Fundamentals of Physics

Fundamentals of Physics

Released June 2004
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9780471232315

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Table of contents

  1. Coverpage
  2. Titlepage
  3. Copyright
  4. Brief Contents
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1 Measurement
    1. 1-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 1-2 Measuring Things
    3. 1-3 The International System of Units
    4. 1-4 Changing Units
    5. 1-5 Length
    6. 1-6 Time
    7. 1-7 Mass
    8. Review & Summary
    9. Problems
  8. Chapter 2 Motion Along a Straight Line
    1. 2-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 2-2 Motion
    3. 2-3 Position and Displacement
    4. 2-4 Average Velocity and Average Speed
    5. 2-5 Instantaneous Velocity and Speed
    6. 2-6 Acceleration
    7. 2-7 Constant Acceleration: A Special Case
    8. 2-8 Another Look at Constant Acceleration
    9. 2-9 Free-Fall Acceleration
    10. 2-10 Graphical Integration in Motion Analysis
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  9. Chapter 3 Vectors
    1. 3-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 3-2 Vectors and Scalars
    3. 3-3 Adding Vectors Geometrically
    4. 3-4 Components of Vectors
    5. 3-5 Unit Vectors
    6. 3-6 Adding Vectors by Components
    7. 3-7 Vectors and the Laws of Physics
    8. 3-8 Multiplying Vectors
    9. Review & Summary
    10. Questions
    11. Problems
  10. Chapter 4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
    1. 4-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 4-2 Position and Displacement
    3. 4-3 Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity
    4. 4-4 Average Acceleration and Instantaneous Acceleration
    5. 4-5 Projectile Motion
    6. 4-6 Projectile Motion Analyzed
    7. 4-7 Uniform Circular Motion
    8. 4-8 Relative Motion in One Dimension
    9. 4-9 Relative Motion in Two Dimensions
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  11. Chapter 5 Force and Motion—I
    1. 5-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 5-2 Newtonian Mechanics
    3. 5-3 Newton’s First Law
    4. 5-4 Force
    5. 5-5 Mass
    6. 5-6 Newton’s Second Law
    7. 5-7 Some Particular Forces
    8. 5-8 Newton’s Third Law
    9. 5-9 Applying Newton’s Laws
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  12. Chapter 6 Force and Motion—II
    1. 6-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 6-2 Friction
    3. 6-3 Properties of Friction
    4. 6-4 The Drag Force and Terminal Speed
    5. 6-5 Uniform Circular Motion
    6. Review & Summary
    7. Questions
    8. Problems
  13. Chapter 7 Kinetic Energy and Work
    1. 7-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 7-2 What Is Energy?
    3. 7-3 Kinetic Energy
    4. 7-4 Work
    5. 7-5 Work and Kinetic Energy
    6. 7-6 Work Done by the Gravitational Force
    7. 7-7 Work Done by a Spring Force
    8. 7-8 Work Done by a General Variable Force
    9. 7-9 Power
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  14. Chapter 8 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
    1. 8-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 8-2 Work and Potential Energy
    3. 8-3 Path Independence of Conservative Forces
    4. 8-4 Determining Potential Energy Values
    5. 8-5 Conservation of Mechanical Energy
    6. 8-6 Reading a Potential Energy Curve
    7. 8-7 Work Done on a System by an External Force
    8. 8-8 Conservation of Energy
    9. Review & Summary
    10. Questions
    11. Problems
  15. Chapter 9 Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
    1. 9-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 9-2 The Center of Mass
    3. 9-3 Newton’s Second Law for a System of Particles
    4. 9-4 Linear Momentum
    5. 9-5 The Linear Momentum of a System of Particles
    6. 9-6 Collision and Impulse
    7. 9-7 Conservation of Linear Momentum
    8. 9-8 Momentum and Kinetic Energy in Collisions
    9. 9-9 Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension
    10. 9-10 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension
    11. 9-11 Collisions in Two Dimensions
    12. 9-12 Systems with Varying Mass: A Rocket
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  16. Chapter 10 Rotation
    1. 10-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 10-2 The Rotational Variables
    3. 10-3 Are Angular Quantities Vectors?
    4. 10-4 Rotation with Constant Angular Acceleration
    5. 10-5 Relating the Linear and Angular Variables
    6. 10-6 Kinetic Energy of Rotation
    7. 10-7 Calculating the Rotational Inertia
    8. 10-8 Torque
    9. 10-9 Newton’s Second Law for Rotation
    10. 10-10 Work and Rotational Kinetic Energy
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  17. Chapter 11 Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum
    1. 11-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 11-2 Rolling as Translation and Rotation Combined
    3. 11-3 The Kinetic Energy of Rolling
    4. 11-4 The Forces of Rolling
    5. 11-5 The Yo-Yo
    6. 11-6 Torque Revisited
    7. 11-7 Angular Momentum
    8. 11-8 Newton’s Second Law in Angular Form
    9. 11-9 The Angular Momentum of a System of Particles
    10. 11-10 The Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body Rotating About a Fixed Axis
    11. 11-11 Conservation of Angular Momentum
    12. 11-12 Precession of a Gyroscope
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  18. Chapter 12 Equilibrium and Elasticity
    1. 12-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 12-2 Equilibrium
    3. 12-3 The Requirements of Equilibrium
    4. 12-4 The Center of Gravity
    5. 12-5 Some Examples of Static Equilibrium
    6. 12-6 Indeterminate Structures
    7. 12-7 Elasticity
    8. Review & Summary
    9. Questions
    10. Problems
  19. Chapter 13 Gravitation
    1. 13-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 13-2 Newton’s Law of Gravitation
    3. 13-3 Gravitation and the Principle of Superposition
    4. 13-4 Gravitation Near Earth’s Surface
    5. 13-5 Gravitation Inside Earth
    6. 13-6 Gravitational Potential Energy
    7. 13-7 Planets and Satellites: Kepler’s Laws
    8. 13-8 Satellites: Orbits and Energy
    9. 13-9 Einstein and Gravitation
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  20. Chapter 14 Fluids
    1. 14-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 14-2 What Is a Fluid?
    3. 14-3 Density and Pressure
    4. 14-4 Fluids at Rest
    5. 14-5 Measuring Pressure
    6. 14-6 Pascal’s Principle
    7. 14-7 Archimedes’ Principle
    8. 14-8 Ideal Fluids in Motion
    9. 14-9 The Equation of Continuity
    10. 14-10 Bernoulli’s Equation
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  21. Chapter 15 Oscillations
    1. 15-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 15-2 Simple Harmonic Motion
    3. 15-3 The Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion
    4. 15-4 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
    5. 15-5 An Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator
    6. 15-6 Pendulums
    7. 15-7 Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion
    8. 15-8 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion
    9. 15-9 Forced Oscillations and Resonance
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  22. Chapter 16 Waves—I
    1. 16-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 16-2 Types of Waves
    3. 16-3 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
    4. 16-4 Wavelength and Frequency
    5. 16-5 The Speed of a Traveling Wave
    6. 16-6 Wave Speed on a Stretched String
    7. 16-7 Energy and Power of a Wave Traveling Along a String
    8. 16-8 The Wave Equation
    9. 16-9 The Principle of Superposition for Waves
    10. 16-10 Interference of Waves
    11. 16-11 Phasors
    12. 16-12 Standing Waves
    13. 16-13 Standing Waves and Resonance
    14. Review & Summary
    15. Questions
    16. Problems
  23. Chapter 17 Waves—II
    1. 17-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 17-2 Sound Waves
    3. 17-3 The Speed of Sound
    4. 17-4 Traveling Sound Waves
    5. 17-5 Interference
    6. 17-6 Intensity and Sound Level
    7. 17-7 Sources of Musical Sound
    8. 17-8 Beats
    9. 17-9 The Doppler Effect
    10. 17-10 Supersonic Speeds, Shock Waves
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  24. Chapter 18 Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
    1. 18-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 18-2 Temperature
    3. 18-3 The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
    4. 18-4 Measuring Temperature
    5. 18-5 The Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales
    6. 18-6 Thermal Expansion
    7. 18-7 Temperature and Heat
    8. 18-8 The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids
    9. 18-9 A Closer Look at Heat and Work
    10. 18-10 The First Law of Thermodynamics
    11. 18-11 Some Special Cases of the First Law of Thermodynamics
    12. 18-12 Heat Transfer Mechanisms
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  25. Chapter 19 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
    1. 19-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 19-2 Avogadro’s Number
    3. 19-3 Ideal Gases
    4. 19-4 Pressure, Temperature, and RMS Speed
    5. 19-5 Translational Kinetic Energy
    6. 19-6 Mean Free Path
    7. 19-7 The Distribution of Molecular Speeds
    8. 19-8 The Molar Specific Heats of an Ideal Gas
    9. 19-9 Degrees of Freedom and Molar Specific Heats
    10. 19-10 A Hint of Quantum Theory
    11. 19-11 The Adiabatic Expansion of an Ideal Gas
    12. Review & Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Problems
  26. Chapter 20 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
    1. 20-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 20-2 Irreversible Processes and Entropy
    3. 20-3 Change in Entropy
    4. 20-4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
    5. 20-5 Entropy in the Real World: Engines
    6. 20-6 Entropy in the Real World: Refrigerators
    7. 20-7 The Efficiencies of Real Engines
    8. 20-8 A Statistical View of Entropy
    9. Review & Summary
    10. Questions
    11. Problems
  27. Chapter 21 Electric Charge
    1. 21-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 21-2 Electric Charge
    3. 21-3 Conductors and Insulators
    4. 21-4 Coulomb’s Law
    5. 21-5 Charge Is Quantized
    6. 21-6 Charge Is Conserved
    7. Review & Summary
    8. Questions
    9. Problems
  28. Chapter 22 Electric Fields
    1. 22-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 22-2 The Electric Field
    3. 22-3 Electric Field Lines
    4. 22-4 The Electric Field Due to a Point Charge
    5. 22-5 The Electric Field Due to an Electric Dipole
    6. 22-6 The Electric Field Due to a Line of Charge
    7. 22-7 The Electric Field Due to a Charged Disk
    8. 22-8 A Point Charge in an Electric Field
    9. 22-9 A Dipole in an Electric Field
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  29. Chapter 23 Gauss’ Law
    1. 23-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 23-2 Flux
    3. 23-3 Flux of an Electric Field
    4. 23-4 Gauss’ Law
    5. 23-5 Gauss’ Law and Coulomb’s Law
    6. 23-6 A Charged Isolated Conductor
    7. 23-7 Applying Gauss’ Law: Cylindrical Symmetry
    8. 23-8 Applying Gauss’ Law: Planar Symmetry
    9. 23-9 Applying Gauss’ Law: Spherical Symmetry
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  30. Chapter 24 Electric Potential
    1. 24-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 24-2 Electric Potential Energy
    3. 24-3 Electric Potential
    4. 24-4 Equipotential Surfaces
    5. 24-5 Calculating the Potential from the Field
    6. 24-6 Potential Due to a Point Charge
    7. 24-7 Potential Due to a Group of Point Charges
    8. 24-8 Potential Due to an Electric Dipole
    9. 24-9 Potential Due to a Continuous Charge Distribution
    10. 24-10 Calculating the Field from the Potential
    11. 24-11 Electric Potential Energy of a System of Point Charges
    12. 24-12 Potential of a Charged Isolated Conductor
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  31. Chapter 25 Capacitance
    1. 25-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 25-2 Capacitance
    3. 25-3 Calculating the Capacitance
    4. 25-4 Capacitors in Parallel and in Series
    5. 25-5 Energy Stored in an Electric Field
    6. 25-6 Capacitor with a Dielectric
    7. 25-7 Dielectrics: An Atomic View
    8. 25-8 Dielectrics and Gauss’ Law
    9. Review & Summary
    10. Questions
    11. Problems
  32. Chapter 26 Current and Resistance
    1. 26-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 26-2 Electric Current
    3. 26-3 Current Density
    4. 26-4 Resistance and Resistivity
    5. 26-5 Ohm’s Law
    6. 26-6 A Microscopic View of Ohm’s Law
    7. 26-7 Power in Electric Circuits
    8. 26-8 Semiconductors
    9. 26-9 Superconductors
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  33. Chapter 27 Circuits
    1. 27-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 27-2 “Pumping” Charges
    3. 27-3 Work, Energy, and Emf
    4. 27-4 Calculating the Current in a Single-Loop Circuit
    5. 27-5 Other Single-Loop Circuits
    6. 27-6 Potential Difference Between Two Points
    7. 27-7 Multiloop Circuits
    8. 27-8 The Ammeter and the Voltmeter
    9. 27-9 RC Circuits
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  34. Chapter 28 Magnetic Fields
    1. 28-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 28-2 What Produces a Magnetic Field?
    3. 28-3 The Definition of B
    4. 28-4 Crossed Fields: Discovery of the Electron
    5. 28-5 Crossed Fields: The Hall Effect
    6. 28-6 A Circulating Charged Particle
    7. 28-7 Cyclotrons and Synchrotrons
    8. 28-8 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire
    9. 28-9 Torque on a Current Loop
    10. 28-10 The Magnetic Dipole Moment
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  35. Chapter 29 Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
    1. 29-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 29-2 Calculating the Magnetic Field Due to a Current
    3. 29-3 Force Between Two Parallel Currents
    4. 29-4 Ampere’s Law
    5. 29-5 Solenoids and Toroids
    6. 29-6 A Current-Carrying Coil as a Magnetic Dipole
    7. Review & Summary
    8. Questions
    9. Problems
  36. Chapter 30 Induction and Inductance
    1. 30-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 30-2 Two Experiments
    3. 30-3 Faraday’s Law of Induction
    4. 30-4 Lenz’s Law
    5. 30-5 Induction and Energy Transfers
    6. 30-6 Induced Electric Fields
    7. 30-7 Inductors and Inductance
    8. 30-8 Self-Induction
    9. 30-9 RL Circuits
    10. 30-10 Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field
    11. 30-11 Energy Density of a Magnetic Field
    12. 30-12 Mutual Induction
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  37. Chapter 31 Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current
    1. 31-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 31-2 LC Oscillations, Qualitatively
    3. 31-3 The Electrical–Mechanical Analogy
    4. 31-4 LC Oscillations, Quantitatively
    5. 31-5 Damped Oscillations in an RLC Circuit
    6. 31-6 Alternating Current
    7. 31-7 Forced Oscillations
    8. 31-8 Three Simple Circuits
    9. 31-9 The Series RLC Circuit
    10. 31-10 Power in Alternating-Current Circuits
    11. 31-11 Transformers
    12. Review & Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Problems
  38. Chapter 32 Maxwell’s Equations; Magnetism of Matter
    1. 32-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 32-2 Gauss’ Law for Magnetic Fields
    3. 32-3 Induced Magnetic Fields
    4. 32-4 Displacement Current
    5. 32-5 Maxwell’s Equations
    6. 32-6 Magnets
    7. 32-7 Magnetism and Electrons
    8. 32-8 Magnetic Materials
    9. 32-9 Diamagnetism
    10. 32-10 Paramagnetism
    11. 32-11 Ferromagnetism
    12. Review & Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Problems
  39. Chapter 33 Electromagnetic Waves
    1. 33-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 33-2 Maxwell’s Rainbow
    3. 33-3 The Traveling Electromagnetic Wave, Qualitatively
    4. 33-4 The Traveling Electromagnetic Wave, Quantitatively
    5. 33-5 Energy Transport and the Poynting Vector
    6. 33-6 Radiation Pressure
    7. 33-7 Polarization
    8. 33-8 Reflection and Refraction
    9. 33-9 Total Internal Reflection
    10. 33-10 Polarization by Reflection
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  40. Chapter 34 Images
    1. 34-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 34-2 Two Types of Image
    3. 34-3 Plane Mirrors
    4. 34-4 Spherical Mirrors
    5. 34-5 Images from Spherical Mirrors
    6. 34-6 Spherical Refracting Surfaces
    7. 34-7 Thin Lenses
    8. 34-8 Optical Instruments
    9. 34-9 Three Proofs
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  41. Chapter 35 Interference
    1. 35-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 35-2 Light as a Wave
    3. 35-3 Diffraction
    4. 35-4 Young’s Interference Experiment
    5. 35-5 Coherence
    6. 35-6 Intensity in Double-Slit Interference
    7. 35-7 Interference from Thin Films
    8. 35-8 Michelson’s Interferometer
    9. Review & Summary
    10. Questions
    11. Problems
  42. Chapter 36 Diffraction
    1. 36-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 36-2 Diffraction and the Wave Theory of Light
    3. 36-3 Diffraction by a Single Slit: Locating the Minima
    4. 36-4 Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction, Qualitatively
    5. 36-5 Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction, Quantitatively
    6. 36-6 Diffraction by a Circular Aperture
    7. 36-7 Diffraction by a Double Slit
    8. 36-8 Diffraction Gratings
    9. 36-9 Gratings: Dispersion and Resolving Power
    10. 36-10 X-Ray Diffraction
    11. Review & Summary
    12. Questions
    13. Problems
  43. Chapter 37 Relativity
    1. 37-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 37-2 The Postulates
    3. 37-3 Measuring an Event
    4. 37-4 The Relativity of Simultaneity
    5. 37-5 The Relativity of Time
    6. 37-6 The Relativity of Length
    7. 37-7 The Lorentz Transformation
    8. 37-8 Some Consequences of the Lorentz Equations
    9. 37-9 The Relativity of Velocities
    10. 37-10 Doppler Effect for Light
    11. 37-11 A New Look at Momentum
    12. 37-12 A New Look at Energy
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  44. Chapter 38 Photons and Matter Waves
    1. 38-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 38-2 The Photon, the Quantum of Light
    3. 38-3 The Photoelectric Effect
    4. 38-4 Photons Have Momentum
    5. 38-5 Light as a Probability Wave
    6. 38-6 Electrons and Matter Waves
    7. 38-7 Schrödinger’s Equation
    8. 38-8 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
    9. 38-9 Barrier Tunneling
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  45. Chapter 39 More About Matter Waves
    1. 39-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 39-2 String Waves and Matter Waves
    3. 39-3 Energies of a Trapped Electron
    4. 39-4 Wave Functions of a Trapped Electron
    5. 39-5 An Electron in a Finite Well
    6. 39-6 More Electron Traps
    7. 39-7 Two- and Three-Dimensional Electron Traps
    8. 39-8 The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
    9. 39-9 Schrödinger’s Equation and the Hydrogen Atom
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  46. Chapter 40 All About Atoms
    1. 40-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 40-2 Some Properties of Atoms
    3. 40-3 Electron Spin
    4. 40-4 Angular Momenta and Magnetic Dipole Moments
    5. 40-5 The Stern–Gerlach Experiment
    6. 40-6 Magnetic Resonance
    7. 40-7 The Pauli Exclusion Principle
    8. 40-8 Multiple Electrons in Rectangular Traps
    9. 40-9 Building the Periodic Table
    10. 40-10 X Rays and the Ordering of the Elements
    11. 40-11 Lasers and Laser Light
    12. 40-12 How Lasers Work
    13. Review & Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Problems
  47. Chapter 41 Conduction of Electricity in Solids
    1. 41-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 41-2 The Electrical Properties of Solids
    3. 41-3 Energy Levels in a Crystalline Solid
    4. 41-4 Insulators
    5. 41-5 Metals
    6. 41-6 Semiconductors
    7. 41-7 Doped Semiconductors
    8. 41-8 The p-n Junction
    9. 41-9 The Junction Rectifier
    10. 41-10 The Light-Emitting Diode (LED)
    11. 41-11 The Transistor
    12. Review & Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Problems
  48. Chapter 42 Nuclear Physics
    1. 42-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 42-2 Discovering the Nucleus
    3. 42-3 Some Nuclear Properties
    4. 42-4 Radioactive Decay
    5. 42-5 Alpha Decay
    6. 42-6 Beta Decay
    7. 42-7 Radioactive Dating
    8. 42-8 Measuring Radiation Dosage
    9. 42-9 Nuclear Models
    10. Review & Summary
    11. Questions
    12. Problems
  49. Chapter 43 Energy from the Nucleus
    1. 43-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 43-2 Nuclear Fission: The Basic Process
    3. 43-3 A Model for Nuclear Fission
    4. 43-4 The Nuclear Reactor
    5. 43-5 A Natural Nuclear Reaction
    6. 43-6 Thermonuclear Fusion: The Basic Process
    7. 43-7 Thermonuclear Fusion in the Sun and Other Stars
    8. 43-8 Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion
    9. Review & Summary
    10. Questions
    11. Problems
  50. Chapter 44 Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang
    1. 44-1 What Is Physics?
    2. 44-2 Particles, Particles, Particles
    3. 44-3 An Interlude
    4. 44-4 The Leptons
    5. 44-5 The Hadrons
    6. 44-6 Still Another Conservation Law
    7. 44-7 The Eightfold Way
    8. 44-8 The Quark Model
    9. 44-9 The Basic Forces and Messenger Particles
    10. 44-10 A Pause for Reflection
    11. 44-11 The Universe Is Expanding
    12. 44-12 The Cosmic Background Radiation
    13. 44-13 Dark Matter
    14. 44-14 The Big Bang
    15. 44-15 A Summing Up
    16. Review & Summary
    17. Questions
    18. Problems
  51. Appendices
    1. A The International System of Units (SI)
    2. B Some Fundamental Constants of Physics
    3. C Some Astronomical Data
    4. D Conversion Factors
    5. E Mathematical Formulas
    6. F Properties of the Elements
    7. G Periodic Table of the Elements
  52. Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems
  53. Index

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  • Title: Fundamentals of Physics
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  • Release date: June 2004
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780471232315