The basics of physics / Rusty L. Myers.
Series: Basics of the hard sciencesPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.Description: xii, 365 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0313328579 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-359) and index.
Physics and its early foundations -- The development of classical physics -- Translational motion -- Rotational motion -- Work, energy, and heat -- Heat -- Matter -- Vibrations, waves, and sound -- Light and optics -- Quantum physics -- A modern view of the atom -- Nuclear physics -- Electricity -- Magnetism and electromagnetism -- Relativity -- Physics experiments -- Physics as a career and physics jobs.
