Physics
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2007Edition: 7th edDescription: xxiii, 1031, 32 pages : color illustrationsISBN: 9780471663157 ; 0471663158 ; 9780471663249 ; 0471663247 ; 9780471938514; 0471938513Subject(s): PhysicsDDC classification: 530Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Reference Books | Main Library Reference | Reference | 530 CUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 010320 |
Includes index.
Introduction and mathematical concepts --
Kinematics in one dimension --
Kinematics in two dimensions --
Forces and Newton's laws of motion --
Dynamics of uniform circular motion --
Work and energy --
Impulse and momentum --
Rotational kinematics --
Rotational dynamics --
Simple harmonic motion and elasticity --
Fluids --
Temperature and heat --
The transfer of heat --
The ideal gas law and kinetic theory --
Thermodynamics --
Waves and sound --
The principle of linear superposition and interference phenomena --
Electric forces and electric fields --
Electric potential energy and the electric potential --
Electric circuits --
Magnetic forces and magnetic fields --
Electromagnetic induction --
Alternating current circuits --
Electromagnetic waves --
The reflection of light: mirrors --
The refraction of light: lenses and optical instruments --
Interference and the wave nature of light --
Special relativity --
Particles and waves --
The nature of the atom --
Nuclear physics and radioactivity --
Ionizing radiation, nuclear energy, and elementary particles.
This bestselling book helps readers understand the interrelationships among basic physics concepts and how they fit together to describe our physical world. Real-world physics applications are presented throughout the chapters, including many biomedical applications, to show how physics principles come into play over and over again in our lives
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