Foundations of Physics

by Steve Adams

Overview

This book is designed as a self-teaching, calculus-based introduction to the concepts of physics. Numerous examples, applications, and figures provide readers with simple explanations. Standard topics include vectors, conservation of energy, Newton s Laws, momentum, motion, gravity, relativity, waves, fluid mechanics, circuits, nuclear physics, ast

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683921448
Publisher:	Mercury Learning and Information
Publication date:	04/22/2019
Series:	Essentials of Physics Series
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Steve Adams, PhD, is a physics instructor, teacher trainer, and consultant for the Cambridge International Examinations.

Table of Contents

1. The Language of Physics
2. Representing and Analyzing Data
3. Capturing, Displaying, and Analyzing Motion
4. Forces and Equilibrium
5. Newtonian Mechanics
6. Fluids
7. Mechanical Properties
8. Thermal Physics
9. Gases
10. Statistical Thermodynamics and the Second Law
11. Oscillations
12. Rotational Dynamics
13. Waves
14. Light
15. Superposition Effects
16. Sound
17. Electric Charge and Electric Fields
18. D.C. Electric Circuits
19. Capacitance
20. Magnetic Fields
21. Electromagnetic Induction
22. Alternating Current
23. Gravitational Field
24. Special Relativity
25. Atomic Structure and Radioactivity
26. Nuclear Physics
27. Quantum Theory
28. Astrophysics
29 Medical Physics
Appendices:
A. Estimations and Fermi Questions
B. Experimental Investigations
C. Units, Constants, and Equations
D. Solutions to Exercises
Glossary
Index