| Description |
xv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Aberrations -- Absorption -- Accuracy and precision -- Alpha radiation -- Amplitude -- Angular forces -- Angular momentum -- Antenna -- Arago dot -- Aperture -- Archimedes's principle -- Band theory of solids -- Bernoulli's principle -- Beta radiation -- Blackbody radiation -- Bohr atom -- Bose condensation -- Bra-ket notation -- British thermal unit (BTU) -- Calculating system efficiency -- Circular motion -- Closed systems and isolated systems -- Concave and convex -- Conservation of charge -- Conservation of energy -- Convection and conduction -- Cosmic radiation -- Crest and trough -- Density and specific gravity -- Diode -- Distance and area -- Distortion -- Doppler effect -- Dynamic systems theory -- Edison effect -- Eigenvectors -- Elastic and inelastic collisions -- Electric circuits: Parallel vs series, diagrams and components -- Electric potential -- Energy and power -- Enthalpy -- Entropy -- Euler's laws of motion -- Falling bodies and physics -- Faraday's law -- Feynman diagrams -- Flywheel -- Focal point -- Free body diagram -- Frequency -- Gamma radiation -- Gauss's law -- Gluon -- Gravitational potential energy -- Harmonic oscillator -- Harmonics -- Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- Higgs boson -- Horsepower -- Ideal gas law -- Joule -- |
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Kepler's laws -- Kilowatt-hour -- Kinetic and potential energy -- Lenz's law -- Light waves -- Linear motion -- Load -- Loudness and sound intensity -- Magnification -- Mass and weight -- Mass spectrometry -- Mechanical or electrical load and work -- Mössbauer effect -- Net force -- Newton-meter -- Normal force -- Nuclear fission, fusion, and mass defect -- Open systems -- Particle accelerators -- Particle detectors -- Phase -- Phonon -- Photon -- Pitch -- Planck's constant -- Potential energy -- Power -- Prisms -- Projectiles -- Psychophysics -- Quantum chromodynamics -- Quantum field theory -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum statistics -- Quarks -- Radians and degrees -- Radiation -- Resonance: Nuclear magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance -- Revolutions per minute (rpm) -- Simple, linear, and complex systems -- Simple machines and mechanical advantage -- Solenoid -- Sound amplitude -- Speed -- Springs -- String theory -- Strong nuclear force -- Superconductors -- Switches -- Symmetry -- Systeme International (SI) Units -- Temperature and internal energy -- Term symbol -- Torque -- Turbines -- Ultrasound -- Ultraviolet radiation -- Velocity of sound -- Velocity vs. speed -- Volume and capacity -- Watt -- Wavelength -- Wave properties -- Weak force -- Work and force -- Work-energy theorem -- X-ray radiation -- Appendices : The Standard Model -- Nobel Notes: Sub-atomic and Sub-nuclear Physics -- Nobel Laureates -- Pre-Nobel Notables -- Physics Constants -- Physics Laws. |
| Summary |
This new resource introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of physics. Entries are written in easy-to-understand language, so readers can use these entries as a solid starting-off point to develop a thorough understanding of this oftentimes confusing subject matter. -- http://www.salempress.com/ |
| Subject |
Physics.
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Physics. (OCoLC)fst01063025
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| Added Author |
Franceschetti, Donald R., 1947- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781619259461 |
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161925946X |
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