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Physics is... : The Physicist explores attributes of physics /
He's back! 'The physicist' returns with an entirely new compilation of questions and answers from his long-lived website where laypeople can ask questions about anything physics related. This book focuses on adjectives (practical, beautiful, surprising, cool, frivolous) instead of nou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2016]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP concise physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- 1. Physics is practical
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Physics in sports
- 1.3. Physics around the house
- 1.4. How does that thing work?
- 2. Physics is beautiful
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The beauty of electromagnetism
- 2.3. The beauty of relativity theory
- 2.4. The beauty of gravitational theory
- 2.5. Concluding thoughts on beauty
- 3. Physics is surprising
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Surprises of special relativity
- 3.3. Surprises of general relativity
- 3.4. Surprises of quantum mechanics
- 4. Physics is cool
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Cool stuff
- 5. Physics is frivolous
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Frivolous physics
- 6. Physics isn't ...
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Physics isn't psychics
- 6.3. Physics isn't crazy
- Appendices
- A. The constants of electricity and magnetism
- B. A simplified derivation of the speed of light from Maxwell's Equations
- C. Galilean and Lorentz transformations
- D. Gravitational field of a cylinder
- E. Newtonian mechanics
- F. Energy
- G. Friction
- H. Rotational physics.