Book of Science Notes
 
Contents

One - Physics
 
Part A - MECHANICS - STATICS
1. Measurement
2. Definitions and Descriptions
3. Static Forces
4. Machines
5. Pressure
6. Pressure in Still Liquids
7. Flow of Fluids
8. Forces Between Particles
9. Elasticity
10. Kinetic Theory
11. More Extensive Forces
 
Part B - MECHANICS - DYNAMICS
1. Uniform Motion
2. Momentum and Impulse
3. Newton's Laws of Motion
4. Uniformly Accelerated Motion
5. Work, Power, and Energy
6. Friction
7. Gravitational Attraction
8. Satellite Motion
 
Part C - ENERGY
1. What is Energy?
2.Energy and Weather
3. Kinds of Energy
4. Energy Conversions and Conservation
5. Natural Energy Sources
6. Movement of Energy
7. Kinetic Energy
8. Potential Energy
9. Electrical and Magnetic Energy
10. Radiant Energy
11. Measurement of Energy
12. Fields
 
Part D - HEAT
1. What is Heat?
2. Production of Heat
3. Transfer of Heat
4.Temperature
5. Temperature and Life
6. Measurement of Heat
7. Expansion and Contraction
8. Summary of the Effects of Heat Energy
 
Part E - LIGHT
1. What is Light?
2. Production of Light
3. Examining Light
4. Transmission of Light
5. Reflection of Light
6. Refraction
7. Lenses
8. Optical Instruments
9. Colour
10. Diffraction and Polarisation
11. Light and Life
 
Part F - SOUND
1. What is Sound?
2. Production and Transmission of Sound
3. Reflection, Refraction and Absorption
4. Accoustics
5. Frequency and Pitch
6. Music and Noise
7. Musical Instruments
8. Musical Scales
9. Intensity, Amplitude and Loudness
10. Calculations
11. Reception of Sound
12. Measuring Loudness
13. Resonance
14. The Doppler Effect
 
Part G - MAGNETISM
1. Magnets
2. Magnetic Fields
3. Induced Magnetism
4. Electricity and Magnetism
5. Magnetic Fields, and Forces
6. Making Magnets from Pieces of Iron
7. The Magnetic Field of Earth
8. Electric Motors
 
Part H - ELECTRICITY - ELECTROSTATICS
1. Particles Within Atoms
2. Conductors and Insulators
3. Charging By Friction
4. Forces Between Charges
5. Measuring Charges
6. Charging Other Objects
7. Electostatic Instruments
8. Storing Electric Charge
 
Part I - ELECTRICITY - ELECTRODYNAMICS
1. Electric Current
2. Electrical Pressure - Voltage
3. Conductors, Resistors, and Insulators
4. Cells and Batteries
5. Electrical Power
6. Simple Electric Circuits
7. Electricity Generation
8. Transmission of Electricity
9. Uses of Electrical Energy
10. Electric Currents Out of Conductors
 
Part J - ELECTRICITY - ELECTRONICS
1. What is Electronics?
2. Components of Circuits
3. Electronic Devices
4. Electricity in the Realm of Communications
 
Part K - NUCLEAR PHYSICS
1. Cathode Rays
2. Radioactivity
3. Detection of Radioactivity
4. Some Uses Made of Radioactivity
5. The Nuclei of Atoms
6. Half-Life
7. Neutrons and Isotopes
8. Nuclear Energy