Physics I for Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119872221 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 400 str.

Steven (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cornell

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Putting Physics into Motion 5Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World 7Chapter 2: Reviewing Physics Measurement and Math Fundamentals 15Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed 29Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions 53Part 2: May the Forces of Physics Be with You 79Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force 81Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction 101Chapter 7: Circling Around Rotational Motion and Orbits 119Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids 141Part 3: Manifesting the Energy to Work 165Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics 167Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse 191Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics 211Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics 237Chapter 13: Springs 'n' Things: Simple Harmonic Motion 255Part 4: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics 273Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics 275Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred 291Chapter 16: In the Best of All Possible Worlds: The Ideal Gas Law 307Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics 319Part 5: The Part of Tens 349Chapter 18: Ten Physics Heroes 351Chapter 19: Ten Wild Physics Theories 357Glossary 365Index 369

O autorze

Dr. Steven Holzner has written more than 40 books about physics and programming. He was a contributing editor at PC Magazine and was on the faculty at both MIT and Cornell. He has authored Dummies titles including Physics For Dummies and Physics Essentials For Dummies. Dr. Holzner received his PhD at Cornell.