and intensity -- Loudness of sound -- The Doppler effect and shock waves -- 16. Superposition and standing waves -- Standing waves on a string -- Standing sound waves -- Speech and hearing -- The interference of waves from two sources -- Beats -- Waves in the earth and the ocean -- pt. V. Optics -- 17. Wave optics -- What is light? -- The interference of light -- The diffraction grating -- Thin-film interference -- Single-slit diffraction -- Circular-aperture diffraction -- 18. Ray optics -- The ray model of light -- Reflection -- Refraction -- Image formation by refraction -- Thin lenses : ray tracing -- Image formation with spherical mirrors -- The thin-lens equation -- 19. Optical instruments -- The camera -- The human eye -- The magnifier -- The microscope -- The telescope -- Color and dispersion -- Resolution of optical instruments -- Scanning confocal microscopy --
pt. VI. Electricity and magnetism -- 20. Electric fields and forces -- Charges and forces -- Charges, atoms, and molecules -- Coulomb's law -- Concept of the electric field -- Conductors and electric fields -- Forces and torques in electric fields -- 21. Electric potential -- Electric potential energy -- Electric potential and conservation of energy -- Connecting potential and field -- The electrocardiogram -- Capacitance and capacitors -- Dielectrics and capacitors -- Energy and capacitors -- 22. Current and resistance -- A model of current -- Batteries and emf -- Connecting potential and current -- Ohm's law and resistor circuits -- Energy and power -- 23. Circuits -- Circuit elements and diagrams -- Kirchhoff's laws -- Series and parallel circuits -- Measuring voltage and current -- Complex circuits -- Capacitors in parallel and series -- Circuits -- Electricity in the nervous system -- 24. Magnetic fields and forces -- Magnetism -- The magnetic field -- Electric currents also create magnetic fields -- Forces on moving charges -- Torques on dipoles -- Magnets and magnetic materials -- 25. Electromagnetic induction and electromagnetic waves -- Induced currents -- Motional emf -- Magnetic flux -- Faraday's law -- Induced fields and electromagnetic waves -- Photon model of electromagnetic waves -- The electromagnetic spectrum -- 26. AC electricity -- Alternating current -- AC electricity and transformers -- Household electricity -- Biological effects and electrical safety -- Capacitor circuits -- Inductors and inductor circuits -- Oscillation circuits -- The Greenhouse effect and global warming -- pt. VII. Modern physics -- 27. Relativity -- Galilean relativity -- Einstein's principle of relativity -- Events and measurements -- Relativity of simultaneity -- Time dilation -- Length contraction -- Velocities of objects in special relativity -- Relativistic momentum -- Relativistic energy -- 28. Quantum physics -- X rays and X-ray diffraction -- Photoelectric effect -- Photons -- Matter waves -- Energy is quantized -- Energy levels and quantum jumps -- The uncertainty principle -- Quantum theory -- 29. Atoms and molecules -- Spectroscopy -- Atoms -- Bohr's model of atomic quantization -- The Bohr hydrogen atom -- The quantum-mechanical hydrogen atom -- Multielectron atoms -- Excited states and spectra -- Molecules -- Stimulated emission and lasers -- 30. Nuclear physics -- Nuclear structure -- Nuclear stability -- Forces and energy in the nucleus -- Radiation and radioactivity -- Nuclear decay and half-lives -- Medical applications of nuclear physics -- Ultimate building blocks of matter -- The physics of very cold atoms.