Introduction
Being an experimental science, Physics needs to relate the theoretical description of nature with experimental observations. Before an explanation of nature can be attempted, accurate observations must be made. The relationship between
theory and experimental observation is made through quantitative measurementsof various physical quantities. Measurement entails assigning numbers to events or observations. In this chapter, you will learn about the differences between
fundamental and derived physical quantities, methods of dimensional analysis, and the relationship between physical quantities. You will also learn about types and sources of errors, ways of determining errors from a graph, and distinguishing between accuracy and precision.
TOPICS
1. MEASUREMENT
2. NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION AND PROJECTILE MOTION
3. CIRCULAR MOTION, SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION, AND GRAVITATION
4. ROTATION OF RIGID BODIES
5. FLUID DYNAMICS
6. PROPERTIES OF MATTER
7. HEAT
8. VIBRATIONS AND WAVES
9. ELECTROSTATICS
Being an experimental science, Physics needs to relate the theoretical description of nature with experimental observations. Before an explanation of nature can be attempted, accurate observations must be made. The relationship between
theory and experimental observation is made through quantitative measurementsof various physical quantities. Measurement entails assigning numbers to events or observations. In this chapter, you will learn about the differences between
fundamental and derived physical quantities, methods of dimensional analysis, and the relationship between physical quantities. You will also learn about types and sources of errors, ways of determining errors from a graph, and distinguishing between accuracy and precision.
TOPICS
1. MEASUREMENT
2. NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION AND PROJECTILE MOTION
3. CIRCULAR MOTION, SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION, AND GRAVITATION
4. ROTATION OF RIGID BODIES
5. FLUID DYNAMICS
6. PROPERTIES OF MATTER
7. HEAT
8. VIBRATIONS AND WAVES
9. ELECTROSTATICS
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