Adams Foundations of Physics

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-68392-145-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 600 Seiten

This self-teaching, calculus-based introduction to the concepts of physics provides clear explanations using numerous examples, applications, and figures. Topics include vectors, conservation of energy, Newton’s Laws, momentum, motion, gravity, relativity, waves, fluid mechanics, circuits, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, Steve

Adams

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Language of Physics
2. Representing and Analyzing Data
3. Capturing, Displaying, and Analyzing Motion
4. Forces and Equilibrium
5. Newtonian Mechanics
6. Fluids
7. Mechanical Properties
8. Thermal Physics
9. Gases
10. Statistical Thermodynamics and the Second Law
11. Oscillations
12. Rotational Dynamics
13. Waves
14. Light
15. Superposition Effects
16. Sound
17. Electric Charge and Electric Fields
18. D.C. Electric Circuits
19. Capacitance
20. Magnetic Fields
21. Electromagnetic Induction
22. Alternating Current
23. Gravitational Field
24. Special Relativity
25. Atomic Structure and Radioactivity
26. Nuclear Physics
27. Quantum Theory
28. Astrophysics
29 Medical Physics
Appendices:

A. Estimations and Fermi Questions
B. Experimental Investigations
C. Units, Constants, and Equations
D. Solutions to Exercises
Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adams Steve:

Steve Adams, PhD, is a physics instructor, teacher trainer, and consultant for the Cambridge International Examinations.