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Table of Contents
Unit I            Energy and Society

Chapter 1   Physics, You, and Society


 * Physics is a Way of Thinking


 * Physics is the Pioneer Science


 * Physics in a Personal and Social Context


 * Summary

Unit II           Energy in the Environment

Chapter 2   Light and Sight


 * The Human Eye


 * Light


 * The Colors of Objects


 * Blue Sky, Red Sunset, and White Clouds


 * Color Vision


 * Summary

Chapter 3     Reflection and Mirrors


 * Plane Mirrors


 * Curved Mirrors


 * Summary

Chapter 4     Lenses and Vision


 * Refraction of Light


 * Trapping Light


 * Lenses


 * Image Formation by Lenses


 * The Camera and the Eye


 * Vision Defects and the Corrective Lenses


 * Aids to the Human Eye


 * Summary

Chapter 5       Radiation Around Us


 * A Century with Radioactivity


 * Natural and Artificial Isotopes


 * Changing Identities: Nuclear Transformation


 * Living with Radiation


 * People and Ionizing Radiation


 * Radiation Applications


 * Summary

Chapter 6       Reactors and Nuclear Energy


 * Mass Defect and Binding Energy


 * Fission


 * The Power of Nuclear Reactors


 * A Natural Nuclear Reactor


 * Environmental Hazards from a Nuclear Reactor


 * Fusion in the Stars


 * Summary

Unit III          Energy in the Home

Chapter 7       Electric Circuits


 * House Wiring


 * Simple Electric Circuit


 * Electric Current


 * Voltage


 * Conductors or Insulators


 * Current, Voltage, and Resistance: Ohm's Law


 * Factors Affecting the Resistance of a Wire


 * Electrical Connections


 * Summary

Chapter 8       The Benefits and Dangers of Electrical Energy


 * Matching Source and Load


 * Power Rating of Appliances


 * Heat Generated in Appliances


 * Short Circuit and Overload


 * Circuit Protector


 * Electrical Energy Consumption


 * Energy Saving


 * Electric Current and the Human Body


 * Electrical Hazards and Safety


 * Summary

Unit IV          Energy and the Economy

Chapter 9       The Magnet and Current Connection


 * Oersted and the Magic of Magnetism


 * From Magnets to Motors


 * Painting Pictures with Magnets


 * Summary

Chapter 10         Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution


 * Power Plants


 * In Search of the Magnetic-Induced Current Connection


 * Electromagnetic Induction


 * Lenz's Law


 * Faraday's Dynamo


 * Electrical Energy Transmission and Distribution


 * Power Losses


 * Superconductivity


 * Summary

Unit V          Energy and Transportation

Chapter 11         Going Places


 * Describing Motion


 * Average Speed


 * Acceleration


 * Falling Body


 * Graphing Motion


 * Speed and Velocity


 * Acceleration and Velocity


 * Moving On: Rapid and Mass Transport


 * Summary

Chapter 12         What Causes Motion


 * Early Studies on Causes of Motion


 * Net Force


 * The Law of Inertia


 * The Law of Acceleration


 * The Law of Interaction


 * Impulse and Momentum


 * Conservation of Momentum


 * Friction and Streamlining


 * Force: The Cause of Motion


 * Summary

Chapter 13         Conservation of Energy


 * Energy Transfer


 * Kinetic Energy


 * Potential Energy


 * Conservation of Mechanical Energy


 * Power and Efficiency


 * Heat and Work


 * Thermal Energy


 * Heat Engines


 * Law of Conservation of Energy


 * Energy Conservation Process: The Second Law of Thermodynamics


 * Summary

Chapter 14         Floating and Flying


 * Pressure


 * Applying Fluid Pressure


 * Buoyancy in Liquid


 * Safety at Sea


 * Buoyancy in Air


 * Summary

Unit VI          Energy and Information and Communication Technologies

Chapter 15         Sound in Communication


 * Contributors to the Development of the Telephone


 * The Nature of Sounds


 * Characteristics of Sound Waves


 * Properties of Sound Waves


 * The Beginning of Electric Communications


 * The Telephone System


 * Summary

Chapter 16         Wireless Communication


 * The Beginning of Wireless Communication


 * Radio Communication


 * Telecommunication Links


 * Energy Conservation in Communication


 * Summary

Chapter 17         Electronics


 * Early Development in Electronics


 * Semiconductors


 * Discrete Electronic Components


 * Integrated Circuits


 * Optoelectronic Components


 * Putting Electronics to Work


 * Summary