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About this book
A research scientist at NASA working on planetary exploration, Carlos Calle has the opportunity to ponder what seems imponderable, but while that might make Dr. Calle unusual, what makes him truly special is his ability to translate the algebraic formulas and calculus-based logic into concepts that can be appreciated and held in awe by those in pos
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- Part I: Introductory Concepts
- Chapter 1. Physics: The Fundamental Science
- Part II: The Laws of Mechanics
- Chapter 2. The Description of Motion
- Chapter 3. The Laws of Mechanics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Chapter 4. Energy
- Chapter 5. Conservation of Energy and Momentum
- Chapter 6. Rotation and the Universal Law of Gravitation
- Part III: The Structure of Matter
- Chapter 7. Atoms: Building Blocks of the Universe
- Chapter 8. The Heart of the Atom: The Nucleus
- Chapter 9. Fluids
- Part IV: Thermodynamics
- Chapter 10. Heat and Temperature
- Chapter 11. The Laws of Thermodynamics
- Part V: Electricity and Magnetism
- Chapter 12. Electricity
- Chapter 13. Applied Electricity
- Chapter 14. Electromagnetism
- Part VI: Waves
- Chapter 15. Wave Motion
- Chapter 16. Sound
- Chapter 17. Optics
- Chapter 18. The Nature of Light
- Part VII: Modern Physics
- Chapter 19. The Special Theory of Relativity
- Chapter 20. The General Theory of Relativity
- Chapter 21. The Early Atomic Theory
- Chapter 22. Quantum Mechanics
- Chapter 23. Nuclear Physics
- Chapter 24. Elementary Particles
- Chapter 25. Unifying Physics
- Chapter 26. Superstrings
- Appendix A: Powers of Ten
- Appendix B: The Elements
- Appendix C: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics
- Appendix D: Physics Timeline
- Appendix E: Discover What You Have Learned
- Glossary
- Index
- Back cover