This textbook provides everything you need to get through a basic physics course. It guides students through all the essentials with a concise review of the concept, simple illustrations to demonstrate it, worked problems to showcase how to apply it, and a short quiz for self-testing. Whereas other standard books can be overwhelming to students, the author shares what has worked with his own students, trimming back unnecessary detail and focusing on the core basic physical concepts required to gain solid footing. The full range of topics are addressed in a manner that facilitates understanding and will encourage students to continue forward with their learning.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................xv Author .................................................................................................................................................................. xvii Chapter 1 Motion .......................................................................................................................................1 Position and Velocity ........................................................................................................1 Acceleration ...........................................................................................................................2 Quiz 1.1 ...............................................................................................................................3 Velocity as a Function of Time ...................................................................................3 Position as a Function of Time ...................................................................................4 Quiz 1.2 ...............................................................................................................................4 Two Objects ...........................................................................................................................5 Gravity .......................................................................................................................................6 Quiz 1.3 ...............................................................................................................................7 Chapter Summary ..............................................................................................................7 End-of-Chapter Questions ............................................................................................8 Additional Problems .........................................................................................................8 Chapter 2 Vectors .......................................................................................................................................9 Cartesian Coordinates ......................................................................................................9 Vector Components ....................................................................................................... 10 Quiz 2.1 .............................................................................................................................11 Adding Vectors...................................................................................................................11 Equations of Motion .......................................................................................................12 Quiz 2.2 ............................................................................................................................13 Launching a Projectile ...................................................................................................14 Hitting a Target ..................................................................................................................15 Quiz 2.3 ............................................................................................................................16 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................................16 End-of-Chapter Questions ..........................................................................................16 Additional Problems .......................................................................................................17 Chapter 3 Forces .......................................................................................................................................19 Force Causes Acceleration ..........................................................................................19 Gravity .................................................................................................................................... 20 Quiz 3.1 ............................................................................................................................ 21 Force between Two Objects .................................................................................... 21 Tension ...................................................................................................................................22 Quiz 3.2 ...........................................................................................................................23 Normal Force ......................................................................................................................23 Friction ...................................................................................................................................25 Quiz 3.3 ........................................................................................................................... 26 Chapter Summary ........................................................................................................... 26 End-of-Chapter Questions ......................................................................................... 26 Additional Problems ...................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 4 Applying Newton’s Laws ............................................................................................ 29 Tension ................................................................................................................................... 29 Normal Force ......................................................................................................................30 Quiz 4.1 .............................................................................................................................31 Inclined Plane without Friction ................................................................................31 Inclined Plane with Friction ....................................................................................... 32 Quiz 4.2 ........................................................................................................................... 33 Simple Pulley ......................................................................................................................34 Atwood’s Machine .......................................................................................................... 35 Quiz 4.3 ...........................................................................................................................36 Chapter Summary ...........................................................................................................36 End-of-Chapter Questions .........................................................................................36 Additional Problems ...................................................................................................... 37 Chapter 5 Circular Motion and Gravity ...................................................................................... 39 Centripetal Acceleration .............................................................................................. 39 Motion in a Horizontal Circle ....................................................................................40 Quiz 5.1 .............................................................................................................................41 Centripetal Friction Force ............................................................................................41 Motion in a Vertical Circle ........................................................................................... 42 Quiz 5.2 ........................................................................................................................... 43 Newton’s Law of Gravity ............................................................................................. 43 Circular Orbits ....................................................................................................................44 Quiz 5.3 ........................................................................................................................... 45 Chapter Summary ........................................................................................................... 45 End-of-Chapter Questions .........................................................................................46 Additional Problems ......................................................................................................46 Chapter 6 Work and Energy .............................................................................................................. 47 Work ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Work and an Inclined Plane .......................................................................................48 Quiz 6.1 ............................................................................................................................ 49 Kinetic Energy .................................................................................................................... 49 Potential Energy ................................................................................................................ 50 Quiz 6.2 ............................................................................................................................51 Potential Energy of a Spring .......................................................................................51 Friction and Thermal Energy .................................................................................... 52 Quiz 6.3 ........................................................................................................................... 53 Chapter Summary ........................................................................................................... 53 End-of-Chapter Questions ......................................................................................... 53 Additional Problems ......................................................................................................54 Chapter 7 Rotational Motion ............................................................................................................ 55 Angular Velocity ............................................................................................................... 55 Rotational Kinetic Energy ............................................................................................56 Quiz 7.1 ............................................................................................................................ 57 Moment of Inertia ........................................................................................................... 57 Torque ..................................................................................................................................... 58 Quiz 7.2 ............................................................................................................................ 59 Turning a Wrench ............................................................................................................60 Angular Acceleration ......................................................................................................61 Quiz 7.3 ............................................................................................................................ 62 Chapter Summary ........................................................................................................... 63 End-of-Chapter Questions ......................................................................................... 63 Additional Problems ......................................................................................................64 Chapter 8 Momentum ......................................................................................................................... 67 Momentum and Impulse ............................................................................................ 67 Inelastic Collisions ............................................................................................................68 Quiz 8.1 ............................................................................................................................ 69 Elastic Collisions ................................................................................................................ 69 Angular Momentum ...................................................................................................... 70 Quiz 8.2 ........................................................................................................................... 70 Conservation of Angular Momentum ................................................................ 71 Spinning Disks ...................................................................................................................72 Quiz 8.3 ...........................................................................................................................73 Chapter Summary ...........................................................................................................73 End-of-Chapter Questions .........................................................................................73 Additional Problems .......................................................................................................74 Chapter 9 Oscillations and Waves ................................................................................................. 75 Hooke’s Law ........................................................................................................................ 75 Oscillations ........................................................................................................................... 76 Quiz 9.1 ............................................................................................................................77 Mathematical Description .......................................................................................... 78 Traveling Waves ................................................................................................................ 79 Quiz 9.2 ...........................................................................................................................80 Standing Waves ................................................................................................................ 81 Interference ......................................................................................................................... 82 Quiz 9.3 ..................................................................................................................... 83 Chapter Summary ...........................................................................................................84 End-of-Chapter Questions .........................................................................................84 Additional Problems ......................................................................................................84 Chapter 10 Fluids ....................................................................................................................................... 87 Pressure .................................................................................................................................. 87 Static Fluids ..........................................................................................................................88 Quiz 10.1 .........................................................................................................................89 Buoyancy ..............................................................................................................................90 Moving Fluids ..................................................................................................................... 91 Quiz 10.2 ......................................................................................................................... 92 Bernoulli’s Equation ........................................................................................................ 92 Streamlines .......................................................................................................................... 93 Quiz 10.3 .........................................................................................................................94 Chapter Summary ...........................................................................................................95 End-of-Chapter Questions .........................................................................................95 Additional Problems ......................................................................................................96 Chapter 11 Thermo dynamics ............................................................................................................ 97 Ideal Gas Law...................................................................................................................... 97 Thermal Energy .................................................................................................................98 Quiz 11.1 ..........................................................................................................................99 Work and Heat ...................................................................................................................99 Energy Conservation ...................................................................................................100 Quiz 11.2 .......................................................................................................................101 Heat Engines .....................................................................................................................101 Entropy .................................................................................................................................103 Quiz 11.3 .......................................................................................................................104 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................104 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................104 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................105 Chapter 12 Electric Fields and Forces ..........................................................................................107 The Coulomb Force......................................................................................................107 Forces and Angles .........................................................................................................108 Quiz 12.1 .......................................................................................................................109 Electric Field ......................................................................................................................109 Electric Fields and Angles ......................................................................................... 110 Quiz 12.2 ....................................................................................................................... 112 Adding Electric Field Vectors.................................................................................. 112 Deflecting a Charged Particle ................................................................................ 114 Quiz 12.3 ....................................................................................................................... 115 Chapter Summary ......................................................................................................... 115 End-of-Chapter Questions ....................................................................................... 115 Additional Problems .................................................................................................... 116 Chapter 13 Electric Potential ............................................................................................................. 119 Relation to Potential Energy .................................................................................... 119 Uniform Electric Field ..................................................................................................120 Quiz 13.1 .......................................................................................................................121 Potential Due to a Point Charge ...........................................................................121 Potential Due to Several Point Charges............................................................122 Quiz 13.2 .......................................................................................................................123 Conductors ........................................................................................................................124 Insulators and Capacitors ..........................................................................................125 Quiz 13.3 .......................................................................................................................126 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................126 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................127 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................127 Chapter 14 Electrical Circuits ............................................................................................................129 Current and Ohm’s Law .............................................................................................129 Power ....................................................................................................................................130 Quiz 14.1 .......................................................................................................................130 Resistors in Series ........................................................................................................... 131 Resistors in Parallel ........................................................................................................132 Quiz 14.2 .......................................................................................................................133 Kirchoff’s Loop Rule ......................................................................................................133 Kirchoff’s Current Rule.................................................................................................135 Quiz 14.3 .......................................................................................................................136 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................137 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................138 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................139 Chapter 15 Magnetic Fields and Forces .....................................................................................141 Magnets...............................................................................................................................141 Ferromagnetism .............................................................................................................142 Quiz 15.1 .......................................................................................................................144 Ampere’s Law ...................................................................................................................145 Current Loops ..................................................................................................................147 Quiz 15.2 .......................................................................................................................148 Forces Due to B Fields .................................................................................................148 Force on a Wire ...............................................................................................................150 Quiz 15.3 ....................................................................................................................... 151 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................152 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................152 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................153 Chapter 16 Electro magnetic Induction ......................................................................................155 Magnetic Flux ..................................................................................................................155 Lenz’s Law ..........................................................................................................................156 Quiz 16.1 .......................................................................................................................157 Faraday’s Law ...................................................................................................................158 Examples of Induction ...............................................................................................159 Quiz 16.2 .......................................................................................................................160 Generators .........................................................................................................................161 Transformers .....................................................................................................................162 Quiz 16.3 .......................................................................................................................163 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................163 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................163 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................164 Chapter 17 Electro magnetic Waves .............................................................................................167 Wave Properties ..............................................................................................................167 Polarization ........................................................................................................................168 Quiz 17.1 ........................................................................................................................170 Two-Slit Interference ....................................................................................................170 Single Slit and Circular Aperture ...........................................................................171 Quiz 17.2 ........................................................................................................................173 Reflection and Refraction .........................................................................................173 Thin Films............................................................................................................................175 Quiz 17.3 ........................................................................................................................176 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................177 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................177 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................178 Chapter 18 Optics ....................................................................................................................................181 Lenses ...................................................................................................................................181 The Lens Equation .........................................................................................................182 Quiz 18.1 .......................................................................................................................183 Magnifiers ...........................................................................................................................184 Microscopes ......................................................................................................................185 Quiz 18.2 .......................................................................................................................186 Telescopes ..........................................................................................................................186 Resolution ..........................................................................................................................187 Quiz 18.3 .......................................................................................................................188 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................189 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................189 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................190 Chapter 19 Relativity ..............................................................................................................................191 Relative Frames ...............................................................................................................191 Special Relativity ............................................................................................................192 Quiz 19.1........................................................................................................................192 Length Contraction ......................................................................................................193 Time Dilation ....................................................................................................................194 Quiz 19.2 .......................................................................................................................195 Energy ...................................................................................................................................195 Momentum .......................................................................................................................196 Quiz 19.3 .......................................................................................................................197 Chapter Summary .........................................................................................................197 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................197 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................198 Chapter 20 Atoms and Nuclei ..........................................................................................................201 The Electron Volt ............................................................................................................201 The Bohr Model ..............................................................................................................202 Quiz 20.1 .......................................................................................................................203 Photons ................................................................................................................................203 Nuclei ....................................................................................................................................205 Quiz 20.2 ...................................................................................................................... 206 Atomic Mass ..................................................................................................................... 206 Radioactivity .....................................................................................................................207 Quiz 20.3 ...................................................................................................................... 208 Chapter Summary ........................................................................................................ 209 End-of-Chapter Questions .......................................................................................210 Additional Problems ....................................................................................................210 Answers ............................................................................................................................................................213 Physical Constants ..................................................................................................................................237 Index 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