Contents
Motion in One
Dimension53
2 Velocity and Relative
Motion54
2.1 Types of Motion...................................54
2.2 Describing Distance and Time.............57
2.3 Graphs of Motion; Velocity...................60
2.4 The Principle of Inertia.........................64
2.5 Addition of Velocities...........................67
2.6 Graphs of Velocity Versus Time...........69
2.7
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Applications of Calculus....................69
Summary......................................................71
Homework Problems....................................72
3Acceleration and Free
Fall75
3.1 The Motion of Falling Objects..............75
3.2 Acceleration.........................................78
3. 3Positive and Negative Acceleration.....81
3.4 Varying Acceleration............................84
3.5 The Area Under the Velocity-Time Graph87
3.6 Algebraic Results for Constant
Acceleration............................................89
3.7* Biological Effects of Weightlessness..91
3.8
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Applications of Calculus....................93
Summary......................................................94
Homework Problems....................................95
1Scaling and Order-of-
Magnitude Estimates35
1.1 Introduction..........................................35
1.2 Scaling of Area and Volume................37
1.3 Scaling Applied to Biology...................44
1.4 Order-of-Magnitude Estimates............47
Summary......................................................50
Homework Problems....................................50
Preface.........................................................13
A Note to the Student Taking Calculus
Concurrently...........................................14
0 Introduction and Review
15
0.1 The Scientific Method..........................15
0.2 What Is Physics..................................17
0.3 How to Learn Physics..........................20
0.4 Self-Evaluation....................................22
0.5 Basics of the Metric System................22
0.6 The Newton, the Metric Unit of Force..25
0.7 Less Common Metric Prefixes.............26
0.8 Scientific Notation................................27
0.9 Conversions.........................................28
0.10 Significant Figures.............................30
Summary......................................................32
Homework Problems....................................33