Table of Contents

1. Measurement and Problem Solving. 2. Kinematics: Description of Motion. 3. Motion in Two Dimensions. 4. Force and Motion. 5. Work and Energy. 6. Linear Momentum and Collisions. 7. Circular Motion and Gravitation. 8. Rotational Motion and Equilibrium. 9. Solids and Fluids. 10. Temperature and Kinetic Theory. 11. Heat. 12. Thermodynamics. 13. Vibrations and Waves. 14. Sound.

About the Author

Jerry D. Wilson, PhD, is a professor emeritus of physics and former chair of the Division of Biological and Physical Sciences at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. Anthony J. Buffa, PhD, is an emeritus professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and has been a research associate with the Radioanalytical Facility of the Department of Physics since 1980. Bo Lou, PhD, is professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Ferris State University.