Chapter 1:
1.3, Body mass index, pg. 4
Chapter 2:
2.5, Spacecraft retrorockets, pg. 36
Chapter 3:
3.3, The “hang time” of a football, pg. 64
3.4, Raindrops falling on car windows, pg. 69
Chapter 4:
4.2, Seat belts, pg. 81
4.5, Automatic trailer brakes, pg. 86
4.8, The human skeleton, pg. 91
4.9, Rock Climbing, pg. 97
4.9, Walking, pg. 100
4.11, Traction for the foot, pg. 102
Chapter 5:
5.2, A bobsled track, pg. 123
5.3, A trapeze act, pg. 126
5.3, Flying an airplane in a banked turn, pg. 127
5.4, The Daytona International Speedway, pg. 129
5.5, The Hubble Space Telescope, pg. 130
5.5, The Global Positioning System, pg. 130
5.5, Locating a black hole, pg. 131
5.5, Digital satellite system TV, pg. 132
5.6, Apparent weightlessness, pg. 133
5.6, Artificial gravity, pg. 134
5.7, The loop-the-loop motorcycle stunt, pg. 135
Chapter 6:
6.1, Weight lifting, pg. 144
6.2, An ion propulsion drive, pg. 147
6.5, A giant roller coaster, pg. 158
6.7, Human metabolism, pg. 161
6.8, Transforming chemical energy in food into mechanical energy, pg. 162
6.9, A compound bow, pg. 163
Chapter 7:
7.3, Measuring the speed of a bullet, pg. 185
Chapter 8:
8.1, Synchronous communications satellites, pg. 198
8.1, A total solar eclipse, pg. 198
8.4, “Crack-the-whip”, pg. 204
Chapter 9:
9.1, The Achilles tendon, pg. 220
9.2, Bodybuilding, pg. 224
9.3, The static stability factor and rollover, pg. 227
9.4, Wheelchairs, pg. 234
9.4, Archery and bow stabilizers, pg. 234
9.6, A spinning skater, pg. 239
9.6, A satellite in an elliptical orbit, pg. 240
Chapter 10:
10.1, A tire pressure gauge, pg. 252
10.2, A loudspeaker diaphragm, pg. 256
10.2, A body-mass measurement device, pg. 258
10.2, Detecting and measuring small amounts of chemicals, pg. 259
10.3, A door-closing unit, pg. 260
10.4, Walking, pg. 264
10.5, A shock absorber, pg. 266
10.6, High tides at the Bay of Fundy, pg. 267
10.7, Surgical implants, pg. 268
10.7, Bone structure, pg. 268
10.7, Bone compression, pg. 269
Chapter 11:
11.2, Lynx paws, pg. 283
11.3, Blood pressure, pg. 286
11.3, Pumping water, pg. 287
11.4, A sphygmomanometer, pg. 288
11.5, A hydraulic car lift, pg. 289
11.6, A state-of-charge battery indicator, pg. 293
11.6, A Goodyear airship, pg. 293
11.8, A clogged artery, pg. 298
11.10, Household plumbing, pg. 302
11.10, Airplane wings, pg. 302
11.10, A curveball, pg. 302
11.11, Pipeline pumping stations, pg. 306
11.11, A hypodermic syringe, pg. 306
Chapter 12:
12.3, Thermography, pg. 319
12.4, An antiscalding device, pg. 321
12.4, Thermal stress, pg. 322
12.4, An automatic coffee maker, pg. 323
12.5, The overflow of an automobile radiator, pg. 326
12.5, Ice formation and the survival of aquatic life, pg. 327
12.5, Bursting water pipes, pg. 327
12.8, Steam burns, pg. 333
12.8, High-tech clothing, pg. 333
12.8, A dye-sublimation color printer, pg. 335
12.9, Spray cans, pg. 337
12.9, Evaporative cooling of the human body, pg. 338
12.10, Relative humidity, pg. 339
12.10, Fog formation pg. 339
12.10, A home dehumidifier, pg. 340
Chapter 13:
13.1, Heating and cooling by convection, pg. 349
13.1, Thermals, pg. 349
13.1, An inversion layer, pg. 350
13.1, Rapid thermal exchange, pg.350
13.1, The windchill factor, pg. 351
13.2, Dressing warmly, pg. 353
13.2, Heat transfer in the human body, pg. 353
13.2, Layered insulation, pg. 355
13.2, Protecting fruit plants from freezing, pg. 355
13.3, Summer clothing, pg. 358
13.3, A white sifaka lemur warming up, pg. 358
13.4, Rating thermal insulation by R values, pg. 361
13.4, Regulating the temperature of an orbiting satellite, pg. 361
13.4, A thermos bottle, pg. 361
13.4, A halogen cooktop stove, pg. 362
Chapter 14:
14.1, Gemstones, pg. 368
14.2, Oxygen in the lungs, pg. 371
14.2, Rising beer bubbles, pg. 372
14.2, Scuba diving, pg. 373
14.4, Drug delivery systems, pg. 379
14.4, Water loss from plant leaves, pg. 381
Chapter 15:
15.8, A heat engine, pg. 400
15.9, Extracting work from a warm ocean, pg. 403
15.9, Thermal pollution, pg. 404
15.10, Refrigerators, pg. 405
15.10, Air conditioners, pg. 405
15.10, Heat pumps, pg. 407
Chapter 16:
16.3, Waves on guitar strings, pg. 426
16.5, A loudspeaker diaphragm, pg. 428
16.5, A touch-tone telephone, pg. 429
16.6, An ultrasonic ruler, pg. 432
16.6, Sonar, pg. 433
16.6, Cataract surgery, pg. 434
16.9, NEXRAD, pg. 442
16.10, Ultrasonic imaging, pg. 444
16.10, The cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator, pg. 444
16.10, Bloodless surgery with HIFU, pg. 445
16.10, The Doppler flow meter, pg. 445
16.11, Hearing, pg. 446
Chapter 17:
17.2, Noise-cancelling headphones, pg. 458
17.2, Wiring the speakers in an audio system, pg. 460
17.3, Loudspeakers, pg. 462
17.4,Tuning a musical instrument, pg. 464
17.5, Frets on a guitar, pg. 468
17.6, A flute, pg. 470
17.7, A spectrum analyzer, pg. 472
Chapter 18:
18.2, Electronic ink, pg. 483
18.5, Adhesion, pg. 489
18.8, Shielding electronic circuits, pg. 500
18.10, Xerography, pg. 505
18.10, A laser printer, pg. 506
18.10, An inkjet printer, pg. 506
Chapter 19:
19.5, Random-access memory (RAM) chips, pg. 528
19.5, A computer keyboard, pg. 530
19.5, An electronic flash attachment for a camera, pg. 531
19.5, A defibrillator, pg. 531
19.6, An action potential, pg. 532
19.6, Electrocardiography, pg. 533
19.6, Electroencephalography, pg. 534
19.6, Electroretinography, pg. 534
Chapter 20:
20.3, Electrical extension cords, pg. 545
20.3, Impedance plethysmography, pg. 545
20.3, A heating element on an electric stove, pg. 546
20.6, Personal digital assistants, pg. 554
20.6, A joystick, pg. 555
20.7, Main and remote stereo speakers, pg. 557
20.7, A three-way light bulb, pg. 558
20.9, Automobile batteries, pg. 561
20.10, An automobile electrical system, pg. 563
20.11, An ammeter, pg. 565
20.11, A voltmeter, pg. 565
20.13, Heart pacemakers, pg. 568
20.13, Windshield wipers, pg. 568
20.14, Safe electrical grounding, pg. 569
20.14, The physiological effects of current, pg. 570
Chapter 21:
21.1, Navigation in animals, pg. 582
21.3, A Velocity Selector, pg. 585
21.4, A mass spectrometer, pg. 589
21.5, A loudspeaker, pg. 591
21.6, A direct-current electric motor, pg. 593
21.7, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), pg. 599
21.7, Television screens and computer display monitors, pg. 599
21.9, Detecting fingerprints, pg. 604
21.9, Magnetic tape recording, pg. 604
21.9, A magnetically levitated train, pg. 604
Chapter 22:
22.1, An automobile cruise control, pg. 616
22.4, A ground fault interrupter, pg. 626
22.4, An induction stove, pg. 627
22.6, The electric guitar pickup, pg. 630
22.6, A tape-deck playback head, pg. 630
22.6, Microphones, pg. 631
22.7, An electric generator, pg. 631
22.7, A bike generator, pg. 633
22.7, Operating a motor, pg. 636
22.8, Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), pg. 637
22.9, Transformers, pg. 639
Chapter 23:
23.3, Body-fat scales, pg. 659
23.3, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), pg. 659
23.5, A semiconductor diode, pg. 663
23.5, Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), pg. 664
23.5, A fetal oxygen monitor, pg. 664
23.5, Rectifier circuits, pg. 665
23.5, Solar cells, pg. 665
23.5, Transistors, pg. 665
Chapter 24:
24.1, Radio and television reception, pg. 675
24.1, Cochlear implants, pg. 676
24.1, Wireless capsule endoscopy, pg. 676
24.2, Astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, pg. 678
24.2, A pyroelectric ear thermometer, pg. 678
24.2, AM and FM radio reception, pg. 679
24.4, A microwave oven, pg. 681
24.4, The greenhouse effect, pg. 681
24.5, Astronomy and the Doppler effect, pg. 686
24.6, IMAX 3-D films, pg. 688
24.6, A liquid crystal display (LCD), pg. 690
24.6, Polaroid sunglasses, pg. 691
24.6, Butterflies and polarized light, pg. 691
Chapter 25:
25.2, Digital movie projectors and micromirrors, pg. 700
25.4, Capturing solar energy with mirrors, pg. 705
25.4, Automobile headlights, pg. 705
25.5, Makeup and shaving mirrors, pg. 707
25.5, A head-up display for automobiles, pg. 708
25.5, Passenger-side automobile mirrors, pg. 709
25.6, Keratometers, pg. 713
Chapter 26:
26.2, Rearview mirrors, pg. 723
26.3, Why a diamond sparkles, pg. 729
26.3, Fiber optics, pg. 730
26.3, Endoscopy, pg. 732
26.3, Arthroscopic surgery, pg. 732
26.5, Rainbows, pg. 734
26.7, A camera, pg. 738
26.7, A slide or film projector, pg. 738
26.7, A magnifying glass, pg. 738
26.10, The human eye, pg. 744
26.10, Nearsightedness, pg. 745
26.10, Farsightedness, pg. 746
26.12, The compound microscope, pg. 750
26.13, The telescope, pg. 751
Chapter 27:
27.3, Nonreflecting lens coating, pg. 774
27.4, The Michelson interferometer, pg. 775
27.5, Producing computer chips using photolithography, pg. 779
27.6, Comparing human eyes and eagle eyes, pg. 782
27.7, A diffraction grating, pg. 785
27.7, A grating spectroscope, pg. 787
27.8, Retrieving information from compact discs and digital video discs, pg. 788
27.8, The three-beam tracking method for compact discs, pg. 788
27.9, X-ray diffraction, pg. 789
Chapter 28:
28.3, The Global Positioning System and special relativity, pg. 803
28.3, Space travel and special relativity, pg. 803
Chapter 29:
29.3, Charge-coupled devices and digital cameras, pg. 828
29.3, A safety feature of garage door openers, pg. 829
29.3, Photoevaporation and star formation, pg. 829
29.4, Solar sails and spaceship propulsion, pg. 832
Chapter 30:
30.2, Neon signs and mercury vapor street lamps, pg. 846
30.3, Absorption lines in the sun’s spectrum, pg. 851
30.7, X-rays, pg. 859
30.7, CAT scanning, pg. 862
30.8, The laser, pg. 863
30.8, A laser altimeter, pg. 864
30.9, PRK eye surgery, pg. 865
30.9, LASIK eye surgery, pg. 865
30.9, Removing port-wine stains, pg. 866
30.9, Photodynamic therapy for cancer, pg. 866
30.10, Holography, pg. 867
Chapter 31:
31.4, Radioactivity and smoke detectors, pg. 884
31.4, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, pg. 886
31.4, An exercise thallium heart scan, pg. 886
31.4, Brachytherapy implants, pg. 887
31.6, Radioactive radon gas in house, pg. 889
31.7, Radioactive dating, pg. 891
31.9, Radiation detectors, pg. 895
Chapter 32:
32.1, The biological effects of ionizing radiation, pg. 903
32.4, Nuclear reactors, pg. 911
32.5, Magnetic confinement and fusion, pg. 914
32.5, Inertial confinement and fusion, pg. 914
32.6, PET scanning, pg. 915
32.7, An expanding universe, pg. 921
32.7, “Dark energy,” pg. 921
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