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How to Succeed in Physics Guide
1. Introduction to Electric Charge and Electric Field
2. Static Electricity and Charge: Conservation of Charge
3. Conductors and Insulators
4. Coulomb’s Law
5. Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited
6. Video: Electric Fields
7. Electric Field Lines: Multiple Charges
8. Electric Forces in Biology
9. Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium
10. Applications of Electrostatics
11. Introduction to Electric Potential and Electric Energy
12. Video: Electric Potential
13. Electric Potential Energy: Potential Difference
14. Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field
15. Electrical Potential Due to a Point Charge
16. Equipotential Lines
17. Capacitors and Dielectrics
18. Video: Capacitors
19. Capacitors in Series and Parallel
20. Energy Stored in Capacitors
21. Introduction to Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
22. Current
23. Ohm’s Law: Resistance and Simple Circuits
24. Resistance and Resistivity
25. Electric Power and Energy
26. Alternating Current versus Direct Current
27. Electric Hazards and the Human Body
28. Nerve Conduction–Electrocardiograms
29. Introduction to Circuits and DC Instruments
30. Resistors in Series and Parallel
31. Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage
32. Kirchhoff’s Rules
33. DC Voltmeters and Ammeters
34. Null Measurements
35. DC Circuits Containing Resistors and Capacitors
36. Video: DC Circuits
37. Inductance
38. RL Circuits
39. Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive
40. RLC Series AC Circuits
41. Introduction to Magnetism
42. Magnets
43. Ferromagnets and Electromagnets
44. Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Field Lines
45. Video: Magnetic Forces
46. Magnetic Field Strength: Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
47. Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field: Examples and Applications
48. The Hall Effect
49. Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
50. Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters
51. Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents: Ampere’s Law
52. Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors
53. More Applications of Magnetism
54. Introduction to Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies
55. Induced Emf and Magnetic Flux
56. Faraday’s Law of Induction: Lenz’s Law
57. Video: Electromagnetic Induction
58. Motional Emf
59. Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping
60. Electric Generators
61. Back Emf
62. Transformers
63. Electrical Safety: Systems and Devices
64. Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves
65. Maxwell’s Equations: Electromagnetic Waves Predicted and Observed
66. Production of Electromagnetic Waves
67. The Electromagnetic Spectrum
68. Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
69. Introduction to Geometric Optics
70. The Ray Aspect of Light
71. The Law of Reflection
72. The Law of Refraction
73. Total Internal Reflection
74. Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms
75. Image Formation by Lenses
76. Image Formation by Mirrors
77. Introduction to Vision and Optical Instruments
78. Video: Refraction
79. Physics of the Eye
80. Telescopes
81. Vision Correction
82. Microscopes
83. Color and Color Vision
84. Aberrations
85. Introduction to Wave Optics
86. The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference
87. Huygens's Principle: Diffraction
88. Young’s Double Slit Experiment
89. Multiple Slit Diffraction
90. Single Slit Diffraction
91. Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion
92. Thin Film Interference
93. Polarization
94. *Extended Topic* Microscopy Enhanced by the Wave Characteristics of Light
95. Introduction to Special Relativity
96. Einstein’s Postulates
97. Relativistic Energy
98. Introduction to Quantum Physics
99. Quantization of Energy
100. The Photoelectric Effect
101. Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
102. Photon Momentum
103. The Particle-Wave Duality
104. The Wave Nature of Matter
105. Introduction to Atomic Physics
106. Discovery of the Atom
107. Discovery of the Parts of the Atom: Electrons and Nuclei
108. Bohr’s Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
109. Introduction to Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
110. Radiation Detection and Detectors
111. Substructure of the Nucleus
112. Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws
113. Half-Life and Activity
114. Binding Energy
115. Appendix A. Atomic Masses
116. Appendix B. Selected Radioactive Isotopes
117. Appendix C. Useful Information
118. Appendix D. Glossary of Key Symbols and Notation
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