Conceptual physics / written and illustrated by Paul G. Hewitt.
Material type: TextPublication details: Reading, Mass. ; Harlow : Addison-Wesley, c1998.Edition: 8th edDescription: xxi, 739 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780321009715 :
- 0321009711
- 530 HEW
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.About Science. Part 1: Mechanics. 2.Linear Motion -- 3.Nonlinear Motion -- 4.Newton's Laws of Motion -- 5.Momentum -- 6.Energy -- 7.Rotational Motion -- 8.Gravity -- 9.Satellite Motion. Part 2: Properties of Matter. 10.The Atomic Nature of Matter -- 11.Solids -- 12.Liquids -- 13.Gases and Plasmas. Part 3: Heat. 14.Temperature, Heat and Expansion -- 15.Heat Transfer -- 16.Change of Phase -- 17.Thermodynamics. Part 4: Sound. 18.Vibrations and Waves -- 19.Sound -- 20 Musical Sounds. Part: Electricity and Magnetism. 21.Electrostatics -- 22.Electric Current -- 23.Magnetism -- 24. Electromagnetic Induction. Part 6: Light. 25.Properties of Light -- 26.Color -- 27.Reflection and Refraction -- 28.Light Waves -- 29.Light Emission -- 30.Light Quanta. Part 7: Atomic and Nuclear Physics. 31.The Atom and the Quantum -- 32.The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity -- 33.Nuclear Fission and Fusion. Part 8. Relativity. 34.Special Theory of Relativity -- 35.General Theory of Relativity.
An introduction to physical concepts.