How Things Work
eBook - PDF

How Things Work

The Physics of Everyday Life

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

How Things Work

The Physics of Everyday Life

About this book

How Things Work provides an accessible introduction to physics for the non-science student. Like the previous editions it employs everyday objects, with which students are familiar, in case studies to explain the most essential physics concepts of day-to-day life. Lou Bloomfield takes seemingly highly complex devices and strips away the complexity to show how at their heart are simple physics ideas. Once these concepts are understood, they can be used to understand the behavior of many devices encountered in everyday life. The sixth edition uses the power of WileyPLUS Learning Space with Orion to give students the opportunity to actively practice the physics concepts presented in this edition.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781119188520
Edition
6

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Foreword
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. CHAPTER 1 THE LAWS OF MOTION, PART 1
  9. CHAPTER 2 THE LAWS OF MOTION, PART 2
  10. CHAPTER 3 MECHANICAL OBJECTS PART 1
  11. CHAPTER 4 MECHANICAL OBJECTS PART 2
  12. CHAPTER 5 FLUIDS
  13. CHAPTER 6 FLUIDS AND MOTION
  14. CHAPTER 7 HEAT AND PHASE TRANSITIONS
  15. CHAPTER 8 THERMODYNAMICS
  16. CHAPTER 9 RESONANCE AND MECHANICAL WAVES
  17. CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICITY
  18. CHAPTER 11 MAGNETISM AND ELECTRODYNAMICS
  19. CHAPTER 12 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
  20. CHAPTER 13 LIGHT
  21. CHAPTER 14 OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS
  22. CHAPTER 15 MODERN PHYSICS
  23. APPENDICES
  24. Glossary
  25. Index
  26. EULA