Table of Contents

Measurment.

Motion in on Dimension.

Force and Newton's Laws.

Motion in Two and Three Dimensions.

Application of Newton's Law.

Momentum.

Systems of Particles.

Rotational Kinematics.

Rotational Dynamics.

Angular Momentum.

Energy 1: Work Kinetic Energy.

Energy 2: Potential Energy.

Energy 3: Conservation of Energy.

Gravitation.

Fluid Statics.

Fluid Dynamics.

Oscillations.

Wave Motion.

Sound Waves.

The Special Theory of Relativity.

Temperature.

Molecular Properties of Gases.

The First Law of Thermodynamics.

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

Appendices.

Amswers to Odd Numbered Problems.

Photo Credits.

Index.

About the Author

Robert Resnick was a physics educator and author of physics textbooks. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 11, 1923 and graduated from the Baltimore City College high school in 1939. He received his B.A. in 1943 and his Ph.D. in 1949, both in physics from Johns Hopkins University.

David Halliday was an American physicist known for his physics textbooks, which have been in continuous use since 1960 and are available in more than 47 languages.