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Stewart's text focuses directly on what students need to know to succeed on the AP physics exam.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Physics
UNIT 1: Kinematics
Chapter 2 Linear Motion
Chapter 3 Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
UNIT 2: Force and Translational Dynamics
Chapter 4 Forces and Motion I: Newton's Laws
Chapter 5 Forces and Motion II: Applications
Chapter 6 Circular Motion and Gravitation
UNIT 3: Work, Energy, and Power
Chapter 7 Conservation of Energy and an Introduction to Energy and Work
Chapter 8 Application of Conservation Principles to Energy, Work, and Power
UNIT 4: Linear Momentum
Chapter 9 Momentum, Collisions, and the Center of Mass
AP® Physics 1 Practice Exam 1
UNIT 5: Torque and Rotational Dynamics
Chapter 10 Rotational Motion I: A New Kind of Motion
UNIT 6: Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems
Chapter 11 Torque and Rotation II: Work, Energy, and Angular Momentum
UNIT 7: Oscillations
Chapter 12 Oscillations Including Simple Harmonic Motion
UNIT 8: Fluids
Chapter 13 The Physics of Fluids
AP® Physics 1 Practice Exam 2
UNIT 9: Thermodynamics
Chapter 14 Kinetic Theory, Ideal Gases, Energy Transfer, and Equilibrium
Chapter 15 Laws of Thermodynamics
UNIT 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
Chapter 16 Electric Charge, Force, and Field
Chapter 17 Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy
UNIT 11: DC Circuits
Chapter 18 DC Circuits: Electric Charge in Motion
UNIT 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Chapter 19 Magnetism: Forces and Fields
Chapter 20 Electromagnetic Induction
UNIT 13: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
Chapter 21 Mechanical Waves and Sound
Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Waves and Physical Optics
Chapter 23 Geometric Optics: Ray Properties of Light
UNIT 14: Modern Physics
Chapter 24 Quantum Physics and Atomic Structure
Chapter 25 Nuclear Physics
AP® Physics 2 Practice Exam
*Chapter 26 Relativity and an Introduction to Particle Physics
Math Tutorial
Appendix A SI Units and Conversion Factors
Appendix B Numerical Data
Appendix C Periodic Table of Elements
Glossary/Glosario Answers to Odd Problems
Index
*Enrichment Chapter
About the author
Gay Stewart; Roger A. Freedman; Todd Ruskell; Philip R. Kesten
