Superstrings and Other Things Book

	Preface
Pt. 1	Introductory Concepts
1	Physics: The Fundamental Science	3
Pt. 2	The Laws of Mechanics
2	The Description of Motion	25
3	The Laws of Mechanics: Newton's Laws of Motion	43
4	Energy	62
5	Conservation of Energy and Momentum	78
6	Rotation and the Universal Law of Gravitation	98
Pt. 3	The Structure of Matter
7	Atoms: Building Blocks of the Universe	133
8	The Heart of the Atom: The Nucleus	151
9	Fluids	164
Pt. 4	Thermodynamics
10	Heat and Temperature	195
11	The Laws of Thermodynamics	221
Pt. 5	Electricity and Magnetism
12	Electricity	247
13	Applied Electricity	267
14	Electromagnetism	291
Pt. 6	Waves
15	Wave Motion	321
16	Sound	342
17	Optics	370
18	The Nature of Light	405
Pt. 7	Modern Physics
19	The Special Theory of Relativity	441
20	The General Theory of Relativity	469
21	The Early Atomic Theory	496
22	Quantum Mechanics	511
23	Nuclear Physics	532
24	Elementary Particles	553
25	Superforce: Einstein's Dream	571
App. A	Powers of Ten	596
App. B	The Elements	599
App. C	Nobel Prize Winners in Physics	602
App. D	Physics Time-Line	608
	Glossary	615
	Index	632