Questioning the Universe
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Questioning the Universe

Concepts in Physics

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Questioning the Universe

Concepts in Physics

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WINNER 2009 CHOICE AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE! The typical introduction to physics leaves readers with the impression that physics is about 30 different, unconnected topics such as motion, forces, gravity, electricity, light, heat, energy, and atoms. More often than not, these readers are left to conclude that physics is mostly about boring,

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Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Year
2008
ISBN
9781420082593
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. The Author
  6. Chapter 1. Units and Powers of 10
  7. Chapter 2. Physics and Its Methodology
  8. Chapter 3. Motion
  9. Chapter 4. Forces
  10. Chapter 5. Electromagnetism
  11. Chapter 6. The Field Concept
  12. Chapter 7. The Character of Natural Laws
  13. Chapter 8. Conservation Laws
  14. Chapter 9. The History of the Atom
  15. Chapter 10. The Nucleus
  16. Chapter 11. The Nature of Light
  17. Chapter 12. The Theory of Relativity
  18. Chapter 13. Quantum Mechanics
  19. Chapter 14. The Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics
  20. Chapter 15. Cosmology
  21. Epilogue
  22. Index
  23. Back cover