Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Part I. Theory -- Chapter 1. General Physics -- Elementary Problems -- Problem 1.1. The SI and the cgs systems -- Problem 1.2. The pressure due to high heels and elephants -- Problem 1.3. The part of the iceberg above the sea -- Problem 1.4. The altitude angle of the Sun -- Advanced Problems -- Problem 1.5. Dimensional analysis and scale transformation -- Problem 1.6.Why don't clouds fall? -- Chapter 2. Mechanics -- Elementary Course -- 2.1 Motion with a Constant Acceleration -- 2.1.1 Projectile Motion -- 2.2 Equation of Motion -- 2.3 The Law of Conservation of Energy -- 2.3.1 Work and Kinetic Energy -- 2.3.2 Conservative Forces and Non-conservative Forces -- 2.3.3 Potential Energy -- 2.3.4 Examples of Potential Energy -- Gravitational Potential Energy -- Elastic Potential Energy -- 2.3.5 The Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy -- 2.3.6 Energy Transfer between Interacting Bodies -- 2.3.7 Work Done by Non-conservative Forces -- 2.4 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and Kepler's Laws -- 2.4.1 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation -- 2.4.2 Gravitational Potential Energy -- 2.4.3 Kepler's Law -- Elementary Problems -- Problem 2.1. A ball falling from a bicycle -- Problem 2.2. A ball thrown off a cliff -- Problem 2.3. The trajectory of a ball -- Problem 2.4. Themotion of a train -- Problem 2.5. Skydiving -- Problem 2.6. Small objects sliding on different descendent paths -- Problem 2.7. An inclined plane -- Problem 2.8. A space probe launched to converge with the orbit of Pluto -- Advanced Course -- 2.5 Conservation of Momentum -- 2.5.1 Momentum and Impulse -- 2.5.2 The Law of Conservation of Momentum -- 2.6 Moment of Force and Angular Momentum -- 2.7 The Keplerian Motion -- 2.7.1 Two-Dimensional Polar Coordinates -- 2.7.2 Universal Gravitation Acting on Planets -- 2.7.3 Moment of Central Forces.

2.7.4 Motion of Planets -- 2.8 Motion and Energy of Rigid Bodies -- 2.8.1 Motion of Rigid Bodies -- 2.8.2 Rotational Kinetic Energy of Rigid Bodies -- Advanced Problems -- Problem 2.9. The Atwood machine with friction -- Problem 2.10. The rotation of rods -- Problem 2.11. The expanding universe -- Chapter 3. Oscillations and Waves -- Elementary Course -- 3.1 Simple Harmonic Oscillation -- 3.2 Waves -- Elementary Problems -- Problem 3.1. A graph of a sinusoidal wave -- Problem 3.2. An observation of sound using microphones -- Advanced Course -- 3.3 Superposition of Waves -- 3.3.1 The Young's Double-Slit Experiment -- 3.3.2 Standing Waves -- 3.3.3 Beats -- 3.4 The Doppler Effect -- 3.4.1 The Doppler Effect of Light -- 3.4.2 Shock Waves -- Advanced Problems -- Problem 3.3. The propagation velocity of a water wave -- Problem 3.4. The dispersion of light and refractive index -- Chapter 4. Electromagnetism -- Elementary Course -- 4.1 Direct-Current Circuits -- 4.1.1 Electric Current and Resistance -- Definition of the unit of current and Ohms law -- Resistivity -- 4.1.2 Resistors in Series and in Parallel -- 4.1.3 Kirchhoff's Rules -- Kirchhoff's junction rule -- 4.2 Magnetic Field and Electromagnetic Induction -- 4.2.1 Magnetic Field -- 4.2.2 Magnetic Force on Current -- 4.2.3 Electromagnetic Induction -- Elementary Problems -- Problem 4.1. A circuit with two batteries -- Problem 4.2. A three-dimensional connection of resistors -- Problem 4.3. A hand dynamo -- Advanced Course -- 4.3 Electric Charge and Electric Field -- 4.3.1 Gauss's Law -- 4.3.2 Capacitors and Energy of Electric Field -- 4.4 Current and Magnetic Field -- 4.4.1 Magnetic Field Generated by Current in Straight Wire -- 4.4.2 Ampere's Law -- 4.4.3 The Lorentz force -- 4.4.4 Electromagnetic Induction and Self-Inductance -- The law of electromagnetic induction.

The Lorentz force and induced electromotive force -- Advanced Problems -- Problem 4.4. The law of Bio and Savart -- Problem 4.5. The propagation of electromagnetic waves -- I The law of electromagnetic induction in a small area -- II Maxwell-Ampere's law -- III Maxwell-Ampere's law in small region -- IV The propagation speed of an electromagnetic wave -- Problem 4.6. The motion of charged particles in a magnetic field -- Chapter 5. Thermodynamics -- Elementary Course -- 5.1 Heat and Temperature -- 5.1.1 Empirical temperature -- 5.1.2 One Mole and Avogadro's Number -- 5.1.3 Equation of State for Ideal Gas -- 5.1.4 Quantity of Heat and Heat Capacity -- Elementary Problems -- Problem 5.1. Properties of temperature -- Problem 5.2. Potential energy and heat -- Problem 5.3. Change of the state of an ideal gas -- Problem 5.4.Making water hotter than tea -- Advanced Course -- 5.2 Kinetic Theory of Gases -- 5.2.1 Gas Pressure -- 5.2.2 Internal Energy -- 5.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics -- 5.3.1 Quasi-Static Process -- 5.3.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics -- Advanced Problems -- Problem 5.5. Brownian motion -- I Concentration of powder particles and osmotic pressure -- II Mobility of particles -- III Diffusion coefficient and Einstein's relation -- IV Particle colliding with water molecules -- V Behavior of a particle in the diffusion -- Problem 5.6. Thermal conduction -- Chapter 6. Modern Physics -- Elementary Problems -- Problem 6.1. Tests of general relativity -- Advanced Problems -- Problem 6.2. Theory of special relativity and its application to GPS -- Problem 6.3. The Bohr model and super-shell -- Problem 6.4. Fate of the Sun -- Discovery of a strange star, white dwarf -- Particle motion in a very small scale - Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- A new type of coordinate, phase space -- Degenerate state of electrons.

Degenerate pressure of electrons -- Relativistic and non-relativistic kinetic energy -- Degenerate pressure in the three-dimensional space -- Fate of the sun -- Gravitational energy of a star -- Evolution of stars -- Chandrasekhar mass -- Black hole -- Part II. Experiment -- Chapter 7. How to Measure and Analyze Data -- 7.1 Some Hints for Experiments -- (1) Imagine the whole procedure of measurements before making the measurements -- (2) You do not need to make each measurement very precisely -- (3) Record the data -- (4) Measurements with a vernier -- 7.2 Measurement Errors and Significant Figures -- 7.3 Statistical Errors -- 7.4 Errors in Indirect Measurements and Error Propagation -- 7.5 Best-fit to a Linear Function -- 7.6 Best-fit to a Logarithmic Function -- 7.7 Summary -- Chapter 8. Practical Exercises -- Practical Exercise 1 -- Problem 8.1. Confirming Boyle's law -- Problem 8.2. Confirming Charles' law -- Problem 8.3. Measuring the atmospheric pressure -- Practical Exercise 2 Measuring Planck's constant -- Appendix. Mathematical Physics -- A.1 Inverse Trigonometric Functions -- A.2 Useful Coordinate Systems -- A.2.1 Two-Dimensional Polar Coordinate System -- A.2.2 Cylindrical Coordinate System -- A.2.3 Spherical Coordinate System -- A.3 Taylor Expansion -- Another Solution -- A.4 Taylor Polynomials as Approximation Formulae -- A.5 Complex Plane -- A.6 Euler's Formula -- A.7 Differential Equations 1 (Separation of Variables) -- A.8 Differential Equations 2 (Linear) -- A.9 Partial Differential Equation -- A.10 Differential Equations and Physics -- Index.