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How things work : the physics of everyday life
- Title
- How things work : the physics of everyday life / Louis A. Bloomfield.
- Author
- Bloomfield, Louis.
- Publication
- New York : J. Wiley, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QC21.2 .B59 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 706 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- Presents the basic principles of physics by examining how familiar objects work.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Reference works.
- Ouvrages de référence.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- The laws of motion -- Simple mechanical objects -- Fluids -- Fluids and motion -- Mechanical objects and fluids -- Heat -- Thermodynamics -- Phase transitions -- Resonance -- Mechanical waves -- Electric and magnetic forces -- Electrodynamics -- Electronics -- Electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Optics -- Material science -- Nuclear physics -- Modern physics -- Appendices -- Answers to selected problems -- Photo credits -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0471594733
- 9780471594734
- LCCN
- 96014288
- OCLC
- ocm34548784
- 34548784
- SCSB-2102632
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library