Chapter 1 Data
Magnitude and subsumed unit
Spatial direction; vectors versus scalars
SI system of units
Scientific notation
Order of magnitude
SI standards
Conversion and derivation of units
Significant figures
Decimal places and rounding
Concepts of error and exactness
Error in measurement
Error in calculation, and danger of rounding
Data acquisition, presentation, and analysis
Chapter 2 Particles, Kinematics, and Mass
Particles
Kinematic states
Kinematic vectors
Kinematic scalars
Rotation
Harmonic motion
Simple harmonic motion, and the pendulum
Mass and other constraints to motion
Centre of mass
Chapter 3 Newtonian Force; Momentum and Energy
Newtonian physics
Newton's first law
Newton's second law, and particle-like bodies
Newton's third law
Importance of the inertial frame
Free-body diagrams
Examples of Newtonian forces
Momentum and its conservation
The nature, conservation, and equilibrium of energy
Approach to analysing energy
Conversion/conservation of energy within systems
Changes of total system energy; effect of external work done
Power
Chapter 4 Energetic Propagation
Thermodynamics
Temperature, heat, and thermal equilibrium
Thermal conduction
Radiated heat
Convection
Flow
Introduction to fluids
Analysis of ideal fluids
Waves
What and where is a wave?
Features and equation of a wave
Wave strength, and propagative loss
Wavefronts, Huygens, and diffraction
Superposition and interference
Mechanical waves
Electromagnetic waves
Mechanical versus electromagnetic waves
Chapter 5 Interactions and Unification
Gravitation
Kepler's rejection of geo- and helio-centricity
Newton's universal gravitation
Potential energy
Escape speed
Beyond Newton
Electricity
Charge, atoms, and ions
Coulomb's electrostatics
Electric equilibrium, energy, and voltage
Electrons as cathode rays
Electric field, and the Faraday cage
Response of charge to an electric field
Magnetism
Atoms as magnetic media
Electric currents as magnetic media
Magnetic field
Response of current to a static magnetic field
Response of charge to a changing magnetic field
Electromagnetic unification
Weak interaction
Strong interaction
Final unification
Chapter 6 Electronics and Photonics
Electric conduction
Electric current
Electrical supply
Circuits, polarity, and batteries
Electric energy and power
Circuit componentry and Ohm/Kirchhoff based analysis
Electrical measurement
Blackbodies
Photoelectric effect; photonic energy, detection, and counting
Semiconductors
Communication
Electromagnetic emissions used in medicine
Chapter 7 Space and Time
Nature of space
Principles of astronomy
Sensitivity, and its atmospheric seeing
Resolution, and its atmospheric seeing
Mosaic mirrors, and active optics
Adaptive optics for diffraction-limited imaging
Aperture synthesis for increased imaging resolution
Stellar mass
Stellar surface temperature
Stellar surface composition
Stellar birth, evolution, and death
The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Fusing of hydrogen, and first red giant
Fusing of helium, and second red giant
Death of light stars
Death of heavy stars
Nature of time
Eternity and the universe