Dr. Steven Holzner has written more than 40 books about physics and programming. He was a contributing editor at PC Magazine and was on the faculty at both MIT and Cornell. He has authored Dummies titles including Physics For Dummies and Physics Essentials For Dummies. Dr. Holzner received his PhD at Cornell.

Introduction 1
Part 1: Putting Physics into Motion 5
Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World 7
Chapter 2: Reviewing Physics Measurement and Math Fundamentals 15
Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed 29
Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions 53
Part 2: May the Forces of Physics Be with You 79
Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force 81
Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction 101
Chapter 7: Circling Around Rotational Motion and Orbits 119
Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids 141
Part 3: Manifesting the Energy to Work 165
Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics 167
Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse 191
Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics 211
Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics 237
Chapter 13: Springs 'n' Things: Simple Harmonic Motion 255
Part 4: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics 273
Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics 275
Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred 291
Chapter 16: In the Best of All Possible Worlds: The Ideal Gas Law 307
Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics 319
Part 5: The Part of Tens 349
Chapter 18: Ten Physics Heroes 351
Chapter 19: Ten Wild Physics Theories 357
Glossary 365
Index 369
ntroduction 1
Part 1: Putting Physics into Motion 5
Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World 7
Chapter 2: Reviewing Physics Measurement and Math Fundamentals 15
Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed 29
Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions 53
Part 2: May the Forces of Physics Be with You 79
Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force 81
Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction 101
Chapter 7: Circling Around Rotational Motion and Orbits 119
Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids 141
Part 3: Manifesting the Energy to Work 165
Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics 167
Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse 191
Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics 211
Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics 237
Chapter 13: Springs 'n' Things: Simple Harmonic Motion 255
Part 4: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics 273
Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics 275
Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred 291
Chapter 16: In the Best of All Possible Worlds: The Ideal Gas Law 307
Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics 319
Part 5: The Part of Tens 349
Chapter 18: Ten Physics Heroes 351
Chapter 19: Ten Wild Physics Theories 357
Glossary 365
Index 369