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Introduction
Preface
1. Introduction to Electric Charge and Electric Field
2. Static Electricity and Charge: Conservation of Charge
3. Conductors and Insulators
4. Coulomb’s Law
5. Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited
6. Electric Field Lines: Multiple Charges
7. Electric Forces in Biology
8. Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium
9. Applications of Electrostatics
10. Introduction to Electric Potential and Electric Energy
11. Electric Potential Energy: Potential Difference
12. Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field
13. Electrical Potential Due to a Point Charge
14. Equipotential Lines
15. Capacitors and Dielectrics
16. Capacitors in Series and Parallel
17. Energy Stored in Capacitors
18. Introduction to Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
19. Current
20. Ohm’s Law: Resistance and Simple Circuits
21. Resistance and Resistivity
22. Electric Power and Energy
23. Alternating Current versus Direct Current
24. Electric Hazards and the Human Body
25. Nerve Conduction–Electrocardiograms
26. Introduction to Circuits and DC Instruments
27. Resistors in Series and Parallel
28. Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage
29. Kirchhoff’s Rules
30. DC Voltmeters and Ammeters
31. Null Measurements
32. DC Circuits Containing Resistors and Capacitors
33. Introduction to Magnetism
34. Magnets
35. Ferromagnets and Electromagnets
36. Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Field Lines
37. Magnetic Field Strength: Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
38. Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field: Examples and Applications
39. The Hall Effect
40. Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
41. Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters
42. Magnetic Fields Produced by Moving charges (Biot-Savart Law) and by Currents (Ampere’s Law)
43. Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors
44. More Applications of Magnetism
45. Introduction to Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits and Electrical Technologies
46. Induced Emf and Magnetic Flux
47. Faraday’s Law of Induction: Lenz’s Law
48. Motional Emf
49. Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping
50. Electric Generators
51. Back Emf
52. Transformers
53. Electrical Safety: Systems and Devices
54. Inductance
55. RL Circuits
56. Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive
57. RLC Series AC Circuits
58. Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves
59. Maxwell’s Equations: Electromagnetic Waves Predicted and Observed
60. Production of Electromagnetic Waves
61. The Electromagnetic Spectrum
62. Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
63. Introduction to Geometric Optics
64. The Ray Aspect of Light
65. The Law of Reflection
66. The Law of Refraction
67. Total Internal Reflection
68. Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms
69. Image Formation by Lenses
70. Image Formation by Mirrors
71. Introduction to Vision and Optical Instruments
72. Physics of the Eye
73. Vision Correction
74. Color and Color Vision
75. Microscopes
76. Telescopes
77. Aberrations
78. Introduction to Wave Optics
79. The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference
80. Huygens's Principle: Diffraction
81. Young’s Double Slit Experiment
82. Multiple Slit Diffraction
83. Single Slit Diffraction
84. Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion
85. Thin Film Interference
86. Polarization
87. *Extended Topic* Microscopy Enhanced by the Wave Characteristics of Light
88. Introduction to Special Relativity
89. Einstein’s Postulates
90. Simultaneity And Time Dilation
91. Length Contraction
92. Relativistic Addition of Velocities
93. Relativistic Momentum
94. Relativistic Energy
95. Introduction to Quantum Physics
96. Quantization of Energy
97. The Photoelectric Effect
98. Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
99. Photon Momentum
100. The Particle-Wave Duality
101. The Wave Nature of Matter
102. Probability: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
103. The Particle-Wave Duality Reviewed
104. Introduction to Atomic Physics
105. Discovery of the Atom
106. Discovery of the Parts of the Atom: Electrons and Nuclei
107. Bohr’s Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
108. X Rays: Atomic Origins and Applications
109. Applications of Atomic Excitations and De-Excitations
110. The Wave Nature of Matter Causes Quantization
111. Patterns in Spectra Reveal More Quantization
112. Quantum Numbers and Rules
113. The Pauli Exclusion Principle
114. Introduction to Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
115. Nuclear Radioactivity
116. Radiation Detection and Detectors
117. Substructure of the Nucleus
118. Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws
119. Fusion
120. Half-Life and Activity
121. Binding Energy
122. Fission
123. Tunneling
124. Nuclear Weapons
125. Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
126. Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
127. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
128. Therapeutic Uses of Ionizing Radiation
129. Food Irradiation
130. Introduction to Particle Physics
131. The Yukawa Particle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Revisited
132. The Four Basic Forces
133. Accelerators Create Matter from Energy
134. Particles, Patterns, and Conservation Laws
135. Quarks: Is That All There Is?
136. GUTs: The Unification of Forces
137. Frontiers of Physics
138. Cosmology and Particle Physics
139. General Relativity and Quantum Gravity
140. Superstrings
141. Dark Matter and Closure
142. Complexity and Chaos
143. High-temperature Superconductors
144. Some Questions We Know to Ask
Appendix
Atomic Masses
Selected Radioactive Isotopes
Useful Information
Glossary of Key Symbols and Notation
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