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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I

Chapter 1 Atoms in Motion

1-1 Introduction (Learning physical laws / Guessing physical laws / Changing physical laws)

1-2 Matter is made of atoms (The three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.)

1-3 Atomic processes (Evaporation of water / Dissolution of salt / Equilibrium)

1-4 Chemical reactions (Simple molecules / Special molecules / Human molecules)

Chapter 2 Basic Physics

2-1 Introduction (Idealization / Exception / Approximation)

2-2 Physics before 1920 (Electrical force / Electric field / Electromagnetic waves)

2-3 Quantum physics (Uncertainty principle / Particle-wave duality / light-matter interactions)

2-4 Nuclei and particles (Nuclear force / Elementary particles / Elementary interactions)

Chapter 3 The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences

3-1 Introduction (Natural philosophy / Relation to other sciences / Love)

3-2 Chemistry (Theoretical chemistry / Inorganic chemistry / Organic chemistry)

3-3 Biology (Nerves / Enzymes of Krebs cycle / DNA molecules)

3-4 Astronomy (Stars / An astronomer / Nuclear energy)

3-5 Geology (The condition of air / Mountain-forming processes / Earth’s Interior)

3-6 Psychology (Psychoanalysis / Physiology of sensation / Computing machines)

3-7 How did it get that way? (Physicist’s language / Changing physical laws / Turbulence)

Chapter 4 Conservation of Energy

4-1 What is energy? (Conserved quantity / Indestructible blocks / Abstract quantity)

4-2 Gravitational potential energy (Pendulum / Kinetic energy / Relativistic correction)

4-3 Kinetic energy (Pendulum / Kinetic energy / Relativistic correction)

4-4 Other forms of energy (Forms of energy / Independence of time / Available energy)

Chapter 5 Time and Distance

5-1 Motion (Motion / Galileo’s clock / Galileo’s inclined track experiment)

5-2 Time (Definition of time / Measurement of time / Periodicity of time)

5-3 Short times (Mechanical pendulum / Electronic oscillator / Nuclear vibration)

5-4 Long times (Natural time / Radioactive time / Astronomical time)

5-5 Units and standards of time (Units of time / Standards of time / Atomic clock standards)

5-6 Large distances (Nearby stars / Distant stars / Sizes of galaxies and universe)

5-7 Short distances (Molecular sizes / Nuclear sizes / Uncertainty principle)