Understand Physics: Teach Yourself
Teach Yourself (Verlag)
978-1-4441-0309-0 (ISBN)
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Understand Physics gives you a solid understanding of the key skills and ideas that run through the subject. You will explore the important concepts of force and motion, electricity, light, molecules, matter and space and discover the frontiers of physics. With numerous questions, answers and worked examples throughout, you will feel confident in approaching the science and applying your knowledge.
Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:
Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.
Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of physics.
Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.
Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Jim Breithaupt is an author and lecturer with extensive teaching experience in schools and colleges. His highly successful physics books are used by students throughout Britain and in many other countries. His work as an author is characterised by a lucid and coherent style matched to the needs and interests of the intended reader.
: Preface
: Acknowledgements
: Introduction
: About physics
: The golden rule of science
: Strange ideas
1: Starting physics
: Physics in practice
: Density tests
2: Science in motion
: Measuring motion
: Accelerated motion along a straight line
3: Forces in action
: Newton's laws of motion
: Stability
4: Machines at work
: Work, energy and power
: Efficiency and power
5: Thermal physics
: Heat and temperature
: Thermal properties of materials
6: Engines and thermodynamics
: Heat engines
: The Laws of Thermodynamics
7: Electricity
: The nature of electricity
: Electric circuits
: Electricity at work
: Electricity in the home
8: The nature of light
: Properties of light
: Theories of light
9: Materials and molecules
: Atoms and molecules
: More about bonds
: Solids and structures
: Molecules in fluids
: Pressure
10: The age of new physics
: Quantum theory
: Relativity
11: The structure of matter
: Inside the atom
: Radioactivity
: Quarks and leptons
12: Energy from the Nucleus
: Nuclear fission
: Nuclear reactors
: Energy options for the future
13: Journey into space
: About gravity
: The expanding universe
14: A Challenging Future
: The frontiers of physics
: An unpredictable future
: Answers to numerical questions
: Glossary
: Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.2.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Teach Yourself |
| Zusatzinfo | Diagrams |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Schlagworte | Physik; Handbuch/Lehrbuch |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4441-0309-1 / 1444103091 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4441-0309-0 / 9781444103090 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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