CONTENTS PREFACE PaRt 1: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS 1 PHYSICS: THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE 3 What is physics? The scientific method: learning from our mistakes Physics and other sciences Sizes of things: measuremen Fundamental units Physics and mathematics 3589 Frontiers of physics: Very small numbers Pioneers of physics: Measuring the circumference of the Earth PaRT 2: THE LAWS OF MECHANICS THE DESCRIPTION OF MOTION Understanding motion Uniform motion 55% The frontiers of physics: Friction Instantaneous speed Velocity: Speed and direction Vectors Acceleration 901145 Uniformly accelerated motion Falling bodies The motion of projectiles
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