《The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History》

PART Ⅰ．MECHANICS1

1．GALILEO AND THE PRINCIPLE OF INERTIA3

2．NEWTON＇S FIRST TWO LAWS OF MOTION9

3．FALLING BODIES13

4．TERMINAL VELOCITY20

5．GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION26

6．PATHS OF PROJECTILES32

7．BALANCED FORCES AND NEWTON＇S THIRD LAW OF MOTION39

8．APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM49

9．WORK57

10．ENERGY，POTENTIAL AND KINETIC65

11．WORK AND HEAT：CONSERVATION OF ENERGY77

12．POWER83

13．OUR TWO OCEANS—ATMOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE91

PART Ⅱ．HEAT107

14．TEMPERATURE AND EXPANSION109

15．THERMOMETERS116

16．TEMPERATURES OF VARIOUS PLACES125

17．QUANTITY OF HEAT AND TEMPERATURE135

18．THE KINETIC THEORY OF HEAT149

PART Ⅲ．ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM175

19．ELECTROSCOPES：PITH BALLS AND GOLD LEAVES177

20．CONDUCTION，INDUCTION183

21．THUNDERSTORMS191

22．ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF CHARGE197

23．MAGNETISM205

24．FIELDS OF FORCE214

25．THE ENERGY OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS222

26．CHARGES IN MOTION231

27．MAGNETIC FIELDS IN MOTION246

PART Ⅳ．ELECTRICITY AND MATTER263

28．CONDUCTORS，SOLID AND LIQUID265

29．THE CONDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY BY GASES275

30．PHOTOELECTRIC AND THERMIONIC EFFECTS283

31．CATHODE RAYS293

32．ELECTRONS：THEIR MASS AND VELOCITY301

33．POSITIVE RAYS，PROTONS，NEUTRONS，AND ISOTOPES311

34．RADIOACTIVITY AND TRANSMUTATION316

PART Ⅴ．WAVES AND RADIATION331

35．ABOUT WAVE PHENOMENA IN GENERAL333

36．THE SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES OF WAVES347

37．ON SOUND372

38．ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES385

39．VISIBLE LIGHT398

40．RADIATION AND ATOMIC STRUCTURE415

INDEX443