--For dummies

Includes index

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Viewing the world through the lens of physics -- Chapter 2: Taking vectors step by step -- Chapter 3: Going the distance with speed and acceleration -- Chapter 4: Studying circular motions -- Chapter 5: Push-ups and pull-ups: Exercises in force -- Chapter 6: Falling slowly: Gravity and friction -- Chapter 7: Putting physics to work -- Chapter 8: Moving objects with impulse and momentum -- Chapter 9: Navigating the twists and turns of angular kinetics -- Chapter 10: Taking a spin with rotational dynamics -- Chapter 11: There and back again: Simple harmonic motion -- Chapter 12: Ten marvels of relativity

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