Physics (Algebra-Based) – Age 18 (Bachelor's)
Grade Equivalents
| 🇺🇸 United States | College Freshman |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | University Year 1 |
| 🇮🇳 India | B.A./B.Sc. Year 1 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | University Year 1 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | University Year 1 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | University Year 1 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | University Year 1 |
About This Textbook
This textbook introduces topics conceptually and progresses through clear explanations in the context of career-oriented, practical applications, and meets the scope and sequence of an algebra-based physics course. It requires knowledge of algebra and some trigonometry, but not calculus.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics — Kinematics — Two-Dimensional Kinematics — Dynamics: Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion — Further Applications of Newton’s Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity — Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation — Work, Energy, and Energy Resources — Linear Momentum and Collisions — Statics and Torque — Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum — Fluid Statics — Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological and Medical Applications — Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws — Heat and Heat Transfer Methods — Thermodynamics — Oscillatory Motion and Waves — Physics of Hearing — Electric Charge and Electric Field — Electric Potential and Electric Field — Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm’s Law — Circuits and DC Instruments — Magnetism — Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies — Electromagnetic Waves — Geometric Optics — Vision and Optical Instruments — Wave Optics — Special Relativity — Quantum Physics — Atomic Physics — Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics — Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics — Particle Physics — Frontiers of Physics