Understanding physics

by Asimov, Isaac

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Full title :Understanding physics / Isaac Asimov.

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Publication Date:©1966.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Dorset Press
Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1966.

The Physical Object

Description:3 volumes in 1 : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0880292512, 9780880292511
oclc:ocm19054697
LC Classification:QC23
Dewey Decimal:530

. I. Motion, sound and heat. The search for knowledge ; Falling bodies ; The laws of motion ; Gravitation ; Weight ; Momentum ; Work and energy ; Vibration ; Liquids ; Gases ; Sound ; Pitch ; Temperature ; Heat ; Thermodynamics.

v. II. Light, magnetism, and electricity. Mechanism ; Light ; Lenses ; Color ; Light waves ; The ether ; Relativity ; Quanta ; Magnetism ; Electrostatics ; Electric currents ; Electromagnetism ; Alternating current ; Electromagnetic radiation.

v. III. The electron, proton, and neutron. The atom ; Ions and radiation ; The electron ; Electrons within atoms ; Electrons and quanta ; Electron energy levels ; Radioactivity ; Isotopes ; Nuclear chemistry ; Artificial radioactivity ; Nuclear structure ; Nuclear reactors ; Anti-particles ; Other particles.