How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780471381518 | 0471381519
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001
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HOW THINGS WORK is about ordinary objects and the physics concepts that make them possible. Its cover illustrates how often waves appears in our world. While ocean surf is clearly an example of waves (p. 250), so is the light form the lighthouse, the rippling motion of the guitar strings, and the sound emerging from the CD in its player. When you pluck a guitar song, you fill it with waves. The strength of these waves and the timbre of the resulting sound depend upon where and how you plucked the string and on the structure of the guitar itself... MORE
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| Appendices | 469 | (8) | |||
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| Glossary | 477 | (16) | |||
| Answers to Selected Problems | 493 | (8) | |||
| Photo Credits | 501 | (2) | |||
| Index | 503 |
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