Fundamentals of Physics

Part 1.
Chapter 1. Measurement.
Chapter 2. Motion Along a Straight Line.
Chapter 3. Vectors.
Chapter 4. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions.
Chapter 5. Force and Motion-I.
Chapter 6. Force and Motion-II.
Chapter 7. Kinetic Energy and Work.
Chapter 8. Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy.
Chapter 9. Center of Mass and Linear Momentum.
Chapter 10. Rotation.
Chapter 11. Rolling Torque, and Angular Momentum.
Part 2.
Chapter 12. Equilibrium and Elasticity.
Chapter 13. Gravitation.
Chapter 14. Fluids.
Chapter 15. Oscillations.
Chapter 16. Waves I.
Chapter 17. Waves II.
Chapter 18. Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics.
Chapter 19. The Kinetic Theory of Gases.
Chapter 20. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Part 3.
Chapter 21. Electric Charge.
Chapter 22. Electric Fields.
Chapter 3. Gauss' Law.
Chapter 24. Electric Potential.
Chapter 25. Capacitance.
Chapter 26. Current and Resistance.
Chapter 27. Circuits.
Chapter 28. Magnetic Fields.
Chapter 29. Magnetic Fields Due to Currents.
Chapter 30. Induction and Inductance.
Chapter 31. Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current.
Chapter 32. Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter.
Part 4.
Chapter 33. Electromagnetic Waves.
Chapter 34. Images.
Chapter 35. Interference.
Chapter 36. Diffraction.
Chapter 37. Relativity.
Part 5.
Chapter 38. Photons and Matter Waves.
Chapter 39. More About Matter Waves.
Chapter 40. All About Atoms.
Chapter 41. Conduction of Electricity in Solids.
Chapter 42. Nuclear Physics.
Chapter 43. Energy from the Nucleus.
Chapter 44. Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang.
Appendices.
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems.
Index.

Jearl Walker, geboren 1945, wurde durch sein Buch Flying Circus of Physics' (Der fliegende Zirkus der Physik) international bekannt. Er lehrt Physik an der Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA, wo er durch seine anschaulichen, berühmt-berüchtigten Physikdemonstrationen zu einem der beliebtesten Professoren wurde. 2005 erhielt er als Erster den "Outstanding Teaching Award" des Cleveland State College und wurde damit für seine beeindruckenden Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsvermittlung während der letzten 30 Jahre geehrt. Ihm zu Ehren wird der Preis in Zukunft den Namen "Jearl Walker Outstanding Teaching Award" tragen.