Index
Herschel, Sir William         640
hertz (Hz), unit of frequency         390
Hertz, Heinrich         632
Higgs boson         814
historical time         46
home electricity bill         267
Hooke’s law
    equation for     147
    generalized three-dimensional     150
Hoover Dam         291
household electrical outlets         496
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)         215
human eye
    accommodation     623
    as light detector     265
    correcting eyesight     622
    iris     623
    retina     623
    rods and cones     623
Huygens space probe         662
hybrid (gas/electric) vehicle         568
    plug-in     568
hydroelectric dam         291
hydrogen spectrum         760
hydrostatic pressure         677
hyperbolic trajectory         215
hypothesis
    definition of     11

I
I-beam         247
ideal gas         675
    molar specific heat     685
    specific heat     685
ideal gas constant R         675
ideal gas law
    derive from kinetic theory     684
    interactive simulation     676
image
    definition of     593
    in a concave mirror     598
    in a convex lens     616
    in a convex mirror     598
    real image     614
    virtual image     614
image distance
    for a lens     617
    for a mirror     593
images
    digital     23
impulse
    and cushioning     311
    definition of     308
incident ray         590
inclined plane
    definition of     191
inclined plane (cont.)
    experiment     190
    friction on     194
    interactive simulation of motion down     193
    particle model for motion along     191
incompressibility         674
independent variable         12
    on a graph     55
index of refraction         606
    and speed of light     638
    common values     608
indirect measurement         49
induced emf (electromotive force)         557
induction
    electromagnetic     556
    in electrostatics     523
inelastic collision         319
inertia
    compared to momentum     307
    definition of     41
    in harmonic motion     389
inertial confinement fusion reactor         809
information
    encoding in sound     452
    physics quantity     4
infrared camera         702
infrared radiation         641
    detection with a thermometer     640
input force         333
instantaneous velocity         82
insulator
    thermal     700
intensity
    as power per unit area     265
    of light     581
interference
    of sound waves     455
    of waves     426
interference fringes         647
intermolecular forces         667
internal combustion engine         291
International Space Station (ISS)         215
inverse square law
    for force between charges     524
    for light intensity     581
inverse tangent         173
ionizing radiation         813
iris, of the human eye         623
iron, magnetic properties         517
isothermal process         741
isotopes         758

J
Johnsville Centrifuge         104
joule (J)
    as unit of heat     669
858 Previous Page Next Page