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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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Contents0 Introduction <strong>and</strong> Review0.1 Introduction <strong>and</strong> Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The scientific method, 13.—What is physics?, 16.—How to learnphysics, 19.—Velocity <strong>and</strong> acceleration, 21.—Self-evaluation, 23.—Basics of the metric system, 24.—Less common metric prefixes,28.—Scientific notation, 28.—Conversions, 29.—Significant figures,31.0.2 Scaling <strong>and</strong> Order-of-Magnitude Estimates . . . . . . 34Introduction, 34.—Scaling of area <strong>and</strong> volume, 35.—Order-of-magnitudeestimates, 43.Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Conservation of Mass1.1 Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Problem-solving techniques, 58.—Delta notation, 59.1.2 Equivalence of Gravitational <strong>and</strong> Inertial Mass . . . . . 601.3 Galilean Relativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Applications of calculus, 66.1.4 A Preview of Some Modern Physics . . . . . . . . . 68Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Conservation of Energy2.1 Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73The energy concept, 73.—Logical issues, 75.—Kinetic energy, 76.—Power, 80.—Gravitational energy, 81.—Equilibrium <strong>and</strong> stability,86.—Predicting the direction of motion, 89.2.2 Numerical Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912.3 Gravitational Phenomena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Kepler’s laws, 96.—Circular orbits, 98.—The sun’s gravitationalfield, 99.—Gravitational energy in general, 99.—The shell theorem,102.—⋆ Evidence for repulsive gravity, 108.2.4 Atomic Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Heat is kinetic energy., 110.—All energy comes from particles movingor interacting., 111.2.5 Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1263 Conservation of Momentum3.1 Momentum In One Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Mechanical momentum, 130.—Nonmechanical momentum, 133.—

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