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SIX IDEAS THAT SHAPED PHYSICS is the 21st century's alternative to traditional, encyclopedic textbooks. Thomas Moore designed SIX IDEAS to teach students:--to apply basic physical principles to realistic situations--to solve realistic problems--to resolve contradictions between their preconceptions and the laws of physics--to organize the ideas of physics into an integrated hierarchy

Unit C Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions

Introduction to Interactions

Vectors

Interactions Transfer Momentum

Particles and Systems

Applying Momentum Conservation

Introduction to Energy

Some Potential Energy Functions

Force and Energy

Rotational Energy

Thermal Energy

Energy in Bonds

Power, Collisions, and Impacts

Angular Momentum

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Unit N The Laws of Physics Are Universal

Newton's Laws

Vector Calculus

Forces from Motion

Motion from Forces

Statics

Linearly Constrained Motion

Coupled Objects

Circularly Constrained Motion

Noninertial Reference Frames

Projectile Motion

Oscillatory Motion

Introduction to Orbits

Planetary Motion

Unit R The Laws of Physics Are Frame-Independent

The Principle of Relativity

Synchronizing Clocks

The Nature of Time

The Metric Equation

Proper Time

Coordinate Transformations

Lorentz Contraction

The Cosmic Speed Limit

Four-Momentum

Conservation of Four-Momentum

Unit E Electric and Magnetic Fields Are Unified

Electrostatics

Electric Fields

Electrostatic Potential

Conductors

Driving Currents

Analyzing Circuits

Magnetic Fields

Currents and Magnets

Symmetry and Flux

Gauss' Law

Ampere's Law

The Electromagnetic Field

Maxwell's Equations

Induction

Introduction to Waves

Electromagnetic Waves

Unit Q Particles Behave Like Waves

Standing Waves

The Wave Nature of Light

The Particle Nature of Light

The Wave Nature of Matter

The Quantum Facts of Life

The Wavefunction

Bound Systems

Spectra

Understanding Atoms

The Schrodinger Equation

Energy Eigenfunctions

Introduction to Nuclei

Stable and Unstable Nuclei

Radioactivity

Nuclear Technology

Unit T Some Processes Are Irreversible

Temperature

Ideal Gases

Gas Processes

Macrostates and Microstates

The Second Law

Temperature and Entropy

Some Mysteries Resolved

Calculating Entropy Changes

Heat Engines

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Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit R - Laws of Physics are Frame-Independent

Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit R - Laws of Physics are Frame-Independent

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