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Index
Hooke’s law 141
I
inertia
principle of 64
integral 93
K
kilo- (metric prefix) 23
kilogram 25
kinematics 53
L
Laplace 17
Leibnitz 70
light 18
M
magnitude of a vector
defined 150
matter 18
mega- (metric prefix) 23
meter (metric unit) 24
metric prefixes.See metric system: prefixes
metric system 22
prefixes 23
micro- (metric prefix) 23
microwaves 18
milli- (metric prefix) 23
model
scientific 133
models 56
motion
rigid-body 54
types of 54
Muybridge, Eadweard 159
N
nano- (metric prefix) 23
Newton
first law of motion 102
second law of motion 106
Newton, Isaac 22
definition of time 25
Newton's laws of motion
in three dimensions 120
Newton's third law 126
O
operational definitions 24
order-of-magnitude estimates 47
P
parabola
motion of projectile on 119
Pauli exclusion principle 19
period
of uniform circular motion 177
photon 129
physics 17
POFOSTITO 128
Pope 37
prefixes, metric.See metric system: prefixes
projectiles 119
pulley 142
R
radial component
defined 179
radio waves 18
reductionism 20
Renaissance 15
rotation 54
S
salamanders 44
sans culottides 24
scalar
defined 150
scaling 37
applied to biology 44
scientific method 15
second (unit) 24
significant figures 30
simple machine
defined 142
slam dunk 56
Stanford, Leland 159
strain 140
Swift, Jonathan 37
T
time
duration 57
point in 57
transmission of forces 139
U
unit vectors 156
units, conversion of 28
V
vector 53
acceleration 161
addition 150
defined 150
force 164
magnitude of 150
velocity 160