Fundamentals of physics

Includes appendices, index.

Chapter 1. Measurement. --2. Motion along a straight line. --3. Vectors. --4. Motion in two and three dimensions. --5. Force and motion I. --6. Force and motion II. --7. Kinetic energy and work. --8. Potential energy conversation of energy. --9. System of particles. --10. Collisions. --11. Rotation. --12. Rolling, torque, and angular momentum. --13. Equilibrium and elasticity. --14. Gravitation. --15. Fluids. --16. Oscillations. --17. Waves I. --18. Waves II. 19. Temperature, heat and the first law of thermodynamics. --20. The kinetic theory of gases. --21. Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. --22. Electric charge. --23Electric fields. --24. Gauss' law. --25. Electric potential. --26. Capacitance. --27. Current and resistance. --28. Circuits. --29. Magnetic fields. --30. Magnetic fields due to currents. --31. Induction and inductance. --32. Magnetism of matter; Maxwell's equation. --33. Electromagnetic oscillations and alternating current. --34. Electromagnetic waves. --35. Images. --36. Inference. --37. Diffraction. --38. Relativity. --39. Photons and matter waves. --40. More about matter waves. --41. All about atoms. --42. Conduction of electricity in solids. --43. Nuclear physics. --44. Energy from the nucleus. --45. Quarks, leptons and the big bang.