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The Physics of Everyday Things

• Discovering Physics
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• Everyday Terms

Light

• Speed of Light
• Transmission of Light
• Sources of Light and Illuminance
• Pinhole Camera
• Reflection in a Plane Mirror
• Curved Mirrors
• Refraction
• Light Terms

Optics

• Lenses
• The Eye
• Colour, Infrared, Ultraviolet
• Polarization & Diffraction
• Optics Terms

Waves

• Properties of Waves
• Transmission & Reflection of Waves
• Interference & Standing Waves
• Waves Terms

Sound

• Properties
• The Ear
• Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction
• Interference
• Resonance
• Sonic Booms & Doppler
• Sound Terms

Heat

• Heat and Temperature
• Specific Heat Capacity & Latent Heat
• Thermodynamics
• Thermal Resistance
• Heat Terms

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