Griffith, W. Thomas.
The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics. - Sixth edition / W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet W. Brosing. - Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, c2009. - xvi, 512 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: 1 Physics, the fundamental science -- 2 Describing motion -- 3 Falling objects and projectile motion -- 4 Newton's laws: explaining motion -- 5 Circular motion, the planets, and gravity -- 6 Energy and oscillations -- 7 Momentum and impulse -- 8 Rotational motion of solid objects -- 9 The behavior of fluids -- 10 Temperature and heat -- 11 Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics -- 12 Electrostatic phenomena -- 13 Electric circuits -- 14 Magnets and electromagnetism -- 15 Making waves -- 16 Light waves and colors -- 17 Light and image formation -- 18 The structure of the atom -- 19 The nucleus and nuclear energy -- 20 Relativity -- 21 Beyond everyday phenomena.
English
9780073512112 [hardbound] 0073512117 [hardbound]
2008018203
Physics.
The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics. - Sixth edition / W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet W. Brosing. - Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, c2009. - xvi, 512 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: 1 Physics, the fundamental science -- 2 Describing motion -- 3 Falling objects and projectile motion -- 4 Newton's laws: explaining motion -- 5 Circular motion, the planets, and gravity -- 6 Energy and oscillations -- 7 Momentum and impulse -- 8 Rotational motion of solid objects -- 9 The behavior of fluids -- 10 Temperature and heat -- 11 Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics -- 12 Electrostatic phenomena -- 13 Electric circuits -- 14 Magnets and electromagnetism -- 15 Making waves -- 16 Light waves and colors -- 17 Light and image formation -- 18 The structure of the atom -- 19 The nucleus and nuclear energy -- 20 Relativity -- 21 Beyond everyday phenomena.
English
9780073512112 [hardbound] 0073512117 [hardbound]
2008018203
Physics.