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Author Bloomfield, Louis.

Title How things work : the physics of everyday life / Louis A. Bloomfield
Published New York : J. Wiley, [1997]
©1997

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Description xiii, 706 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: The Laws of Motion. -- Simple Mechanical Objects. -- Fluids. -- Fluids and Motion. -- Mechanical Objects and Fluids. -- Heat. -- Thermodynamics. -- Phase Transitions. -- Resonance. -- Mechanical Waves. -- Electric and Magnetic Forces. -- Electrodynamics. -- Electronics. -- Electromagnetic Waves. -- Light. -- Optics. -- Material Science. -- Nuclear Physics. -- Modern Physics. -- Appendices. -- Answers to Selected Problems. -- Photo Credits. -- Index
Summary Includes chapters on motion, mechanics, fluids, heat, thermodynamics, phase transitions, resonance, mechanical waves, electric and magnetic forces, electrodynamics, electronics, electromagnetic waves, light, optics, material science, nuclear physics, and modern physics. The book also contains appendices and answers to selected problems
Notes Includes index
Subject Physics.
LC no. 96014288
ISBN 0471594733 (paperback: alk. paper)