IEEE Spectrum March, 2012 - 15

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The Fundamental Science
Languages of Physics
Describing Motion
Falling Freely
It's a 3-D World!
Going in Circles
Causes of Motion
Using Newton's
Laws-1-D Motion
9. Action and Reaction
10. Newton's Laws in 2
and 3 Dimensions
11. Work and Energy
12. Using Energy Conservation
13. Gravity
14. Systems of Particles
15. Rotational Motion
16. Keeping Still
17. Back and Forth-
Oscillatory Motion
18. Making Waves
19. Fluid Statics-
The Tip of the Iceberg
20. Fluid Dynamics
21. Heat and Temperature
22. Heat Transfer
23. Matter and Heat
24. The Ideal Gas
25. Heat and Work
26. Entropy-The Second Law
of Thermodynamics
27. Consequences of
the Second Law
28. A Charged World
29. The Electric Field

30. Electric Potential
31. Electric Energy
32. Electric Current
33. Electric Circuits
34. Magnetism
35. The Origin of Magnetism
36. Electromagnetic Induction
37. Applications of
Electromagnetic Induction
38. Magnetic Energy
39. AC/DC
40. Electromagnetic Waves
41. Reflection and Refraction
42. Imaging
43. Wave Optics
44. Cracks in the
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45. Earth, Ether, Light
46. Special Relativity
47. Time and Space
48. Space-Time and Mass-Energy
49. General Relativity
50. Introducing the Quantum
51. Atomic Quandaries
52. Wave or Particle?
53. Quantum Mechanics
54. Atoms
55. Molecules and Solids
56. The Atomic Nucleus
57. Energy from the Nucleus
58. The Particle Zoo
59. An Evolving Universe
60. Humble Physics-
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IEEE Spectrum March, 2012
