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Physics / Eugene Hecht.

By: Hecht, Eugene.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole Pub, 1994Description: xxiii, 1164 p.,[52] p. : ill., (some col.) ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0534091148.Subject(s): PhysicsDDC classification: 530
Contents:
An introduction to physics -- Kinematics: speed and velocity -- Kinematics: acceleration -- Newton's three laws: momentum -- Dynamics: force and acceleration -- Equilibrium: statics -- Gravity according to Newton -- Rotational motion -- Energy -- solids -- Fluids -- Oscillations and waves -- Sound -- Thermal properties of matter -- Heat and thermal energy -- Thermodynamics -- Electrostatics: forces -- Electrostatics: energy -- Direct current -- Circuits -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetic induction -- AC and electronics -- Radiant energy: light -- The propagation of light: scattering -- Geometrical optics and instruments -- Physical optics -- Special relativity -- The origins of modern physics -- The evolution of quantum theory -- Quantum mechanics -- Nuclear physics -- High-energy physics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 530 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018657
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 530 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018658
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Interweaving modern and classical ideas of physics, Eugene Hecht offers students a fresh, narratively compelling presentation that emphasizes ''how things work.'' Unlike other texts for the course, Hecht uses the connection between symmetry principles and conservation law as a unifying theme to order the subject of physics and to help students understand physics as more than just a series of topics. Hecht draws from the ideas of biology, medicine, geology, astronomy, meteorology, and architecture to offer students a text that is both pragmatic and interdisciplinary.

Includes index.

An introduction to physics -- Kinematics: speed and velocity -- Kinematics: acceleration -- Newton's three laws: momentum -- Dynamics: force and acceleration -- Equilibrium: statics -- Gravity according to Newton -- Rotational motion -- Energy -- solids -- Fluids -- Oscillations and waves -- Sound -- Thermal properties of matter -- Heat and thermal energy -- Thermodynamics -- Electrostatics: forces -- Electrostatics: energy -- Direct current -- Circuits -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetic induction -- AC and electronics -- Radiant energy: light -- The propagation of light: scattering -- Geometrical optics and instruments -- Physical optics -- Special relativity -- The origins of modern physics -- The evolution of quantum theory -- Quantum mechanics -- Nuclear physics -- High-energy physics.

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