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Physics : The First Science

Today's physics textbooks have become encyclopedic, offering students dry discussions, rote formulas, and exercises with little relation to the real world. Physics: The First Science offers uniquely accessible, student-friendly explanations, historical and philosophical perspectives and mathema...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lindenfeld, Peter (Autor), Brahmia, Suzanne White, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Preface; Additional Notes, Primarilyfor the Instructor; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 -- Atoms to Stars: Scales of Size, Energy, and Force; CHAPTER 2 -- Some Tools of the Trade: Numbers, Quantities, and Units; CHAPTER 3 -- There Is No Rest: Describing Motion; CHAPTER 4 -- Forces and Motion: Newton's Framework; CHAPTER 5 -- Laws and Their Limits: The Organization of Scientific Knowledge; CHAPTER 6 -- Energy and Its Conservation; CHAPTER 7 -- Materials and Models; CHAPTER 8 -- Electricity: It Is Everywhere; CHAPTER 9 -- More on Electricity: From Force to Energy, from Field to Potential. 
505 0 |a CHAPTER 10 -- Magnetism: Electricity's Traveling CompanionCHAPTER 11 -- Waves: Mechanical and Electromagnetic; CHAPTER 12 -- Quantum Physics; CHAPTER 13 -- The Nucleus: Heart of the Atom; CHAPTER 14 -- Energy in Civilization; CHAPTER 15 -- Atomic Physics Pays Off: Solar Cells, Transistors, and the Silicon Age; CHAPTER 16 -- There Is No End; Bibliography; Some Constants, Astronomical Quantities, and Masses; Index; About the Author. 
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