Physics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Barry (Author)
Corporate Author: Smithsonian Institution
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Collins , c2007
Series:Science 101
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Newton, motion, and classical mechanics
  • 2. Physics and the sky
  • 3. Waves
  • 4. Matter and energy
  • 5. Thermodynamics
  • 6. Light and optics
  • 7. Electricity and magnetism
  • 8. Radioactivity and early atomic theory
  • 9. Quantum physics
  • 10. Einstein and relativity
  • 11. Fission, fusion, and the bomb
  • 12. The standard model
  • 13. Moguls of modern cosmology
  • 14. Open questions and frontiers of physics