Overview
Painless Physics is a comprehensive study aid for high school Physics. It covers topics such as motion, Newton's Laws, optics, energy, waves, forces and astronomy, and uses a conversational, informal teaching style. Every topic is explained in detail, with sample questions and fully worked solutions to work through. It also contains all the practical tips, tricks, and advice picked up by myself and students.
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Topic List
Introduction, Units & Conventions, Motion In One Dimension, Instantaneous Speed, Constant Acceleration, Sign Convention For One Dimensional Motion, Graphs Of One-Dimensional Motion, Velocity To Position Conversion, Velocity To Acceleration Conversion, Motion In Two Dimensions, Operating With Vectors, Vector Components, Adding And Subtracting Vectors, Using Component Notation, Wind/Current Effect Problems, Relative Velocities, Projectile Motion In Two Dimensions - Solving Problems, Hunter & Monkey Problem, Free Fall With Air Resistance, Spacial Dimensions, Scalars And Vectors, Prefixes, Significant Figures, Addition, Scientific Notation, Converting From Scientific Notation To Normal Form, Converting From Normal Form To Scientific Notation, Converting Between Different Units, Derived Units, Newton's Laws, First Law, Second Law, Third Law, What Is Mass?, What Is Inertia?, What Is A Force?, What Is Weight?, Simple Acceleration Problems, Ticker Tape Diagrams, Free - Body Diagrams, Friction, Static Friction, Kinetic Friction, Momentum, Impulse, Collisions, The Law Of Momentum Conservation, Newton's Third Law In Collisions, What Is An Isolated System?, Circular Motioncentripetal Acceleration, Useful Expressions, G Forces, Energy And Work, Types Of Energy, Chemical Energy, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Thermal Energy, Variable Forces & Work, Power, Potential Energy, Gravity, Newton's Law Of Gravity, Kepler's Laws, What Is An Ellipse?, Astronomical Units, Geosynchronous Orbits, Gravitational Potential Energy, Conservation Of Energy, Escape Speed, Gravitational Fields, Solid Spheres Versus Hollow Spheres, Oscillations And Waves, Simple Harmonic Motion, Circular Motion And Shm, Simple Pendulums, Waves, Transverse Wave Reflection, Harmonic Waves, Three-Dimensional Waves, The Decibel System, The Doppler Effect, Wave Superposition, Wave Patterns From Multiple Sources, Standing Waves, Nodes & Antinodes, Understanding Resonance, Light, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Light As A Wave, Light Interaction With Objects, Colour Mixing, Spectra, Reflection And Refraction, Total Internal Reflection, Polarization Of Light, The Law Of Reflection, Types Of Reflection, Mirror Reflection, Right Angled Mirrors, Concave Mirrors, Steps For Drawing Ray Diagrams, Mirror Equations For Image Magnification And Distance, Convex Mirrors, Spherical Abberation, Lenses, Converging Lenses, Diverging Lenses, Image Formation, Lens Equations For Image Distance And Magnification, Electricity, Coulomb's Law, Electric Fields, Drawing Electric Fields, Electric Flux, Gauss's Law, Electric Potential, Potential Of A Two Charges, Capacitance, Dielectrics, Dielectric Breakdown, Semi-Conductors, N-Type Semiconductors, P-Type Semiconductors, Doping, Diodes, Converting Ac To Dc, Electric Current, Resistance, Wire Resistance, Resistors, Internal Battery Resistance, Resistor Combination Rules, Resistors In Series, Resistors In Parallel, Kirchoff's Rules, Rc Circuits, Magnetism And Current, Wires In Magnetic Fields, How A Motor Works, Role Of The Commutator, Solenoids, Generating Current, Generators, Transformers, Thermodynamics, Temperature, Heat
