OpenStax College Physics/Table of contents

Physical Quantities and Units
1.1 Physics: An Introduction 1.2 Physical Quantities and Units 1.3 Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures 1.4 Approximation

One-Dimensional Kinematics
2.1 Displacement 2.2 Vectors, Scalars, and Coordinate Systems 2.3 Time, Velocity, and Speed 2.4 Acceleration 2.5 Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension 2.6 Problem-Solving Basics for One-Dimensional Kinematics 2.7 Falling Objects 2.8 Graphical Analysis of One-Dimensional Motion

Two-Dimensional Kinematics
Introduction to Two-Dimensional Kinematics 3.1 Kinematics in Two Dimensions: An Introduction 3.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods 3.3 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods 3.4 Projectile Motion 3.5 Addition of Velocities

Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.1 Development of Force Concept 4.2 Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia 4.3 Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System 4.4 Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces 4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces 4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies 4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion 4.8 Extended Topic: The Four Basic Forces—An Introduction

Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity
5.1 Friction 5.2 Drag Forces 5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain

Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity 6.2 Centripetal Acceleration 6.3 Centripetal Force 6.4 Fictitious Forces and Non-inertial Frames: The Coriolis Force 6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation 6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws: An Argument for Simplicity

Work, Energy, and Energy Resources
7.1 Work: The Scientific Definition 7.2 Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem 7.3 Gravitational Potential Energy 7.4 Conservative Forces and Potential Energy 7.5 Nonconservative Forces 7.6 Conservation of Energy 7.7 Power 7.8 Work, Energy, and Power in Humans 7.9 World Energy Use

Linear Momentum and Collisions
8.1 Linear Momentum and Force 8.2 Impulse 8.3 Conservation of Momentum 8.4 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension 8.5 Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension 8.6 Collisions of Point Masses in Two Dimensions 8.7 Introduction to Rocket Propulsion

Statics and Torque
9.1 The First Condition for Equilibrium 9.2 The Second Condition for Equilibrium 9.3 Stability 9.4 Applications of Statics, Including Problem-Solving Strategies 9.5 Simple Machines 9.6 Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints

Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum
10.1 Angular Acceleration 10.2 Kinematics of Rotational Motion 10.3 Dynamics of Rotational Motion: Rotational Inertia 10.4 Rotational Kinetic Energy: Work and Energy Revisited 10.5 Angular Momentum and Its Conservation 10.6 Collisions of Extended Bodies in Two Dimensions 10.7 Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum

Fluid Statics
11.1 What Is a Fluid? 11.2 Density 11.3 Pressure 11.4 Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid 11.5 Pascal’s Principle 11.6 Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement 11.7 Archimedes’ Principle 11.8 Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action 11.9 Pressures in the Body

Fluid Dynamics: Biomedical Applications
12.1 Flow Rate and Its Relation to Velocity 12.2 Bernoulli’s Equation 12.3 The Most General Applications of Bernoulli’s Equation 12.4 Viscosity and Laminar Flow; Poiseuille’s Law 12.5 The Onset of Turbulence 12.6 Motion of an Object in a Viscous Fluid 12.7 Molecular Transport Phenomena: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Related Processes

Temperature, Kinetic Theory & Gas Laws
13.1 Temperature 13.2 Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids 13.3 The Ideal Gas Law 13.4 Kinetic Theory: Pressure and Temperature 13.5 Phase Changes 13.6 Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling

Heat and Heat Transfer Methods
14.1 Heat 14.2 Temperature Change and Heat Capacity 14.3 Phase Change and Latent Heat 14.4 Heat Transfer Methods 14.5 Conduction 14.6 Convection 14.7 Radiation

Thermodynamics
15.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics 15.2 Simple Processes 15.3 Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Engine 15.4 Second Law of Thermodynamics: Carnot cycle 15.5 Applications: Heat Pumps and Refrigerators 15.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 15.7 Statistical Interpretation of Entropy

Oscillatory Motion and Waves
16.1 Hooke’s Law: Stress and Strain Revisited 16.2 Period and Frequency in Oscillations 16.3 Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion 16.4 The Simple Pendulum 16.5 Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator 16.6 Uniform Circular Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion 16.7 Damped Harmonic Motion 16.8 Forced Oscillations and Resonance 16.9 Waves 16.10 Superposition and Interference 16.11 Energy in Waves: Intensity

Physics of Hearing
17.1 Sound 17.2 Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength 17.3 Sound Intensity and Sound Level 17.4 Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms 17.5 Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns 17.6 Hearing 17.7 Ultrasound

Electric Charge and Electric Field
18.1 Static Electricity and Charge: Conservation of Charge 18.2 Conductors and Insulators 18.3 Coulomb’s Law 18.4 Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited 18.5 Electric Field Lines: Multiple Charges 18.6 Electric Forces in Biology 18.7 Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium 18.8 Applications of Electrostatics

Electric Potential and Electric Energy
19.1 Electric Potential Energy: Potential Difference 19.2 Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field 19.3 Electrical Potential Due to a Point Charge 19.4 Equipotential Lines 19.5 Capacitors and Dielectrics 19.6 Capacitors in Series and Parallel 19.7 Energy Stored in Capacitors

Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
20.1 Current 20.2 Ohm’s Law: Resistance and Simple Circuits 20.3 Resistance and Resistivity 20.4 Electric Power and Energy 20.5 Alternating Current versus Direct Current 20.6 Electric Hazards and the Human Body 20.7 Nerve Conduction–Electrocardiograms

Circuits and DC Instruments
21.1 Resistors in Series and Parallel 21.2 Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage 21.3 Kirchhoff’s Rules 21.4 DC Voltmeters and Ammeters 21.5 Null Measurements 21.6 DC Circuits Containing Resistors and Capacitors

Magnetism
22.1 Magnets 22.2 Ferromagnets and Electromagnets 22.3 Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Field Lines 22.4 Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge 22.5 Magnetic force: Applications 22.6 The Hall Effect 22.7 Magnetic Force: Current-Carrying Conductor 22.8 Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters 22.9 Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents: Ampere’s Law 22.10 Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors 22.11 More Applications of Magnetism

Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits and Electrical Technologies
23.1 Induced Emf and Magnetic Flux 23.2 Faraday’s Law of Induction: Lenz’s Law 23.3 Motional Emf 23.4 Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping 23.5 Electric Generators 23.6 Back Emf 23.7 Transformers 23.8 Electrical Safety: Systems and Devices 23.9 Inductance 23.10 RL Circuits 23.11 Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive 23.12 RLC Series AC Circuits

Electromagnetic Waves
24.1 Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves 24.2 Production of Electromagnetic Waves 24.3 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 24.4 Energy in Electromagnetic Waves

Geometric Optics
25.1 The Ray Aspect of Light 25.2 The Law of Reflection 25.3 The Law of Refraction 25.4 Total Internal Reflection 25.5 Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms 25.6 Image Formation by Lenses 25.7 Image Formation by Mirrors

Vision and Optical Instruments
26.1 Physics of the Eye 26.2 Vision Correction 26.3 Color and Color Vision 26.4 Microscopes 26.5 Telescopes 26.6 Aberrations

Wave Optics
27.1 The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference 27.2 Huygens's Principle: Diffraction 27.3 Young’s Double Slit Experiment 27.4 Multiple Slit Diffraction 27.5 Single Slit Diffraction 27.6 Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion 27.7 Thin Film Interference 27.8 Polarization 27.9 *Microscopy Enhanced by the Wave Nature of Light

Special Relativity
28.1 Einstein’s Postulates 28.2 Simultaneity And Time Dilation 28.3 Length Contraction 28.4 Relativistic Addition of Velocities 28.5 Relativistic Momentum 28.6 Relativistic Energy

Quantum Physics
29.1 Quantization of Energy 29.2 The Photoelectric Effect 29.3 Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum 29.4 Photon Momentum 29.5 The Particle-Wave Duality 29.6 The Wave Nature of Matter 29.7 Probability: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 29.8 The Particle-Wave Duality Reviewed

Atomic Physics
30.1 Discovery of the Atom 30.2 Discovery of Electrons and Atomic Nucleii 30.3 Bohr’s Theory of the Hydrogen Atom 30.4 X Rays: Atomic Origins and Applications 30.5 Applications of Atomic Transitions 30.6 The Wave Nature of Matter Causes Quantization 30.7 Patterns in Spectra Reveal More Quantization 30.8 Quantum Numbers and Rules 30.9 The Pauli Exclusion Principle

Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
31.1 Nuclear Radioactivity 31.2 Radiation Detection and Detectors 31.3 Substructure of the Nucleus 31.4 Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws 31.5 Half-Life and Activity 31.6 Binding Energy 31.7 Tunneling

Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
32.1 Medical Imaging and Diagnostics 32.2 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation 32.3 Therapeutic Uses of Ionizing Radiation 32.4 Food Irradiation 32.5 Fusion 32.6 Fission 32.7 Nuclear Weapons

Particle Physics
33.1 The Yukawa Particle: Uncertainty Principle Revisited 33.2 The Four Basic Forces 33.3 Accelerators Create Matter from Energy 33.4 Particles, Patterns, and Conservation Laws 33.5 Quarks: Is That All There Is? 33.6 GUTs: The Unification of Forces

Frontiers of Physics
34.1 Cosmology and Particle Physics 34.2 General Relativity and Quantum Gravity 34.3 Superstrings 34.4 Dark Matter and Closure 34.5 Complexity and Chaos 34.6 High-temperature Superconductors 34.7 Some Questions We Know to Ask