The physics of everyday phenomena: a conceptual introduction to physics. /
Griffith, W. Thomas.
The physics of everyday phenomena: a conceptual introduction to physics. / W. Thomas Griffith. - 4th ed. - Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004. - xx, 501 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Physics, the fundamental science -- The Newtonian revolution: Describing motion -- Falling objects and projectile motion -- Newton's laws: explaining motion -- Circular motion, the planets and gravity -- Energy and oscillations -- Momentum and impulse -- Rotational motion of solid objects -- Fluids and heat: The behavior of fluids -- Temperature and heat -- Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism: electrostatic phenomena -- Electric circuits -- Magnets and electromagnetism -- Wave motion and optics: Making waves -- Light waves and color -- Light and image formation -- The atom and its nucleus: the structure of the atom -- The nucleus and nuclear energy -- Relatively and beyond: Relativity -- Beyond everyday phenomena --
0072966998 (hard copy : acidfree paper)
2003005449
Physics.
QC23.2.G75
530
The physics of everyday phenomena: a conceptual introduction to physics. / W. Thomas Griffith. - 4th ed. - Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004. - xx, 501 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Physics, the fundamental science -- The Newtonian revolution: Describing motion -- Falling objects and projectile motion -- Newton's laws: explaining motion -- Circular motion, the planets and gravity -- Energy and oscillations -- Momentum and impulse -- Rotational motion of solid objects -- Fluids and heat: The behavior of fluids -- Temperature and heat -- Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism: electrostatic phenomena -- Electric circuits -- Magnets and electromagnetism -- Wave motion and optics: Making waves -- Light waves and color -- Light and image formation -- The atom and its nucleus: the structure of the atom -- The nucleus and nuclear energy -- Relatively and beyond: Relativity -- Beyond everyday phenomena --
0072966998 (hard copy : acidfree paper)
2003005449
Physics.
QC23.2.G75
530