Title Statements
- Full title :Basic physics : a self-teaching guide.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2020.
- Edition:Third edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Jossey-Bass
- Place of Publication:San Francisco
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020.
Notes
Includes index.
<p>Acknowledgments vii</p> <p>To the Reader xi</p> <p>1 Motion 1</p> <p>2 Force and Newton's Laws of Motion 17</p> <p>3 Conservation of Momentum and Energy 33</p> <p>4 Gravity 51</p> <p>5 Atoms and Molecules 63</p> <p>6 Solids 77</p> <p>7 Liquids and Gases 85</p> <p>8 Temperature and Heat Energy 99</p> <p>9 Change of State and Transfer of Heat Energy 111</p> <p>10 Wave Motion 121</p> <p>11 Sound 133</p> <p>12 Diffraction, Interference, and Music 143</p> <p>13 Static Electricity 159</p> <p>14 Electrical Current 171</p> <p>15 Magnetism and Magnetic Effects of Currents 189</p> <p>16 Electrical Induction 203</p> <p>17 Electromagnetic Waves 215</p> <p>18 Light: Wave or Particle? 223</p> <p>19 The Quantum Nature of Light 239</p> <p>20 Reflection, Refraction, and Dispersion 261</p> <p>21 Lenses and Instruments 281</p> <p>22 Light as a Wave 301</p> <p>23 Color 315</p> <p>Appendix A: Scientific Notation: Powers of Ten 323</p> <p>Appendix B: The Metric System 327</p> <p>Index 331</p>
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781119629894, 1119629896, 9781119629917, 1119629918
- oclc:on1197762785
- Dewey Decimal:530
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