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Physics for dummies /

By: Holzner, Steven.
Series: For dummies.Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2006Description: xiv, 368 p. : ill ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0764554336 :; 9780764554339:; 9780764554339.Subject(s): PhysicsDDC classification: 530
Partial contents:
Introduction -- pt. I. Putting physics into motion -- 1. Using physics to understand your world -- 2. Understanding physics fundamentals -- 3. Exploring the need for speed -- 4. Following directions : which way are you going? -- pt. II. May the forces of physics be with you -- 5. When push comes to shove : force -- 6. What a drag : inclined planes and friction -- 7. Circling around circular motions and orbits -- pt. III. Manifesting the energy to work -- 8. Getting some work out of physics -- 9. Putting objects in motion : momentum and impulse -- 10. Winding up with angular kinetics -- 11. Round and round with rotational dynamics -- 12. Spring-n-things : simple harmonic motion -- pt. IV. Laying down the laws of thermodynamics -- 13. Turning up the heat with thermodynamics -- 14. Here, take my coat : heat transfer in solids and gases -- 15. When hear and work collide : the laws of thermodynamics -- pt. V. Getting a charge out of electricity and magnetism -- 16. Zapping away with static electricity -- 17. Giving electrons a push with circuits -- 18. Magnetism : more than attraction -- 19. Keeping the current going with voltage -- 20. Shedding some light on mirrors and lenses -- pt. VI. The part of tens -- 21. Ten amazing insights on relativity -- 22. Ten wild physics theories -- Glossary.
Summary: Everyone is involved in physics because physics explains the workings of life, from why the sky is blue to whether space presents a hostile environment for travel. This book presents the basic principles of physics in a simple, clear, and entertaining fashion.
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Includes index and glossary.

Introduction -- pt. I. Putting physics into motion -- 1. Using physics to understand your world -- 2. Understanding physics fundamentals -- 3. Exploring the need for speed -- 4. Following directions : which way are you going? -- pt. II. May the forces of physics be with you -- 5. When push comes to shove : force -- 6. What a drag : inclined planes and friction -- 7. Circling around circular motions and orbits -- pt. III. Manifesting the energy to work -- 8. Getting some work out of physics -- 9. Putting objects in motion : momentum and impulse -- 10. Winding up with angular kinetics -- 11. Round and round with rotational dynamics -- 12. Spring-n-things : simple harmonic motion -- pt. IV. Laying down the laws of thermodynamics -- 13. Turning up the heat with thermodynamics -- 14. Here, take my coat : heat transfer in solids and gases -- 15. When hear and work collide : the laws of thermodynamics -- pt. V. Getting a charge out of electricity and magnetism -- 16. Zapping away with static electricity -- 17. Giving electrons a push with circuits -- 18. Magnetism : more than attraction -- 19. Keeping the current going with voltage -- 20. Shedding some light on mirrors and lenses -- pt. VI. The part of tens -- 21. Ten amazing insights on relativity -- 22. Ten wild physics theories -- Glossary.

Everyone is involved in physics because physics explains the workings of life, from why the sky is blue to whether space presents a hostile environment for travel. This book presents the basic principles of physics in a simple, clear, and entertaining fashion.

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