Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)

✍ Scribed by Karl F. Kuhn, Frank Noschese

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 355
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn physics at your own pace without an instructor

Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition is the most practical and reader-friendly guide to understanding all basic physics concepts and terms. The expert authors take a flexible and interactive approach to physics based on new research-based methods about how people most effectively comprehend new material. The book takes complex concepts and breaks them down into practical, easy to digest terms.

Subject matter covered includes:

• Newton's Laws
• Energy
• Electricity
• Magnetism
• Light
• Sound
• And more

There are also sections explaining the math behind each concept for those who would like further explanation and understanding. Each chapter features a list of objectives so that students know what they should be learning from each chapter, test questions, and exercises that inspire deeper learning about physics.

High school students, college students, and those re-learning physics alike will greatly enhance their physics education with the help of this one-of-a-kind guide. The third edition of this book reflects and implements new, research-based methods regarding how people best learn new material. As a result, it contains a flexible and interactive approach to learning physics.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Contents
To the Reader
1 Motion
Objectives
Speed
Acceleration
Motion Diagrams
The Acceleration of Gravity
Acceleration Equations
Velocity: A Vector Quality
A Vector Application: Projectile Motion
Adding Velocities: Another Vector Application
Mathematical Methods of Vector Addition (Optional)
Self-Test
2 Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion
Objectives
What is a force?
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Acceleration and Net Force As Vectors
Units Used In Newton’s Second Law
Mass and Weight
Gravity Again
Terminal Speed
Circular Motion
Newton’s Third Law (The Last!)
Newton’s Third Law During Acceleration
Self-Test
3 Conservation of Momentum and Energy
Objectives
Momentum
Momentum Conservation
Collisions
Momentum Problems
Friction and the Earth
Work
Power
Gravitational Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Energy Conservation
Energy in Collisions
More Energy Calculations (Optional)
Self-Test
4 Gravity
Objectives
The Law of Gravity
The Moon and Gravity
Kepler’s Laws
Newton’s Explanation for Kepler’s Second Law
Kepler’s Third Law (Optional)
Earth Satellites
Weightlessness
Calculations (Optional)
Self-Test
5 Atoms and Molecules
Objectives
Elements and Compounds
Atoms and Molecules
The Periodic Table
Electron Orbits
Atomic Masses
Avogadro’s Number
Problems (Optional)
Self-Test
6 Solids
Objectives
Atoms in a Solid
Density
Specific Gravity
Pressure
Elasticity and Hooke’s Law
Self-Test
7 Liquids and Gases
Objectives
Molecules in a Liquid
Pressure in a Liquid
Buoyancy
Pascal’s Principle
Molecules in Gases
Diffusion Through Liquids and Gases
Pressure in Gases
The Barometer
Buoyancy in Gases
Solids, Liquids, and Gases Reviewed
Self-Test
8 Temperature and Heat Energy
Objectives
The Fahrenheit Temperature Scale
The Celsius Scale
The Kelvin Scale
Expansion Related to Temperature: Thermometers
Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat Energy
The Calorie
The Joule
Specific Heat
Self-Test
9 Change of State and Transfer of Heat Energy
Objectives
Melting: The Heat of Fusion
The Heat of Vaporization
Transfer of Heat: Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Self-Test
10 Wave Motion
Objectives
The Period of a Pendulum
Relation between Length and Period (Optional)
Frequency
Waves
Relationship between the Variables
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Energy Transfer
The Doppler Effect
Self-Test
11 Sound
Objectives
Sound Waves
The Speed of Sound
Frequency and Wavelength Range
Intensity
The Decibel Scale
Intensity Calculations (Optional)
Decrease of Intensity with Distance
Resonance
Refraction
Self-Test
12 Diffraction, Interference, and Music
Objectives
Loudness
Diffraction of Sound
Interference
Beats
Pitch
Quality
Standing Waves in a String
Standing Waves in a Gas
The Doppler Effect in Sound
The Sonic Boom
Self-Test
13 Static Electricity
Objectives
Coulomb’s Law
Calculations with Coulomb’s Law (Optional)
The Electric Field
Calculating Electric Fields Using Coulomb’s Law (Optional)
Charging by Friction: The Triboelectric Series
Insulators and Conductors
The Electroscope
Charging by Induction
Self-Test
14 Electrical Current
Objectives
Flow of Electric Charge
Batteries and Voltage
Ohm’s Law
Batteries in Series and Parallel
Series Circuits
Parallel Circuits
Series vs. Parallel: Home Wiring
Alternating Current
Energy Dissipated in a Resistor
SI Calculations
Self-Test
15 Magnetism and Magnetic Effects of Currents
Objectives
Magnetic Fields
Fields Produced by Currents
Strength-of-Field Calculations (Optional)
Magnetic Fields due to Loops and Solenoids
Calculating the Magnetic Field of a Solenoid (Optional)
The Cause of Magnetism
Electric Meters
Electric Motors
Self-Test
16 Electrical Induction
Objectives
A Current-Carrying Wire in a Magnetic Field
Inducing a Current
A Coil and a Magnet
Lenz’s Law
Two Coils: The Transformer
Voltage and Power Through a Transformer
Self-Induction
Self-Test
17 Electromagnetic Waves
Objectives
Production of Radio Waves
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Self-Test
18 Light: Wave or Particle?
Objectives
Galileo and the Speed of Light
Roemer’s Measurement
Michelson’s Method
Huygens’ Principle
Newton’s Particles
Electromagnetic Waves
The Photoelectric Effect
Electromagnetic Theory and the Photoelectric Effect
The Ether
The Michelson–Morley Experiment
Summary
Self-Test
19 The Quantum Nature of Light
Objectives
Blackbody Radiation and Electromagnetic Theory
Planck’s Quantum Hypothesis
Einstein on the Photoelectric Effect
The Bohr Model of the Atom
Emission of Light
Excitation of Atoms
Types of Lamps
Phosphorescence
The Laser
Self-Test
20 Reflection, Refraction, and Dispersion
Objectives
Reflection
Refraction
Calculating Angles of Refraction (Optional)
Total Internal Reflection
Quantitative Treatment (Optional) (Prerequisite: Frames 10, 11)
Atmospheric Refraction: Sunset
Mirages
Dispersion
The Rainbow
Self-Test
21 Lenses and Instruments
Objectives
Lenses
Images
Magnification
Image Calculations (Optional)
Virtual Images: The Magnifier
Calculations of Virtual Image Distances (Optional) (Prerequisite: Frame 8)
Diverging Lenses
Diverging Calculations (Optional) (Prerequisite: Frame 8)
The Camera
The Eye
The Projector
The Microscope
The Telescope
Self-Test
22 Light as a Wave
Objectives
Diffraction
Double Slit Interference*
The Diffraction Grating
Thin Film Interference
Polarization
Self-Test
23 Color
Objectives
The Visible Spectrum
Under Colored Lights
Why Don’t Things Work this Perfectly in Practice?
Self-Test
Appendix A Scientific Notation: Powers of Ten
Method of Writing Large Numbers
Method of Writing Small Numbers
Calculations with Scientific Notation (Optional)
Self-Test
Appendix B The Metric System
Length
Mass
Metric Prefixes
Metric Conversions
Index
EULA