Contents

To the Reader

1 Force and Motion

2 Newton's Laws of motion

3 The Conservation of Momentum and Energy

4 Gravity

5 Atoms and molecules

6 Solids

7 Liquids and Gases

8 Temperature and Heat

9 Change of State and Transfer of Heat

10 Wave Motion

11 Sound

12 Diffraction, Interference, and music

13 Static Electricity

14 Electrical Current

15 Magnetism and Magnetic Effects of Currents

16 Electromagnetis Waves

18 Light: Wave or Particle?

19 The Quantum nature of light

20 Reflection, Refraction, and Dispersion

21 Lenses and Instruments

22 light as a Wave

23 Color

Appendix I Scientific Notation: Powers of Ten

Appendix II The Metric System

Index

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