Fundamentals of Physics

Chapter 1.Measurement 1.How does the appearance of a new type of cloud signal changes in Earth's atmosphere?1-1 What Is Physics?1-2 Measuring Things.1-3 The International System of Units.1-4 Changing Units.1-5 Length.1-6 Time.1-7 Mass.Review & Summary.Problems.Chapter 2.Motion Along a Straight Line.What causes whiplash injury in rear-end collisions of cars?2-1 What Is Physics?2-2 Motion.2-3 Position and Displacement.2-4 Average Velocity and Average Speed.2-5 Instantaneous Velocity and Speed.2-6 Acceleration.2-7 Constant Acceleration: A Special Case.2-8 Another Look at Constant Acceleration.2-9 Free-Fall Acceleration.2-10 Graphical Integration in Motion Analysis.2 Review & Summary.Questions.Problems.Chapter 3.Vectors.How does an ant know the way home with no guiding clues on the desert plains?3-1 What Is Physics?3-2 Vectors and Scalars.3-3 Adding Vectors Geometrically.3-4 Components of Vectors.3-5 Unit Vectors.3-6 Adding Vectors by Components.3-7 Vectors and the Laws of Physics.3-8 Multiplying Vectors.Review & Summary.Questions.Problems.Chapter 4.Motion in Two and Three Dimensions.In a motorcycle jump for record distance, where does the jumper put the second ramp?4-1 What Is Physics?4-2 Position and Displacement.4-3 Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity.4-4 Average Acceleration and Instantaneous Acceleration.4-5 Projectile Motion.4-6 Projectile Motion Analyzed.4-7 Uniform Circular Motion.4-8 Relative Motion in One Dimension.4-9 Relative Motion in Two Dimensions.Review & Summary.Questions.Problems.Chapter 5.Force and Motion-I.When a pilot takes off from an aircraft carrier, what causes the compulsion to .y the plane into the ocean?5-1 What Is Physics?5-2 Newtonian Mechanics.5-3 Newton's First Law.5-4 Force.5-5 Mass.5-6 Newton's Second Law.5-7 Some Particular Forces.5-8 Newton's Third Law.5-9 Applying Newton's Laws.Review & Summary.Questions.Problems.Chapter 6.Force and Motion-II.Can a Grand Prix race car be driven upside down on a ceiling?6-1 What Is Physics?6-2 Friction.6-3 Properties of Friction.6-4 The Drag Force and Terminal Speed.6-5 Uniform Circular Motion.Review & Summary.Questions.Problems.Chapter 7.Kinetic Energy and Work.In an epidural procedure, what sensations clue a surgeon that the needle has reached the spinal canal?7-1 What Is Physics?7-2 What Is Energy?7-3 Kinetic Energy.7-4 Work.7-5 Work and Kinetic Energy.7-6 Work Done by the Gravitational Force.7-7 Work Done by a Spring Force.7-8 Work Done by a General Variable Force.7-9 Power.#60Halliday, David is the author of 'Fundamentals of Physics', published 2004 under ISBN 9780471429593 and ISBN 0471429597.