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Chapters in the original Secrets of the Universe by Paul Fleisher, and which book that chapter is now in:

Secrets of the Universe
1. What is a Natural Law? (Liquids and Gases: Principles of Fluid Mechanics; may be intro in all books)
2. Archimedes' Principle (Liquids and Gases: Principles of Fluid Mechanics)
3. Planetary Motion (Objects in Motion: Principles of Classical Mechanics)
4. Pendulums and Falling Objects: Galileo's Law of Motion (Objects in Motion - Principles of Classical Mechanics)
5. Newton's Tree Laws of Motion (Objects in Motion: Principles of Classical Mechanics)
6. The Law of Universal Gravitation (Objects in Motion: Principles of Classical Mechanics)
7. Conservation of Momentum (Objects in Motion: Principles of Classical Mechanics)
8. Optics - the Laws of Light (Waves: Principles of Light, Electricity, and Magnetism)
9. The Law of Conservation of Matter (Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics)
10. Pascal's Law - How Liquids Behave (Liquids and Gases: Principles of Fluid Mechanics)
11. Boyle's and Carles's Laws - How Gases Behave (Liquids and Gases: Principles of Fluid Mechanics)
12. Bernoulli's Principle (Liquids and Gases: Principles of Fluid Mechanics)
13. How the Elements Combine - the Law of Definate Proportions and Gay-Lussac's Law (Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics)
14. Mendeleyev's Periodic Law (Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics)
15. The first Law of Thermodynamics - Conservation of Engergy (Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics)
16. The Second Law of Thermodynamcis - Entropy (Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics)
17. Laws of Electromagnetism (Waves: Principles of Light, Electricity, and Magnetism)
18. Electric Current - Ohm's Law and Joule's Law (Waves: Principles of Light, Electricity, and Magnetism)
19. Relativity (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Principles of Modern Physics)
20. Quantum Mechanics (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Principles of Modern Physics)
21. Conservation of Mass/Energy (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Principles of Modern Physics)
22. The Uncertainty Principle (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Principles of Modern Physics)

And here are the new books, with an added mention of which chapter that used to be in the OLD book:

Liquids and Gases: Principles of Fluid Mechanics
1. Archimedes' Principle (in the original book, this was ch 2)
2. Pascal's Law How Liquids Behave (in the original book, this was ch 10)
3. Boyle's and Charles's Laws How Gases Behave (in the original book, this was ch 11)
4. Bernoulli's Principle (in the original book, this was ch 12)

Objects in Motion: Principles of Classical Mechanics
1. Planetary Motion (in the original book, this was ch 3)
2. Pendulums and Falling Objects (in the original book, this was ch 4)
3. Newton's Three Laws of Motion (in the original book, this was ch 5)
4. The Law of Universal Gravitation (in the original book, this was ch 6)
5. Conservation of Momentum (in the original book, this was ch 7)

Waves: Principles of Light, Electricity, and Magnetism
1. Optics - The Laws of Light (in the original book, this was ch 8)
2. Laws of Electromagnetism (in the original book, this was ch 17)
3. Electric Current - Ohm's Law and Joule's Law (in the original book, this was ch 18)

Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics
1. The Law of Conservation of Matter (in the original book, this was ch 9)
2. How the Elements Combine - The Law of Definite Proportions and Gay-Lussac's Law (in the original book, this was ch 13)
3. Mendeleyev's Periodic Law (in the original book, this was ch 14)
4. The First Law of Thermodynamics - Conservation of Energy (in the original book, this was ch 15)
5. The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Entropy (in the original book, this was ch 16)

Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Principles of Modern Physics
1. Relativity (in the original book, this was ch 19)
2. Quantum Mechanics (in the original book, this was ch 20)
3. Conservation of Mass/Energy (in the original book, this was ch 21)
4. The Uncertainty Principle (in the original book, this was ch 22)