Physics I for Dummies - Cynthia Phillips

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Résumé :

Introduction 1

Part 1: Putting Physics into Motion. 5

Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World 7

Chapter 2: Reviewing the Basics: Math and Measurement 17

Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed 31

Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions 55

Part 2: May the Forces of Physics Be with You 81

Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force 83

Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction 103

Chapter 7: Circling Around Rotational Motion and Orbits 121

Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids 143

Part 3: Manifesting the Energy to Work 167

Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics 169

Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse 193

Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics 213

Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics 239

Chapter 13: Springs 'n' Things: Simple Harmonic Motion 257

Part 4: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics 275

Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics 277

Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred 293

Chapter 16: Best of the Best: The Ideal Gas Law 309

Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics 321

Part 5: The Part of Tens 351

Chapter 18: Ten Ways Physics Runs Your Day 353

Chapter 19: Ten Physics Heroes 361

Glossary 367

Index 373