Models (Continued)
of structure of matter, 7–9
system, 182
Moderators, 266–267
Modern physics, 3, 1242–1283. See also
Quantum mechanics; Relativity
Modulus, elastic, 373, 374t
bulk (B ), 373–375, 374t
shear (S ), 373–374t
Young’s (Y ), 373–374t
Mohorovicic discontinuity, 540
Molar mass (M ), 592
Molar specific heats, 646–649. See also
Specific heat
at constant pressure (C
P
), 646–647t
at constant volume (C
V
), 646–647t,
651–652
of solids, 653–654
Mole (n), 4, 591
Molecules
polar vs. nonpolar, 816
Moment arm (d), 306
Moment of inertia (I ), 300–302, 304t,
343
calculation of, 302–305
changes in, 346
measurement of, 470
and rotational acceleration, 308–312
Momentum (p), 252. See also Angular
momentum; Linear momentum
and collisions, 260–261
in electromagnetic waves, 1076–1079
and impulses, 256–260
relativistic, 1267–1268, 1270
Monochromatic light, 1177
Monopoles, magnetic, 895, 942, 989
Moon, 399t. See also Planetary motion
escape speed from, 408t
planetary, 389, 1096, 1217–1218
and universal gravitation, 391–392
Morley, Edward W., 1248–1250
Morse, Samuel, 959
Most probable speed (v
mp
), 656–657
Motion. See Circular motion; Kinematics;
Laws of motion; Oscillatory motion;
Periodic motion; Planetary motion;
Precessional motion; Projectile
motion; Rotational motion; Simple
harmonic motion; Waves
Motion diagrams, 34–35
Motion pictures. See Movies
Motors, 984–986. See also Generators;
Heat engines
homopolar, 995
Movies
Apollo 13, 595
Batman Returns, 533
Dick Tracy, 532
digital, 1101
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 362
inertia portrayed in, 138
Movies (Continued)
It Happened One Night, 138
Jurassic Park, 533
Last Action Hero, 533
M*A*S*H, 1233
sound recording for, 532–533
stable equilibrium portrayed in, 362
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones,
1101
MRI. See Magnetic resonance imaging
Multiplication
commutative law of, 187, 337
and differentiation, A.24
distributive law of, 187, 338
scalar (dot) product of two vectors,
186
–188, 741
and significant figures, 15
and uncertainty, A.29
vector (cross) product of two vectors,
337
–339
of vectors by scalars, 65
Muons
gravitational red-shifts of, 1274
length contraction of, 1259
and time dilation, 1255–1256
Musgrave, F. Story, 394
Music
Ariadne auf Naxos, 540
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 537
and harmonic series, 555
Mass in B minor [Bach], 537
and musical scale, 572
and pitch, 566–567
Santana, Carlos, 543
Strauss, Richard, 540
Musical instruments, 555–556
electric, 971–972
and harmonic series, 555
and nonsinusoidal waves, 566–567
percussion, 561, 563–564
and resonance, 558–562
string, 543, 555–556, 561, 567
tuning of, 561, 564, 566
wind, 559–561, 566–567
Mutual inductance (M), 1013–1015
Mutual induction, 1013
Myopia, 1157–1158
Natural convection, 628
Natural frequency (&
0
), 471
and harmonic series, 554
of LC circuits, 1018
Natural logarithms, 163, 279, 875, A.19
Near point of the eye, 1156, 1159
Nearsightedness, 1157–1158
Negative charges, 707
Negatives of vectors, 62–63
Neptune, 399t. See also Planetary
motion
escape speed from, 408t
Net force (1F), 112, 117
and equilibrium, 363–365
motion under, 123
on a system of particles, 275
Net torque (15), 363–365
Net work (1W), 189
and heat engines, 670
in PV diagrams, 619
Neutral equilibrium, 237
Neutral wires, 880
Neutron stars, 347, 409
Neutrons, 8
discovery of, 8
Newton (N), 117–118t
Newton, Isaac, 114
and development of calculus, 3, 392,
A.23
and gravitation, 390–392, 401, 1273
and laws of motion, 3, 112
and linear momentum, 253
and optics, 1093, 1095, 1191
and telescopes, 1164
and time, 1252
Newtonian mechanics. See Classical
mechanics; Mechanics
Newton 6 meter (N 6 m), 185
Newton’s laws of motion. See First law
of motion; Laws of motion;
Second law of motion; Third law
of motion
Newton’s rings, 1191–1192
Nitrogen
atmospheric, 408, 656
liquid, 615, 629
molecular speed distribution in,
656–657
Niven, Larry, 417
Nobel prizes, A.33–A.36
Nodes, 550, 559
Noise
and harmonic series, 564, 566
signal, 529
Noise pollution, 520
Nonconservative forces, 221, 228–229
and changes in mechanical energy,
229–234, 606–607
and damped oscillations, 471–472
and induced electric fields, 981
Noninertial reference frames, 115,
159–162
and general relativity, 1273–1274
and twin paradox, 1258
Nonisolated systems, 196–199
Nonlinear waves, 544
Nonmetals
thermal conduction of, 623–625, 624t
Nonohmic materials, 835, 838
Nonpolar molecules, 816
Nonuniform circular motion, 157–158.
See also Circular motion
Normal forces (n), 121
I.14
Index