Includes index

v. 1. Physics and measurement -- Motion in one dimension -- Vectors -- Motion in two dimensions -- Laws of motion -- Circular motion and other applications of Newton's laws -- Energy and energy transfer -- Potential energy -- Linear momentum and collisions -- Rotation of a rigid object about a fixed axis -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium and elasticity -- Universal gravitation -- Fluid mechanics -- v. 2. Oscillatory motion -- Wave motion -- Sound waves -- Superposition and standing waves -- Temperature -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics -- v. 3. Electric fields -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance and dielectrics -- Current and resistance -- Direct current circuits -- Magnetic fields -- Sources of the magnetic field -- Faraday's law -- Inductance -- Alternating current circuits -- Electromagnetic waves -- v. 4. Nature of light and the laws of geometric optics -- Image formation -- Interference of light waves -- Diffraction patterns and polarization -- Relativity

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