The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics.
by
 
Griffith, W. Thomas, author.

Title
The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics.

Author
Griffith, W. Thomas, author.

ISBN
9780073513904
 
9781259094859

Personal Author
Griffith, W. Thomas, author.

Edition
Eighth edition / W. Thomas Griffith, Pacific University, Juliet W. Brosing, Pacific University.

Physical Description
xix, 477 pages, 41 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Contents
Physics, the fundamental science -- Describing motion -- Falling objects and projectile motion -- Newton's laws : explaining motion -- Circular motion, the planets, and gravity -- Energy and oscillations -- Momentum and impulse -- Rotational motion of solid objects -- The behavior of fluids -- Temperature and heat -- Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics -- Electrostatic phenomena -- Electric circuits -- Magnets and electromagnetism -- Making waves -- Light waves and color -- Light and image formation -- The structure of the atom -- The nucleus and nuclear energy -- Relativity -- Looking deeper into everyday phenomena.

Subject Term
Physics -- Textbooks.

Added Author
Brosing, Juliet Wain, 1953-


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