CLCO4
LanguageENG
PublishYear2020
publishCompany
Wiley
EISBN
9781119629917
PISBN
9781119629900
edition
3
- Product Details
- Contents
Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide, Third Edition is the most practical, complete, and easy-to-use guide available for understanding physics and the physical world. Even if you don't consider yourself a "science" person, this book helps make learning key concepts a pleasure, not a chore. Whether you need help in a course, want to review the basics for an exam, or simply have always been curious about such physical phenomena as energy, sound, electricity, light, and color, you've come to the right place! This fully up-to-date edition of Basic Physics: Has been revised to reflect research-based pedagogy on how people learn physics Requires no math--mathematical treatments and applications are included in optional sections so that you can choose either a mathematical or nonmathematical approach Lets you work at your own pace with a helpful question-and-answer format Lists objectives for each chapter--you can skip ahead or find extra help if you need it Reinforces what you learn with end-of-chapter self-tests
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- To the Reader
- 1 Motion
- 2 Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion
- 3 Conservation of Momentum and Energy
- 4 Gravity
- 5 Atoms and Molecules
- 6 Solids
- 7 Liquids and Gases
- 8 Temperature and Heat Energy
- 9 Change of State and Transfer of Heat Energy
- 10 Wave Motion
- 11 Sound
- 12 Diffraction, Interference, and Music
- 13 Static Electricity
- 14 Electrical Current
- 15 Magnetism and Magnetic Effects of Currents
- 16 Electrical Induction
- 17 Electromagnetic Waves
- 18 Light: Wave or Particle?
- 19 The Quantum Nature of Light
- 20 Reflection, Refraction, and Dispersion
- 21 Lenses and Instruments
- 22 Light as a Wave
- 23 Color
- Appendix A Scientific Notation: Powers of Ten
- Appendix B The Metric System
- Index
- EULA
Collected by
- Princeton University
- Yale University