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Chapter # 1: Mechanics………………………………………………………………………………………. 1

Units, Dimensions and Vectors ……………………………………………………………………….. 1

Newton’s Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Work, Energy and Momentum………………… 12

Fluid Mechanics ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 35

Periodic Motion……………………………………………………………………………………………. 42

Chapter # 2: Waves/Acoustics…………………………………………………………………………… 65

Mechanical Waves, Sound and Hearing…………………………………………………………. 65

Chapter #3: Optics ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 85

The Nature of Light, Lenses, Camera, Eye, Microscopes and Telescopes………….. 85

Chapter #4: Thermodynamics …………………………………………………………………………. 121

Temperature, Heat, Laws of Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer…………………………. 121

Chapter #5: Electromagnetism………………………………………………………………………… 159

Electrostatics, Gauss’s law, Capacitor ………………………………………………………….. 159

Electricity, Resistance, DC circuits……………………………………………………………….. 173

Inductance, Magnetic field, Electromagnetic Induction AC circuits, ………………….. 187

Chapter #6: Modern Physics……………………………………………………………………………. 245

Relativity, Atomic physics, X-rays ………………………………………………………………… 245

The Wave Nature of Particles, Quantum Physics…………………………………………… 253

Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Cosmology…………………………………………. 258

Semiconductors, Electronics……………………………………………………………………….. 268

Appendices…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 315

A The International System of Units……………………………………………………………. 315

B Useful Mathematical Relations ……………………………………………………………….. 320

C The Greek Alphabet………………………………………………………………………………. 323

D Physics Equations ………………………………………………………………………………… 324

E Unit Conversion Tables………………………………………………………………………….. 327

F Numerical Constants……………………………………………………………………………… 329

G Formulae……………………………………………………………………………………………… 332

H Periodic Table of Elements …………………………………………………………………….. 333

Glossary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 335

References……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 357