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Advance Praise for Head First Physics

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Ch. 1. think like a physicist

Ch. 2. making it all MEAN something

Ch. 3. scientific notation, area, and volume

Ch. 4. equations and graphs

Ch. 5. dealing with directions

Ch. 6. Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration

Ch. 7. Equations of motion (part 1)

Ch. 8. equations of motion (part 2)

Ch. 9. triangles, trig and trajectories

Ch. 10. momentum conservation

Ch. 11. weight and the normal force

Ch. 12. using forces, momentum, friction and impulse

Ch. 13. torque and work

Ch. 14. energy conservation

Ch. 15. tension, pulleys and problem solving

Ch. 16. circular motion (part 1)

Ch. 17. circular motion (part 2)

Houston ... we have a problem

When you're in freefall, objects appear to float beside you

What's the astronaut missing, compared to when he's on Earth?

Can you mimic the contact force you feel on Earth?

Accelerating the space station allows you to experience a contact force

You can only go in a circle because of a centripetal force

Centripetal force acts towards the center of the circle

The astronaut experiences a contact force when you rotate the space station

What affects the size of centripetal force?

Spot the equation for the centripetal acceleration

Give the astronauts a centripetal force

Here, the floor space is the area of a cylinder's curved surface

Let's test the space station...

Question Clinic: The "Centripetal force" Question

The bobsled needs to turn a corner

Angling the track gives the normal force a horizontal component

When you slide downhill, there's no perpendicular acceleration

When you turn a corner, there's no vertical acceleration

How to deal with an object on a slope

The "support force" (normal force or tension force) required for a vertical circle varies

Any force that acts towards the center of the circle can provide a centripetal force

Question Clinic: The "Banked curve" Question

Question Clinic: The "Vertical circle" Question

Ch. 18. gravitation and orbits

Ch. 19. Oscillations (part 1)

Ch. 20. Oscillations (part 2)

Ch. 21. think like a physicist

Appx. A. leftovers

Appx. B. equation table

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