Master math, Essential physics: master everything from motion, force, heat and work to energy, fluids, waves, optics and electricity
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1. Verfasser: Ross, Debra (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Course Technology PTR c2013
Schriftenreihe:Master math
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Beschreibung:Includes index
Motion. Average speed ; Instantaneous speed ; Acceleration ; Finding distance traveled at constant acceleration ; Acceleration due to gravity : no air resistance ; Acceleration due to gravity : with air resistance ; Vector and scalar excursion ; Velocity vs. speed ; Acceleration vector ; Two-dimensional motion : projectiles ; Circular motion -- Force, momentum, and Newton's laws. Force ; Newton's laws of motion ; Mass vs. weight, normal force, and tension ; Linear momentum and impulse ; Conservation of linear momentum ; Torque ; Angular momentum and conservation of angular momentum ; Center of mass -- Equilibrium and friction. Static equilibrium ; Torques in equilibrium ; Friction -- Natural forces. Gravitation ; Electrostatic force ; Strong nuclear and weak forces --
- Energy and work. Work ; Kinetic energy ; Potential energy ; Conservative and non-conservative forces ; Gravitational potential energy when h is large ; Electrostatic potential energy ; Introduction to the electron volt ; Rotational kinetic energy ; Conservation of energy ; Elastic and inelastic collisions ; Power ; Principles of simple machines -- Elasticity and harmonic motion. Elasticity and Hooke's law ; Stress and strain ; Simple harmonic motion (SHM) ; Energy and simple harmonic motion ; Simple pendulum ; Damped oscillations and resonance -- Fluids. Pressure and static fluids ; Archimedes' principle and the buoyant force in static fluids ; Surface tension and capillary action ; Fluid flow, continuity equation, and Bernoulli's equation ; Viscosity, Reynolds number, and terminal velocity -- Heat and temperature. Temperature ; Thermal expansion ; Heat as energy ; Heat transfer --
- Gas and thermodynamics. Definitions : mass, moles, and amu ; The gas laws ; Kinetic theory ; Diffusion and osmosis ; The laws of thermodynamics ; Vaporization, vapor pressure, and phase change -- Electric fields and currents. Electric field and electric potential ; Capacitance ; Electric current ; Electric resistance ; Electric power ; Circuits -- Electromagnetism. Magnetism ; Magnetic forces on moving charges ; Charged particles moving in circular motion in magnetic fields ; Electric currents generate magnetic fields ; Changing fields induce current and magnetic flux -- Alternating current. Alternating current ; Capacitance in an AC circuit ; Inductance in an AC circuit ; RCL circuits -- Waves, sound, and light. Traveling waves ; Standing waves ; Sound waves ; Light waves : interference and diffraction ; Electromagnetic radiation ; Reflection and refraction ; Lenses and mirrors --
- Introduction to the "fun stuff." Special relativity ; General relativity ; The atom and an introduction to quantum ; Dark energy and dark matter
This book presents, teaches, and explains the fundamental topics of algebra-based physics. It includes engaging, fun examples and applications, as well as challenging practice problems with explanatory answers
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 420 p.)
ISBN:1435458885
1435458893
9781435458888
9781435458895

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