Discover Physics

Benjamin Crowell
213 pages (Fall 2006); 11.4MB download
Benjamin Crowell; ISBN: 0-9704670-8-7

DESCRIPTION

Discover Physics is a conceptual physics textbook intended for students in a nonmathematical one-semester general-education course.

Contents

1.0 The Rules of the Rules
1.1 Symmetry
1.2 A Preview of Noether's Theorem
1.3 What Are The Symmetries?
Problems
Lab 1a: Scaling

2.0 The Ray Model of Light
2.1 Rays Don't Rust
2.2 Time-Reversal Symmetry
2.3 Applications
2.4 The Speed of Light
2.5 Reflection
Problems
Lab 2a: Time-Reversal and Reflection
Lab 2b: Models of Light
Lab 2c: The Speed of Light in Matter

3.0 Images
3.1 Location and Magnification
3.2 Real and Virtual Images
3.3 Angular Magnification
Problems
Lab 3a: Images
Lab 3b: A Real Image
Lab 3c: Lenses
Lab 3d: The Telescope

4.0 Conservation of Mass and Energy
4.1 Conservation of Mass
4.2 Conservation of Energy
4.3 Newton's Law of Gravity
4.4 Noether's Theorem for Energy
4.5 Equivalence of Mass and Energy
Problems
Lab 4a: Conservation Laws
Lab 4b: Conservation of Energy

5.0 Conservation of Momentum
5.1 Translation Symmetry
5.2 The Strong Principle of Inertia
5.3 Momentum
Problems
Lab 5a: Interactions
Lab 5b: Frames of Reference
Lab 5c: Conservation of Momentum
Lab 5d: Conservation of Angular Momentum

6.0 Relativity
6.1 The Principle of Relativity
6.2 Distortion of Time and Space
6.3 Dynamics

7.0 Electricity and Magnetism
7.1 Electrical Interactions
7.2 Circuits
7.3 Electromagnetism
7.4 Induction
7.5 What's Left?
Problems
Lab 7a: Charge
Lab 7b: Electrical Measurements
Lab 7c: Is Charge Conserved?
Lab 7d: Circuits
Lab 7e: Electric Fields
Lab 7f: Magnetic Fields
Lab 7g: Induction
Lab 7h: Light Waves
Lab 7i: Electron Waves

Appendix 1: Photo Credits

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