Physics

Jim Breithaupt is an experienced 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. Teach Yourself Physics provides an introduction to the subject which can then be developed and broadened through a progression route via his GCSE and A level books up to University level.

Part 1 Starting physics: physics in practice; density tests. Part 2 Science in motion: measuring motion; accelerated motion along a straight line. Part 3 Forces in action: Newton's laws of motion; stability. Part 4 Machines at work: work, energy and power; efficiency and power. Part 5 Thermal physics: heat and temperature; thermal properties of materials. Part 6 Engines and thermodynamics: heat engines; the laws of thermodynamics. Part 7 Electricity: the nature of electricity; electric circuits; electricity at work; electricity in the home. Part 8 The nature of light: properties of light; theories of light. Part 9 Materials and molecules: atoms and molecules: more about bonds; solids and structures; molecules in fluids; pressure. Part 10 The age of new physics: Quantum theory; relativity. Part 11 The structure of the matter: inside the atom; radioactivity; quarks and leptons. Part 12 Energy from the nucleus: nuclear fission; nuclear reactors; energy options for the future. Part 13 Journey into space: about gravity; the expanding universe. Part 14 A challenging future: the frontiers of physics; an unpredictable future; answers to numerical questions.