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Front Matter
1 Motion of Particles and Force
  1-1 Position Vector and Equation ofMotion
  1-2 Velocity and Acceleration
  1-3 Circular Motion
  1-4 Newtons Laws of Motion
2 Conservation of Energy andMomentum
  2-1 Work and WorkKinetic EnergyTheorem
  2-2 Conservative and NonconservativeForce Potential Energy
  2-3 Principle of WorkEnergy ConservationLaw of Mechanical Energy
  2-4 Linear Momentum
  2-5 Conservation of LinearMomentum
3 FixedAxis Rotation of a RigidObject
  3-1 Basic Motion of a Rigid Object
  3-2 Torque Newtons Second Lawfor Rotation Moment of Inertia
  3-3 Work, Power, and Energy inRotational Motion
  3-4 Angular Momentum Conservation ofAngular Momentum
  3-5 Limits of Validity of ClassicalMechanics
4 Fluids in Motion
  4-1 The Equation of Continuity
  4-2 Bernoullis Equation
  4-3 Applications of BernoullisEquation
  4-4 Flow of the Viscous Fluid
5 Electrostatic Fields
  5-1 Coulombs Law
  5-2 Electric Field
  5-3 Gauss’ Law
  5-4 Electric Potential
  5-5 Conductors in Electric Fields
  5-6 Capacitance and Dielectrics
  5-7 Energy Stored in the ElectrostaticField Energy Density
6 Magnetic Fields
  6-1 Electric Current and ElectromotiveForce
  6-2 Magnetic Field
  6-3 The BiotSavart Law
  6-4 Gauss’ Law in Magnetism
  6-5 Ampères Law
  6-6 Charged Particles Moving in aMagnetic Field and an ElectricField
  6-7 Magnetic Force on a CurrentCarrying Wire
  6-8 Torque on a Current Loop in aUniform Magnetic Field
  6-9 Magnetism in Matter
7 Faradays Law of Induction
  7-1 Faradays Law of Induction
  7-2 Motional and Induced ElectromotiveForce
  7-3 SelfInduction and MutualInduction
  7-4 Energy Stored in a MagneticField
  7-5 Displacement Current MaxwellsEquations
8 Oscillations
  8-1 Simple Harmonic Motion
  8-2 Simple Harmonic Motion andUniform Circular Motion
  8-3 The Pendulum
  8-4 Energy of the Simple HarmonicMotion
  8-5 Superposition of Simple HarmonicMotions
  8-6 Damped Oscillations ForcedOscillations Resonance
9 Mechanical Waves
  9-1 The Generation and Propagationof Mechanical Waves
  9-2 The Wave Function of a SinusoidalWave
  9-3 Energy and Power of a TravelingWave
  9-4 Huygens’ Principle Diffractionand Interference of Waves
  9-5 Standing Waves
  9-6 The Doppler Effect
10 Wave Optics
  10-1 Electromagnetic Waves
  10-2 Coherent Light Sources
  10-3 Youngs Double-SlitExperiment
  10-4 Interference in Thin Films
  10-5 Diffraction of Light HuygensFresnel Principle
  10-6 Fraunhofer Diffraction by aSingle-Slit
  10-7 Fraunhofer Diffraction by a CircularAperture
  10-8 Diffraction Gratings
  10-9 Polarization of Light Waves
11 Kinetic Theory of Gases
  11-1 Thermal Equilibrium The IdealGas Law The Zeroth Law ofThermodynamics
  11-2 Microscopic Description of Matter Basic Concepts in Statistics
  11-3 Pressure and Temperature of anIdeal Gas
  11-4 Theorem of Equipartition ofEnergy Internal Energy of an IdealGas
  11-5 The Maxwell Distribution ofMolecular Speeds
  11-6 Mean Free Path
12 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
  12-1 Quasi-Static Process WorkHeat
  12-2 Internal Energy The First Lawof Thermodynamics
  12-3 Isovolumetric and IsobaricProcesses Molar SpecificHeat
  12-4 Isothermal and AdiabaticProcesses
  12-5 Cyclic Processes The CarnotEngine
  12-6 The Second Law ofThermodynamics
  12-7 Entropy and Entropy Postulate
  12-8 A Statistical View of Entropy
13 Theory of Special Relativity
  13-1 The Michelson-MorleyExperiment
  13-2 Einsteins Principle of Relativity
  13-3 The Lorentz TransformationEquations
  13-4 Relativistic Linear Momentumand Energy
14 Quantum Physics
  14-1 Blackbody Radiation andPlancks Hypothesis
  14-2 The Photoelectric Effect
  14-3 The Compton Effect
  14-4 Bohrs Model of the HydrogenAtom
  14-5 The Wave Properties of MaterialParticles
  14-6 The Uncertainty Principle
  14-7 Introduction to QuantumMechanics
  14-8 The Quantum Model of theHydrogen Atom Electron Spin
Answers to Multiple Choice and Problems
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