Corpus Hermeticum

Cover 1 Contents 4 PART I - Mechanics 7 Chapter 1 - Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors 7 Chapter 2 - Motion Along a Straight Line 39 Chapter 3 - Motion in Two or Three Dimensions 74 Chapter 4 - Newton’s Laws of Motion 113 Chapter 5 - Applying Newton’s Laws 136 Chapter 6 - Work and Kinetic Energy 196 Chapter 7 - Potential Energy and Energy Conservation 226 Chapter 8 - Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions 259 Chapter 9 - Rotation of Rigid Bodies 298 Chapter 10 - Dynamics of Rotational Motion 328 Chapter 11 - Equilibrium and Elasticity 368 Chapter 12 - Fluid Mechanics 412 Chapter 13 - Gravitation 441 Chapter 14 - Periodic Motion 477 PART II - Waves/Acoustics 477 Chapter 15 - Mechanical Waves 508 Chapter 16 - Sound and Hearing 536 PART III - Thermodynamics 536 Chapter 17 - Temperature and Heat 562 Chapter 18 - Thermal Properties of Matter 594 Chapter 19 - The First Law of Thermodynamics 621 Chapter 20 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics 647 PART IV - Electromagnetism 647 Chapter 21 - Electric Charge and Electric Field 672 Chapter 22 - Gauss’s Law 721 Chapter 23 - Electric Potential 753 Chapter 24 - Capacitance and Dielectrics 789 Chapter 25 - Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force 820 Chapter 26 - Direct-Current Circuits 845 Chapter 27 - Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces 885 Chapter 28 - Sources of Magnetic Field 918 Chapter 29 - Electromagnetic Induction 951 Chapter 30 - Inductance 980 Chapter 31 - Alternating Current 1010 Chapter 32 - Electromagnetic Waves 1034 Chapter 33 - The Nature and Propagation of Light 1053 Chapter 34 - Geometric Optics 1075 Chapter 35 - Interference 1115 Chapter 36 - Diffraction 1134 PART VI - Modern Physics 1134 Chapter 37 - Relativity 1134 Chapter 38 - Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles 1178 Chapter 39 - Particles Behaving as Waves 1192 Chapter 40 - Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions 1220 Chapter 41 - Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure 1244 Chapter 42 - Molecules and Condensed Matter 1267 Chapter 43 - Nuclear Physics 1286 Chapter 44 - Particle Physics and Cosmology 1310