Fundamentals of Physics

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Chapters

 * 1) /Physics and Measurement/
 * 2) /Motion in One Dimension/
 * 3) /Vectors/
 * 4) /Motion in Two Dimensions/
 * 5) /Forces and Motion - I/
 * 6) /Forces and Motion - II/
 * 7) /Work and Kinetic Energy/
 * 8) /Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy/
 * 9) /Linear Momentum and Collisions/
 * 10) /Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis/
 * 11) /Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum/
 * 12) /Static Equilibrium and Elasticity/
 * 13) /Oscillatory Motion/
 * 14) /The Law of Gravity/
 * 15) /Fluid Mechanics/
 * 16) /Wave Motion/
 * 17) /Sound Waves/
 * 18) /Superposition and Standing Waves/
 * 19) /Temperature/
 * 20) /Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics/
 * 21) /The Kinetic Theory of Gases/
 * 22) /Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics/
 * 23) /Electric Fields/
 * 24) /Gauss's Law/
 * 25) /Electric Potential/
 * 26) /Capacitance and Dielectrics/
 * 27) /Current and Resistance/
 * 28) /Direct Current Circuits/
 * 29) /Magnetic Fields/
 * 30) /Sources of the Magnetic Field/
 * 31) /Faraday's Law/
 * 32) /Inductance/
 * 33) /Alternating-Current Circuits/
 * 34) /Electromagnetic Waves/
 * 35) /The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics/
 * 36) /Geometric Optics/
 * 37) /Interference of Light Waves/
 * 38) /Diffraction and Polarization/
 * 39) /Relativity/
 * 40) /All About Atoms/
 * 41) /Conduction of Electricity in Solids/
 * 42) /Nuclear Physics/
 * 43) /Energy from the Nucleus/
 * 44) /Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang/