• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Foundations of Physics
  • Enthält: Frontmatter
    Contents
    Preface
    CHAPTER 1: THE LANGUAGE OF PHYSICS
    CHAPTER 2: REPRESENTING AND ANALYZING DATA
    CHAPTER 3: CAPTURING, DISPLAYING, AND ANALYZING MOTION
    CHAPTER 4: FORCES AND EQUILIBRIUM
    CHAPTER 5: NEWTONIAN MECHANICS
    CHAPTER 6: FLUIDS
    CHAPTER 7: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
    CHAPTER 8: THERMAL PHYSICS
    CHAPTER 9: GASES
    CHAPTER 10: STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND THE SECOND LAW
    CHAPTER 11: OSCILLATIONS
    CHAPTER 12: ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS
    CHAPTER 13: WAVES
    CHAPTER 14: LIGHT
    CHAPTER 15: SUPERPOSITION EFFECTS
    CHAPTER 16: SOUND
    CHAPTER 17: ELECTRIC CHARGE AND ELECTRIC FIELDS
    CHAPTER 18: DC ELECTRIC CIRCUITS
    CHAPTER 19: CAPACITANCE
    CHAPTER 20: MAGNETIC FIELDS
    CHAPTER 21: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
    CHAPTER 22: AC
    CHAPTER 23: THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
    CHAPTER 24: SPECIAL RELATIVITY
    CHAPTER 25: ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND RADIOACTIVITY
    CHAPTER 26: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
    CHAPTER 27: QUANTUM THEORY
    CHAPTER 28: ASTROPHYSICS
    CHAPTER 29: MEDICAL PHYSICS
    APPENDIX A: ESTIMATIONS AND FERMI QUESTIONS
    APPENDIX B: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
    APPENDIX C: UNITS, CONSTANTS, AND EQUATIONS
    APPENDIX D: SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES
    GLOSSARY
    INDEX
  • Beteiligte: Adams, Steve [Verfasser:in]
  • Erschienen: Dulles, VA: Mercury Learning and Information, 2023
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (650 p.)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 9781683929697
  • Schlagwörter: SCIENCE / Physics / General ; Newton’s Laws ; astrophysics ; calculus ; circuits ; conservation of energy ; fluid mechanics ; gravity ; momentum ; motion ; nuclear physics ; relativity ; vectors ; waves
  • Reproduktionsnotiz: Issued also in print
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  • Anmerkungen: In English
  • Beschreibung: This updated edition is designed as a self-teaching, calculus-based introduction to the concepts of physics. Numerous examples, applications, and figures provide readers with simple explanations. Standard topics include vectors, conservation of energy, Newton’s Laws, momentum, motion, gravity, relativity, waves, fluid mechanics, circuits, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and more. FEATURES:Designed as a calculus-based, introduction to the key concepts of physicsPractical techniques, including the collection, presentation, analysis and evaluation of data, are discussed in the context of key experiments linked to the theoretical spine of the work
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