Physics Around Us: How And Why Things Work

This book is suitable for a first year, non-calculus physics course. It covers mechanics, fluids, gravitation, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics, including atoms, an introduction to quantum mechanics, special relativity, and nuclear and particle physics. Trigonometric functions and vectors are introduced as needed.

List of contents

Linear Motion, Kinematics, Vectors; Newtonian Mechanics; Impulse and Momentum; Rotational Dynamics; Oscillations and Waves; Thermal Physics; Static Electricity; Magnetism; Geometrical Optics; Atoms; Particles and Waves - An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics; and other topics in Modern Physics.

Product details

• Authors: J Gregory Dash, J. G. Dash, J. Gregory Dash, Ernest M Henley, Ernest M Henley & J Gregory Dash, Ernest M Henley, Ernest M. Henley, J Gregory Dash
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9789814350631
• ISBN: 978-981-4350-63-1
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics