CK-12 People's Physics, Version 3CK-12's People's Physics Book v3 covers the following topics:Units and Problem Solving, Energy Conservation, One-Dimensional Motion, Two-Dimensional and Projectile Motion, Newton's Laws, Centripetal Forces, Momentum Conservation, Energy and Force, Rotational Motion, Simple Harmonic Motion, Wave Motion and Sound, Electricity, Electric Circuits: Batteries and Resistors, Magnetism, Electric Circuits:Capacitors, Electric Circuits Advanced Topics, Light, Fluids, Thermodynamics and Heat Engines, Special and General Relativity, Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics, Standard Model of Particle Physics, Feynman's Diagrams, Quantum Mechanics, and The Physics of Global Warming. |
Contents
Newtons Laws | |
Newtons Laws Explained | |
Centripetal Forces | |
Summary of Relationships | |
Key Concepts | |
Key Applications | |
Batteries and Resistors | |
Magnetism | |
Capacitors | |
Advanced Topics | |
Light | |
Momentum Conservation | |
Examples | |
Energy and Force | |
Key Concepts | |
WorkEnergy Principle | |
Key Applications | |
Rotational Motion | |
Simple Harmonic Motion | |
Wave Motion and Sound | |
References | |
Electricity Version 2 | |
Electric Forces and Fields | |
Fields Due to Several Charges | |
Electric Potential | |
Electric Field of a Parallel Plate Capacitor | |
Fluids | |
Thermodynamics and Heat Engines | |
Molecular Kinetic Theory of a Monatomic Ideal Gas | |
The Laws of Thermodynamics | |
Heat Engines | |
References | |
Special and General Relativity | |
Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics | |
Standard Model of Particle Physics | |
Feynman Diagrams | |
Quantum Mechanics | |
The Physics of Global Warming | |
Answers to Selected Problems | |
Equations and Fundamental Concepts | |
Common terms and phrases
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