Physics I For Dummies Steven Holzner

• Auteur : Steven Holzner
• Editeur : Hungry Minds
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/07/2011
• Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg
• Nombre de pages : 384
• Dimensions : 23.4 x 18.9 x 2.7

Sommaire
Introduction. Part I: Putting Physics into Motion. Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World. Chapter 2: Reviewing Physics Measurement and Math Fundamentals. Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed. Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions. Part II: May the Forces of Physics Be with You. Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force. Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction. Chapter 7: Circling around Rotational Motion and Orbits. Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids. Part III: Manifesting the Energy to Work. Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics. Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse. Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics. Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics. Chapter 13: Springs 'n' Things: Simple Harmonic Motion. Part IV: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics. Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics. Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred. Chapter 16: In the Best of All Possible Worlds: The Ideal Gas Law. Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Physics Heroes. Chapter 19: Ten Wild Physics Theories. Glossary. Index.