Chapter 1: Viewing the World through the Lens of Physics 5
Chapter 2: Taking Vectors Step by Step 15
Chapter 3: Going the Distance with Speed and Acceleration 25
Chapter 4: Studying Circular Motions 41
Chapter 5: Push-Ups and Pull-Ups: Exercises in Force 49
Chapter 6: Falling Slowly: Gravity and Friction 63
Chapter 7: Putting Physics to Work 77
Chapter 8: Moving Objects with Impulse and Momentum 95
Chapter 9: Navigating the Twists and Turns of Angular Kinetics 111
Chapter 10: Taking a Spin with Rotational Dynamics 127
Chapter 11: There and Back Again: Simple Harmonic Motion 139
Chapter 12: Ten Marvels of Relativity 159
Index 167
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Steven Holzner, PhD, was a contributing editor at PC Magazine and was on the faculty of both MIT and Cornell University. He wrote Physics For Dummies, Physics II For Dummies, and Quantum Physics For Dummies.
