Brief Contents
0 Introduction and Review ............................... 15
1 Scaling and Order-of-Magnitude Estimates 35
Motion in One Dimension
2 Velocity and Relative Motion ........................ 54
3 Acceleration and Free Fall ............................ 73
4 Force and Motion........................................... 97
5 Analysis of Forces....................................... 113
Motion in Three Dimensions
6 Newton’s Laws in Three Dimensions ........ 135
7 Vectors.......................................................... 145
8 Vectors and Motion ..................................... 155
9 Circular Motion ............................................ 167
10 Gravity ........................................................ 181
Exercises ........................................................... 201
Solutions to Selected Problems ...................... 209
Glossary ............................................................. 215
Mathematical Review ........................................ 217
Trig Tables.......................................................... 218
Index ................................................................... 219
Contents
Motion in One
Dimension 53
2 Velocity and Relative
Motion 54
2.1 Types of Motion ................................... 54
2.2 Describing Distance and Time ............. 57
2.3 Graphs of Motion; Velocity. .................. 60
2.4 The Principle of Inertia ......................... 64
2.5 Addition of Velocities ........................... 67
2.6 Graphs of Velocity Versus Time........... 69
2.7 ò Applications of Calculus .................... 69
Summary ...................................................... 71
Homework Problems .................................... 72
3 Acceleration
and Free Fall 73
3.1 The Motion of Falling Objects .............. 73
3.2 Acceleration ......................................... 76
3.3 Positive and Negative Acceleration ..... 79
3.4 Varying Acceleration ............................ 82
3.5 The Area Under
the Velocity-Time Graph ................... 85
3.6 Algebraic Results
for Constant Acceleration ................. 87
3.7* Biological Effects of Weightlessness .. 89
3.8 ò Applications of Calculus .................... 91
Summary ...................................................... 92
Homework Problems .................................... 93
1 Scaling and Orderof-
Magnitude
Estimates 35
1.1 Introduction .......................................... 35
1.2 Scaling of Area and Volume ................ 37
1.3 Scaling Applied to Biology ................... 44
1.4 Order-of-Magnitude Estimates ............ 47
Summary ...................................................... 50
Homework Problems .................................... 50
Preface ......................................................... 13
A Note to the Student Taking Calculus
Concurrently ........................................... 14
0 Introduction
and Review 15
0.1 The Scientific Method .......................... 15
0.2 What Is Physics? ................................. 17
0.3 How to Learn Physics .......................... 20
0.4 Self-Evaluation .................................... 22
0.5 Basics of the Metric System ................ 22
0.6 The Newton, the Metric Unit of Force .. 25
0.7 Less Common Metric Prefixes............. 26
0.8 Scientific Notation ................................ 27
0.9 Conversions......................................... 28
0.10 Significant Figures ............................. 30
Summary ...................................................... 32
Homework Problems .................................... 33
4 Force and Motion 97
4.1 Force ................................................... 97
4.2 Newton’s First Law ............................ 100
4.3 Newton’s Second Law ....................... 104
4.4 What Force Is Not.............................. 106
4.5 Inertial and Noninertial
Frames of Reference ..................... 108
Summary .....................................................110
Homework Problems ................................... 111
5 Analysis of Forces 113
5.1 Newton’s Third Law ............................113
5.2 Classification and Behavior of Forces 118
5.3 Analysis of Forces ............................. 124
5.4 Transmission of Forces
by Low-Mass Objects ..................... 126
5.5 Objects Under Strain ......................... 128
5.6 Simple Machines: The Pulley ............ 129
Summary .................................................... 130
Homework Problems .................................. 131 7 Vectors 145
7.1 Vector Notation .................................. 145
7.2 Calculations with Magnitude
and Direction .................................. 148
7.3 Techniques for Adding Vectors .......... 151
7.4* Unit Vector Notation ......................... 152
7.5* Rotational Invariance ....................... 152
Summary .................................................... 153
Homework Problems .................................. 1__TEXT IS TOO BIG. IT WAS TRUNCATED TO 5000 SYMBOLS
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