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Physics for the Utterly Confused / Daniel Oman, Robert Oman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Utterly Confused SeriesPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c.1999.Description: x, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0070482624
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.076 OMA
Contents:
How to use this book -- Advice to the uterly confused -- Mathematical background - Motion in one dimension -- Motion in two dimensions -- Forces -- Torque and equilibrium -- Circular motion -- Work and energy -- Impulse and momentum -- Rotational motion -- Rotational dynamics -- Fluids -- Heat and calorimetry -- Thermodynamics -- Springs, waves, and sound -- Electric forces and fields -- Electric potential and capacitance -- Direct current circuits -- Magnetism -- Induction -- AC circuits -- Light (Waves, reflection and refraction) -- Mirrors and lenses -- Interference and polarization -- Relativity -- Quantum physics -- About the authors.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 530.076 OMA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100360065

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Useful for students first or second semester non-calculus based physics courses, this book explains problems and shows all the math steps and explains the concepts.

How to use this book -- Advice to the uterly confused -- Mathematical background - Motion in one dimension -- Motion in two dimensions -- Forces -- Torque and equilibrium -- Circular motion -- Work and energy -- Impulse and momentum -- Rotational motion -- Rotational dynamics -- Fluids -- Heat and calorimetry -- Thermodynamics -- Springs, waves, and sound -- Electric forces and fields -- Electric potential and capacitance -- Direct current circuits -- Magnetism -- Induction -- AC circuits -- Light (Waves, reflection and refraction) -- Mirrors and lenses -- Interference and polarization -- Relativity -- Quantum physics -- About the authors.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Mathematical Background
  • Vectors
  • Motion in One Dimension
  • Motion in Two Dimensions
  • Forces
  • Unifrom Circular Motion
  • Work and Energy
  • Momentum Analysis
  • Rotational Motion
  • Rotational Dynamics
  • Simple Harmonic Motion
  • Fluids
  • Temperature and Calorimetry
  • Kinetics and the Gas Laws
  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanical Waves
  • Sound
  • Electric Forces and Electric Fields
  • Electric Potential
  • Electric Circuits
  • Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Forces
  • Electromagnetic Induction
  • Alternating Current Circuits
  • Electromagnetic Waves
  • Reflection, Refraction and Polarization
  • Lenses
  • The Wave Nature of Light and Interference
  • Special Relativity
  • Particles and Waves
  • The Atom
  • Radioactivity

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