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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Chapter 1: Viewing the World through the Lens of Physics
• Figuring Out What Physics Is About
• Paying Attention to Objects in Motion
• Getting Energized
• Moving as Fast as You Can: Special Relativity
• Measuring Your World
• Chapter 2: Taking Vectors Step by Step
• Getting a Grip on Vectors
• Waxing Numerical on Vectors
• Working with Vector Components
• Chapter 3: Going the Distance with Speed and Acceleration
• From Here to There: Dissecting Displacement
• The Fast Track to Understanding Speed and Velocity
• Speeding Up (or Slowing Down): Acceleration
• Bringing Acceleration, Time, and Displacement Together
• Putting Speed, Acceleration, and Displacement Together
• Chapter 4: Studying Circular Motions
• Understanding Uniform Circular Motion
• Creating Centripetal Acceleration
• Finding Angular Equivalents for Linear Equations
• Chapter 5: Push-Ups and Pull-Ups: Exercises in Force
• Reckoning with Force
• Objects at Rest and in Motion: Newton’s First Law
• Calculating Net Force: Newton’s Second Law
• Equal and Opposite Reactions: Newton’s Third Law
• Chapter 6: Falling Slowly: Gravity and Friction
• Dropping the Apple: Newton’s Law of Gravitation
• Down to Earth: Dealing with Gravity
• Leaning Vertically with Inclined Planes
• Facing Friction
• Chapter 7: Putting Physics to Work
• Wrapping Your Mind around Work
• Working Backward: Negative Work
• Working Up a Sweat: Kinetic Energy
• Saving Up: Potential Energy
• Pitting Conservative against Nonconservative Forces
• No Work Required: The Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• A Powerful Idea: The Rate of Doing Work
• Chapter 8: Moving Objects with Impulse and Momentum
• Feeling a Sudden Urge to Do Physics: Impulse
• Mastering Momentum
• Connecting Impulse and Momentum
• Watching Objects Go Bonk: The Conservation of Momentum
• Measuring Firing Velocity
• Examining Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
• Chapter 9: Navigating the Twists and Turns of Angular Kinetics
• Changing Gears (and Equations) from Linear to Rotational Motion
• Tackling Tangential Motion
• Applying Vectors to Rotation
• Doing the Twist with Torque
• No Spin, Just the Unbiased Truth: Rotational Equilibrium
• Chapter 10: Taking a Spin with Rotational Dynamics
• Converting Newton’s Second Law into Angular Motion
• Finding Moments of Inertia for Standard Shapes
• Doing Rotational Work and Producing Kinetic Energy
• Going Round and Round with Angular Momentum
• Chapter 11: There and Back Again: Simple Harmonic Motion
• Homing in on Hooke’s Law
• Déjà Vu All Over Again: Simple Harmonic Motion
• Examining Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
• Going for a Swing with Pendulums
• Chapter 12: Ten Marvels of Relativity
• Nature Doesn’t Play Favorites
• The Speed of Light Is Constant
• Time Contracts at High Speeds
• Space Travel Slows Down Aging
• Length Shortens at High Speeds
• Matter and Energy Are Equivalent:
• Matter + Antimatter Equals Boom
• The Sun Is Losing Mass
• You Can’t Surpass the Speed of Light
• Newton Was Right
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement