Back-of-the-envelope physics

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Offers quantitative analysis of one hundred and one physics questions with simple, approximate answers on a variety of topics.

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Full title :Back-of-the-envelope physics / Clifford Swartz.

Summary

Offers quantitative analysis of one hundred and one physics questions with simple, approximate answers on a variety of topics.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
Place of Publication:Baltimore
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 155 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0801872626, 9780801872624, 0801872634, 9780801872631
oclc:ocm50476732
LC Classification:QC75
Dewey Decimal:530

Chapter 1: Force and pressure -- Chapter 2: Mechanics and rotation -- Chapter 3: Sound and waves -- Chapter 4: Heat -- Chapter 5: Optics -- Chapter 6: Electricity -- Chapter 7: Earth -- Chapter 8: Astronomy -- Chapter 9: Atoms and molecules -- Chapter 10: Particles and quanta.

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Alltag Miscellanées miscellanies Natuurkunde physical sciences physics Physics -- Miscellanea Physik Physikunterricht Physique -- Miscellanées Trivia and miscellanea