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Physics in the modern world /
Physics in the Modern World 2e.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
�1981.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Physics in the Modern World; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL IDEAS; Describing and Measuring Things; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 2. MOTION; 2-1 Average Speed; 2-2 Graphical Representation of Speed; 2-3 Acceleration; 2-4 Accelerated Motion; 2-5 Free Fall; 2-6 Vectors; 2-7 Motion in Two Dimensions; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 3. FORCE; 3-1 Force and Inertia; 3-2 Dynamics; 3-3 Action and Reaction; 3-4 Friction; 3-5 Statics
- Important Terms and ConceptsSuggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 4. LINEAR MOMENTUM; 4-1 (Mass) x (Velocity); 4-2 The Conservation of Linear Momentum; 4-3 The Vector Character of Linear Momentum; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 5. CIRCULAR MOTION, TORQUE, AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM; 5-1 Circular Motion; 5-2 Torque; 5-3 Center of Mass; 5-4 Angular Momentum; 5-5 Rotational Inertia; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 6. GRAVITATION AND SPACE TRAVEL; 6-1 Planetary Motion
- 6-2 Universal Gravitation6-3 Space Travel; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 7. ENERGY; 7-1 Work; 7-2 Work Done Against Various Forces; 7-3 Power; 7-4 Kinetic and Potential Energy; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 8. ENERGY IN TODAY'S WORLD; 8-1 How Much Energy Do We Use?; 8-2 Water Power; 8-3 Fossil Fuels; 8-4 Nuclear Energy; 8-5 Secondary Energy Sources; 8-6 The Storage of Energy; 8-7 Energy and the Environment; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises
- CHAPTER 9. HEAT9-1 The Laws of Thermodynamics; 9-2 Temperature and Heat; 9-3 Thermal Effects on Size; 9-4 Heat Calculations; 9-5 Heat Transfer; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 10. LIQUIDS AND GASES; 10-1 Pressure; 10-2 Buoyancy; 10-3 THE GAS LAWS; 10-4 KINETIC THEORY; 10-5 CHANGES OF PHASE; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 11. ELECTRICITY; 11-1 The Electric Force; 11-2 The Electric Field; 11-3 The Electron Charge and the Electron Volt; 11-4 Capacitance; 11-5 Electric Current
- 11-6 Electric Resistance11-7 Electric Circuits; 11-8 Atmospheric Electricity; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 12. ELECTROMAGNETISM; 12-1 Magnetism and the Earth's Magnetic Field; 12-2 The Interaction of Currents and Charges with Magnetic Fields; 12-3 Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents; 12-4 Fields That Vary with Time; 12-5 Alternating Current; Important Terms and Concepts; Suggested Readings; Questions and Exercises; CHAPTER 13. WAVES; 13-1 Simple Harmonic Motion; 13-2 Wave Pulses on Springs and Strings; 13-3 Traveling Waves