Inquiry into Physics 8th edition

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• Chapter 1: The Study of Motion
  • 1.1: Fundamental Physical Quantities
  • 1.2: Speed and Velocity
  • 1.3: Acceleration
  • 1.4: Simple Types of Motion
  • 1: Questions
  • 1: Problems
  • 1: Conceptual Questions
  • 1: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 1: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 2: Newton's Laws
  • 2.1: Force
  • 2.2: Newton's First Law of Motion
  • 2.3: Mass
  • 2.4: Newton's Second Law of Motion
  • 2.5: Examples: Different Forces, Different Motions
  • 2.6: Newton's Third Law of Motion
  • 2.7: The Law of Universal Gravitation
  • 2.8: Tides
  • 2: Questions
  • 2: Problems
  • 2: Conceptual Questions
  • 2: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 2: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 3: Energy and Conservation Laws
  • 3.1: Conservation Laws
  • 3.2: Linear Momentum
  • 3.3: Work: The Key to Energy
  • 3.4: Energy
  • 3.5: The Conservation of Energy
  • 3.6: Collisions: An Energy Perspective
  • 3.7: Power
  • 3.8: Rotation and Angular Momentum
  • 3: Questions
  • 3: Problems
  • 3: Conceptual Questions
  • 3: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 3: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 4: Physics of Matter
  • 4.1: Matter: Phases, Forms, and Forces
  • 4.2: Pressure
  • 4.3: Density
  • 4.4: Fluid Pressure and Gravity
  • 4.5: Archimedes' Principle
  • 4.6: Pascal's Principle
  • 4.7: Bernoulli's Principle
  • 4: Questions
  • 4: Problems
  • 4: Conceptual Questions
  • 4: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 4: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 5: Temperature and Heat
  • 5.1: Temperature
  • 5.2: Thermal Expansion
  • 5.3: The First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 5.4: Heat Transfer
  • 5.5: Specific Heat Capacity
  • 5.6: Phase Transitions
  • 5.7: Heat Engines and The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 5: Questions
  • 5: Problems
  • 5: Conceptual Questions
  • 5: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 5: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 6: Waves and Sound
  • 6.1: Waves—Types and Properties
  • 6.2: Aspects of Wave Propagation
  • 6.3: Sound
  • 6.4: Production of Sound
  • 6.5: Propagation of Sound
  • 6.6: Perception of Sound
  • 6: Questions
  • 6: Problems
  • 6: Conceptual Questions
  • 6: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 6: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 7: Electricity
  • 7.1: Electric Charge
  • 7.2: Electric Force and Coulomb's Law
  • 7.3: Electric Currents—Superconductivity
  • 7.4: Electric Circuits and Ohm's Law
  • 7.5: Power and Energy in Electric Currents
  • 7.6: AC and DC
  • 7: Questions
  • 7: Problems
  • 7: Conceptual Questions
  • 7: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 7: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 8: Electromagnetism and EM Waves
  • 8.1: Magnetism
  • 8.2: Interactions between Electricity and Magnetism
  • 8.3: Principles of Electromagnetism
  • 8.4: Applications to Sound Reproduction
  • 8.5: Electromagnetic Waves
  • 8.6: Blackbody Radiation
  • 8.7: EM Waves and Earth's Atmosphere
  • 8: Questions
  • 8: Problems
  • 8: Conceptual Questions
  • 8: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 8: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 9: Optics
  • 9.1: Light Waves
  • 9.2: Mirrors: Plane and Not So Simple
  • 9.3: Refraction
  • 9.4: Lenses and Images
  • 9.5: The Human Eye
  • 9.6: Dispersion and Color
  • 9.7: Atmospheric Optics: Rainbows, Halos, and Blue Skies
  • 9: Questions
  • 9: Problems
  • 9: Conceptual Questions
  • 9: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 9: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 10: Atomic Physics
  • 10.1: The Quantum Hypothesis
  • 10.2: The Photoelectric Effect and Photons
  • 10.3: Atomic Spectra
  • 10.4: The Bohr Model of the Atom
  • 10.5: Quantum Mechanics
  • 10.6: Atomic Structure
  • 10.7: X-Ray Spectra
  • 10.8: Lasers
  • 10: Questions
  • 10: Problems
  • 10: Conceptual Questions
  • 10: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 10: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 11: Nuclear Physics
  • 11.1: The Nucleus
  • 11.2: Radioactivity
  • 11.3: Half-Life
  • 11.4: Artificial Nuclear Reactions
  • 11.5: Nuclear Binding Energy
  • 11.6: Nuclear Fission
  • 11.7: Nuclear Fusion
  • 11: Questions
  • 11: Problems
  • 11: Conceptual Questions
  • 11: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 11: Extra Problems
  
  
• Chapter 12: Relativity, Particle Physics, and Cosmology
  • 12.1: Special Relativity: The Physics of High Velocity
  • 12.2: General Relativity
  • 12.3: Forces and Particles
  • 12.4: Quarks: Order Out of Chaos
  • 12.5: The Standard Model and GUTs
  • 12.6: Cosmology
  • 12: Questions
  • 12: Problems
  • 12: Conceptual Questions
  • 12: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 12: Extra Problems