Physics II For Dummies

Part I: Understanding Physics Fundamentals.

Chapter 1: Understanding Your World: Physics II, the Sequel.

Chapter 2: Gearing Up for Physics II.

Part II: Doing Some Field Work: Electricity and Magnetism.

Chapter 3: Getting All Charged Up with Electricity.

Chapter 4: The Attraction of Magnetism.

Chapter 5: Alternating Current and Voltage.

Part III: Catching On to Waves: The Sound and Light Kinds.

Chapter 6: Exploring Waves.

Chapter 7: Now Hear This: The Word on Sound.

Chapter 8: Seeing the Light: When Electricity and Magnetism Combine.

Chapter 9: Bending and Focusing Light: Refraction and Lenses.

Chapter 10: Bouncing Light Waves: Refl ection and Mirrors.

Chapter 11: Shedding Light on Light Wave Interference and Diffraction.

Part IV: Modern Physics.

Chapter 12: Heeding What Einstein Said: Special Relativity.

Chapter 13: Understanding Energy and Matter as Both Particles and Waves.

Chapter 14: Getting the Little Picture: The Structure of Atoms.

Chapter 15: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Physics Experiments That Changed the World.

Chapter 17: Ten Online Problem-Solving Tools.

Index.