The basics of physics
By: Rusty L. Myers.
Series: Basics of the hard sciences
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Physics -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks.
Description: "Providing students with an introduction to the science of physics and its applications to everyday life, this volume traces its development from antiquity to the present. The author examines all aspects of physics--including motion, work, energy, heat, matter, light, and electricity, along with Quantum and Nuclear physics"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Physics and its early foundations; title: The development of classical physics; title: Translational motion; title: Rotational motion; title: Work, energy, and heat; title: Heat; title: Matter; title: vibrations, waves, and sound; title: Light and optics; title: Quantum physics; title: A modern view of the atom; title: Nuclear physics; title: Electricity; title: Magnetism and electromagnetism; title: Relativity; title: Physics experiments; title: Physics as a career.