Newton's laws of motion
Subtitle: a beginner's guide to the system of the world
By: Jason Zimba.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780801891595; 9780801891601
Subjects: Motion; Dynamics; Mechanics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Graphing relationships; title: Rates of change; title: Introducing position and velocity; title: Vectors; title: Position and velocity, revisited; title: Introducing acceleration; title: Acceleration as a rate of change; title: Focus on a-perp; title: Case study; title: Explaining and predicting motion; title: The concept of force; title: Combining forces that act on the same target; title: Newton's little law; title: Newton's second law; title: Dynamics; title: Newton's third law; title: Kinds of force; title: Strategies for applying Newton's laws.