FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS

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,...

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Main Author ADAMS, STEVE
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published [S.l.] : MERCURY LEARNING & INFORM, 2023.
Subjects
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781683929697
1683929691
1683929705
9781683929703
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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