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How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, 3rd Edition

ISBN: 9780471468868 | 047146886X
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: WILEY
Pub. Date: 10/1/2005

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This book is an unconventional introduction to physics and science that starts with whole objects and looks inside them to see what makes them work. It's written for students who seek a connection between science and the world in which they live. How Things Work brings science to the reader rather than the reverse. Like the course in which it developed, this book has always been for nonscientists and is written with their interests in mind. Nonetheless, it has attracted students from the sciences, engineering, architecture, and other technical ... MORE
Chapter 1.            The Laws of Motion, Part I
Chapter 2.            The Laws of Motion, Part II
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Chapter 3.            Mechanical Objects, Part I
Chapter 4.            Mechanical Objects, Part II
Chapter 5.            Fluids
Chapter 6.            Fluids and Motion
Chapter 7.            Heat and Phase Transitions
Chapter 8.            Thermodynamics
Chapter 9.            Resonance and Mechanical Waves
Chapter 10.            Electricity
Chapter 11.            Magnetism and Electrodynamics
Chapter 12.            Electronics
Chapter 13.            Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 14.            Light
Chapter 15.            Optics
Chapter 16.            Modern Physics
Appendices
A. Vectors
B. Units, Conversion of Units
Lou Bloomfield is a highly dedicated teacher and one of the most popular professors at University of Virginia, and was the recipient of the 1998 State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award.   Lou has given talks all over the country on teaching physics through everyday objects.  He has extreme attention to detail and knowledge of technical physics. He is very tech savvy and has been able to provide many of the photos and illustrations for the text himself.

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