| Description |
xxvi, 1145 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
Physics presents the basic concepts of physics that students need to know for later courses and future careers. This text helps students learn that physics is a tool for understanding the real world, and to teach transferable problem-solving skills, that students can use throughout their entire lives. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- PART ONE: Mechanics -- Motion along a line -- Motion in a plane -- Force and Newton's laws of motion -- Circular motion -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Torque and angular momentum -- Fluids -- Elasticity and oscillations -- Waves -- Sound -- PART TWO: Thermal physics -- Temperature and the ideal gas -- Heat -- Thermodynamics -- PART THREE: Electromagnetism -- Electric forces and fields -- Electric potential -- Electric current and circuits -- Magnetic forces and fields -- Electromagnetic induction -- Alternating current -- PART FOUR: Electromagnetic waves and optics -- Electromagnetic waves -- Reflection and refraction of light -- Optical instruments -- Interference and diffraction -- PART FIVE: Quantum and particle physics and relativity -- Relativity -- Early quantum physics and the photon -- Quantum physics -- Nuclear physics -- Particle physics -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Mathematics Review -- Appendix B : Reference Information -- Answers to Selected Questions and Problems |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Physics -- Textbooks.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Richardson, Betty McCarthy, author
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Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013, author
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| LC no. |
2018055989 |
| ISBN |
9781260486919 (alk. paper) |
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9781260834505 (loose leaf) |
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