Physics for the Utterly Confused / Daniel Oman, Robert Oman.
Material type: TextSeries: Utterly Confused SeriesPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c.1999.Description: x, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0070482624
- 530.076 OMA
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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