how and why things work Henley, Ernest M. creator Dash, J. G. text si Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ World Scientific Pub. 2012 monographic eng

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xix, 361 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. The sizes of typical objects, and how we know -- Linear motion -- Galileo; free fall, projectile motion -- Newtonian mechanics -- Work and energy -- Impulse and momentum -- Rational dynamics -- Solar system and gravitation -- Oscillations and waves -- Thermal physics -- Heat flow -- States of matter: solid, liquids and gases -- Static electricity -- Current and circuits -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetism--II -- Electromagnetic waves -- Geometrical optics--Image formation -- Physical optics -- The beginning of modern physics -- Atoms -- Particles and waves--an introduction to quantum mechanics -- The special theory of relativity -- Nuclear and particle physics specialized Ernest M. Henley and J. Gregory Dash Includes indexes Physics Textbooks 9789814350631 (pbk.) 981435063X (pbk.) UMP 121119 20251125093919.0 vtls000066559