Preface                                            xi
Prologue Does Physics Bother You?                  1  (12)
    Law of Action and Reaction                     13 (1)
    Law of Action and Reaction                     14 (31)
      How the Law of Action and Reaction Works     15 (5)
      Equilibrium                                  20 (3)
      Equilibrium vs. Law of Action and Reaction   23 (7)
      Gravitational Force and the Law of Action    30 (3)
      and Reaction
      Newton's Three Laws of Motion                33 (4)
      Scalar Quantities vs. Vector Quantities      37 (1)
      Vector Basics                                37 (1)
      Negative Vectors                             38 (1)
      Difference Between Two Vectors               38 (1)
      Multiplying Vectors by Scalars               39 (1)
      Equilibrium and Vector Forces                39 (1)
      Newton's Three Laws of Motion                40 (1)
      Drawing a Free-Body Diagram                  41 (1)
      Expressing Newton's Third Law with an        42 (1)
      Equation
      Gravity and Universal Gravitation            43 (2)
    Force and Motion                               45 (58)
      Velocity and Acceleration                    46 (1)
      Simple Motion                                46 (4)
      Acceleration                                 50 (8)
        Laboratory: Finding the Distance           53 (5)
        Traveled when Velocity Varies
      Newton's First and Second Laws               58 (1)
      Law of Inertia                               58 (8)
      Law of Acceleration                          66 (9)
        Laboratory: Finding the Precise Value      73 (2)
        of a Force
      Motion of a Thrown ball                      75 (10)
      Three Rules of Uniform Accelerated Motion    85 (1)
      Adding Vectors: The Head-to-Tail Method      86 (1)
      The Composition and Decomposition of         87 (3)
      Forces
      Newton's First Law of Motion                 90 (1)
      Newton's Second Law of Motion                90 (1)
      The Orientation of Velocity,                 90 (2)
      Acceleration, and Force
      An Object Does Not Have Its Own Force        92 (1)
      The Unit for Force                           92 (1)
      Measuring Mass and Force                     93 (1)
      Determining Weight                           94 (2)
      Understanding Parabolic Motion               96 (3)
      Using Calculus to Find Acceleration and      99 (1)
      Velocity
      Using the Area of a V-T Graph to Find the    100(3)
      Distance Traveled by an Object
    Momentum                                       103(48)
      Momentum and Impulse                         104(16)
        Understanding Momentum                     106(3)
        Laboratory: Difference in Momentum due     109(2)
        to a Difference in Mass
        Change in Momentum and Impulse             111(6)
        Laboratory: Finding the Momentum of a      117(3)
        Stroke
      The Conservation of Momentum                 120(9)
        Newton's Third Law and the Conservation    120(6)
        of Momentum
        Laboratory: Outer Space and the            126(3)
        Conservation of Momentum
      Real-World Explorations of Impulse           129(10)
        Reducing the Impact                        129(4)
        Improving Megumi's Serve                   133(6)
      Momentum and Impulse                         139(5)
        Impulse and Momentum in Our Lives          140(1)
        Deriving the Law of Conservation of        141(2)
        Momentum
        Elastic and Inelastic Collision            143(1)
        Units for Momentum                         144(1)
      Law of Conservation of Momentum for          144(2)
      Vectors
      Law of Action and Reaction vs. Law of        146(1)
      Conservation of Momentum
      Propulsion of a Rocket                       147(4)
    Energy                                         151(64)
      Work and Energy                              152(32)
        What Is Energy?                            153(9)
        Laboratory: What's the Difference          162(2)
        Between Momentum and Kinetic Energy?
        Potential Energy                           164(15)
        Work and Potential Energy                  169(3)
        Laboratory: Work and the Conservation      172(3)
        of Energy
        Work and Energy                            175(3)
        Laboratory: The Relationship Between       178(2)
        Work and Kinetic Energy
        Braking Distance and Speed                 180(4)
      The Conservation of Mechanical Energy        184(16)
        Transforming Energy                        184(3)
        Conservation of Mechanical Energy          187(4)
        Laboratory: The Law of Conservation of     191(3)
        Mechanical Energy in Action
        Finding the Speed and Height of a          194(1)
        Thrown Ball
        Laboratory: Conservation of Mechanical     195(5)
        Energy on a Slope
      Units for Measuring Energy                   200(1)
      Potential Energy                             201(2)
        Springs and the Conservation of Energy     202(1)
      Velocity for Throwing Upward and Height      203(1)
      Attained
      The Orientation of Force and Work            204(1)
      Finding an Amount of Work with Nonuniform    205(2)
      Force (One-dimensional)
      Nonconservative Force and the Law of         207(3)
      Conservation of Energy
        Friction: A Nonconservative Force          207(1)
        Friction on a Slope                        208(2)
      Colliding Coins and the Conservation of      210(5)
      Energy
Epilogue                                           215(10)
Appendix Making Sense of Units                     225(4)
Index                                              229