Physics for future presidents
Subtitle: the textbook
By: Richard A. Muller
Edition: Spring 2009 edition.
Publisher: Learning Solutions, McGraw-Hill companies
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780390679918; 9780697786159
Subjects: Physics; Social aspects; Science and state; Science in mass media; Physique; Aspect social; Politique scientifique et technique; Sciences dans les médias
Description: This textbook book is written in everyday, nontechnical language on the science behind the concerns that our nation faces in the immediate future.
Notes: Includes chapter reviews, test questions, and index.
Table of contents: title: Energy and power, and the physics of explosions; title: Atoms and heat; title: Gravity, force, and space; title: Nuclei and radioactivity; title: Chair reactions, nuclear reactors, and atomic bombs; title: Electricity and magnetism; title: Waves; title: Light; title: Invisible light; title: Climate change; title: Quantum Physics; title: Relativity; title: Universe.