| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Open textbook library |
| Contents |
0 Introduction and review -- 1 Scaling and estimation -- 2 Velocity and relative motion -- 3 Acceleration and free fall -- 4 Force and motion -- 5 Analysis of forces -- 6 Newton's laws in three dimensions -- 7 Vectors -- 8 Vectors and motion -- 9 Circular motion -- 10 Gravity -- 11 Conservation of energy -- 12 Simplifying the energy zoo -- 13 Work: the transfer of mechanical energy -- 14 Conservation of momentum -- 15 Conservation of angular momentum -- 16 Thermodynamics -- 17 Vibrations -- 18 Resonance -- 19 Free waves -- 20 Bounded waves -- 21 Electricity and circuits -- 22 The nonmechanical universe -- 23 Relativity and magnetism -- 24 Electromagnetism -- 25 Capacitance and inductance -- 26 The atom and E=mc$̂2$ -- 27 General relativity -- 28 The ray model of light -- 29 Images by reflection -- 30 Images, quantitatively -- 31 Refraction -- 32 Wave optics -- 33 Rules of randomness -- 34 Light as a particle -- 35 Matter as a wave -- 36 The atom |
| Summary |
This is an introductory text intended for a one-year introductory course of the type typically taken by biology majors, or for AP Physics B. Algebra and trig are used, and there are optional calculus-based sections |
| Notes |
Attribution-ShareAlike |
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In English |
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Description based on print resource |
| Subject |
Science -- Textbooks
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Physics -- Textbooks
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Science.
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Physics.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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