Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide

Learn physics at your own pace without an instructor. Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition is the most practical and reader-friendly guide to understanding all basic physics concepts and terms. The expert authors take a flexible and interactive approach to physics based on new research-based methods about how people most effectively comprehend new material. The book takes complex concepts and breaks them down into practical, easy to digest terms. Subject matter covered includes: Newton's Laws, Energy, Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Sound, and more. There are also sections explaining the math behind each concept for those who would like further explanation and understanding. Each chapter features a list of objectives so that students know what they should be learning from each chapter, test questions, and exercises that inspire deeper learning about physics. High school students, college students, and those re-learning physics alike will greatly enhance their physics education with the help of this one-of-a-kind guide. The third edition of this book reflects and implements new, research-based methods regarding how people best learn new material. As a result, it contains a flexible andinteractive approach to learning physics.

Motion -- Force and Newton's Laws of Motion -- Conservation of momentum and energy -- Gravity -- Atoms and molecules -- Solids -- Liquids and gases -- Temperature and heat energy -- Change of state and transfer of heat energy -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Diffraction, interference, and music -- Static electricity -- Electrical current -- Magnetism and magnetic effects of currents -- Electrical induction -- Electromagnetic waves -- Light: wave or particle? -- The quantum nature of light -- Reflection, refraction, and dispersion -- Lenses and instruments -- Light as a wave -- Color -- Appendix A:Scientific notation: powers of ten -- Appendix B: The metric system.