This text contains a running story line about how the current physics "world view" came to be. This story line is divided into nine parts framed by an introductory chapter ("A World View") which puts the approach into context. This approach gives non-science students an appreciation for the laws of nature and physics contribution to that understanding.

      Preface  xix

      1 A World View

      2 Describing Motion

      3 Explaining Motion

      4 Motions in Space

      5 Gravity

INTERLUDE THE DISCOVERY OF INVARIANTS  97

      6 Momentum

      7 Energy

      8 Rotation

INTERLUDE UNIVERSALITY OF MOTION  157

      9 Classical Relativity

     10 Einstein's Relativity

INTERLUDE THE SEARCH FOR ATOMS  211

     11 Structure of Matter

     12 States of Matter

     13 Thermal Energy

     14  Available Energy

INTERLUDE WAVES--SOMETHING ELSE THAT MOVES

     15 Vibrations and Waves

     16 Sound and Music

INTERLUDE THE MYSTERY OF LIGHT  345

     17 Light

     18 Refraction of Light

     19 A Model for Light

INTERLUDE AN ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC WORLD

     20 Electricity

     21  Electric Charges in Motion

     22 Electromagnetism

INTERLUDE THE STORY OF THE QUANTUM  481

     23 The Early Atom

     24 The Modern Atom

  INTERLUDE THE SUBATOMIC WORLD  534

       25 The Nucleus

       26 Nuclear Energy

       27 Elementary Particles

       28 Frontiers

Appendix     Nobel Laureates in Physics

Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions and Exercises

Figure Credits

Glossary

Index