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List of contents
1. Introduction to Vectors . 2. Uniformly Accelerated Motion . 3. Newton's Laws . 4. Equilibrium Under the Action of Concurrent Forces . 5. Equilibrium of a Rigid Body Under Coplanar Forces . 6. Work, Energy, and Power . 7. Simple Machines . 8. Impulse and Momentum . 9. Angular Motion in a Plane . 10. Rigid-Body Rotation . 11. Simple Harmonic Motion and Springs . 12. Density: Elasticity . 13. Fluids at Rest . 14. Fluids in Motion . 15. Thermal Expansion . 16. Ideal Gases . 17. Kinetic Theory . 18. Heat Quantities . 19. Transfer of Thermal Energy . 20. First Law of Thermodynamics . 21. Entropy and the Second Law . 22. Wave Motion . 23. Sound . 24. Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields . 25. Electric Potential; Capacitance . 26. Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law . 27. Electrical Power . 28. Equivalent Resistance; Simple Circuits29. Kirchhoff's Laws . 30. Forces in Magnetic Fields . 31. Sources of Magnetic Fields . 32. Induced EMF; Magnetic Flux33. Electric Generators and Motors . 34. Inductance;
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R-L Time Constants . 35. Alternating Current . 36. Reflection of Light . 37. Refraction of Light . 38. Thin Lenses . 39. Optical Instruments . 40. Interference and Diffraction of Light . 41. Relativity . 42. Quantum Physics and Wave Mechanics . 43. The Hydrogen Atom . 44. Multielectron Atoms . 45. Nuclei and Radioactivity . 46. Applied Nuclear Physics
About the author
Eugene Hecht is a member of the Physics Department of Adelphi Unversity in New York. He has authored eight books.
