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Author:   Carlos I. Calle ,  Carlos I. Calle (Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9781439810736

ISBN 10:   1439810737
Pages:   567
Publication Date:   01 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781138364882
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I Introductory Concepts Chapter 1. Physics: The Fundamental Science What Is Physics? The Scientific Method: Learning from Our Mistakes Physics and Other Sciences Sizes of Things: Measurement Fundamental Units Physics and Mathematics Part II The Laws of Mechanics Chapter 2. The Description of Motion Understanding Motion Uniform Motion Average Speed Instantaneous Speed Velocity: Speed and Direction Vectors Acceleration Uniformly Accelerated Motion Falling Bodies The Motion of Projectiles Chapter 3. The Laws of Mechanics: Newton’s Laws of Motion The Concept of Force The Ancient Idea of Motion The Birth of Modern Science Galileo Formulates the Law of Inertia Newton’s First Law: The Law of Inertia Newton’s Second Law: The Law of Force Newton’s Third Law: The Law of Action and Reaction Chapter 4. Energy What Is Energy? The Concept of Work Units of Work and Energy The Concept of Energy Energy of Motion Energy of Position Elastic Potential Energy The Work–Energy Theorem Conservative and Nonconservative Forces Chapter 5. Conservation of Energy and Momentum Transformation of Energy The Principle of Conservation of Energy The Energy of Mass Efficiency Power Impulse and Momentum Conservation of Momentum Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Cannons and Rockets Chapter 6. Rotation and the Universal Law of Gravitation Rotational Motion Torque and Angular Momentum Centripetal Acceleration Satellites Origins of Our View of the Universe Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation Spacecraft and Orbital Motion Part III The Structure of Matter Chapter 7. Atoms: Building Blocks of the Universe The Underlying Structure of Matter The Atomic Hypothesis Early Concept of the Atom First Models of the Atom Waves and Quanta The Bohr Model of the Atom Compounds Chapter 8. The Heart of the Atom: The Nucleus Raw Material: Protons and Neutrons The Composition of the Nucleus The Glue That Keeps the Nucleus Together Size and Shape of the Nucleus Nuclear Energy Levels Chapter 9. Fluids States of Matter Density Pressure Atmospheric Pressure Pressure in a Liquid Buoyancy Surface Tension and Capillarity Fluids in Motion The Human Cardiovascular System Part IV Thermodynamics Chapter 10. Heat and Temperature Heat as a Form of Energy Measuring Temperature Temperature and Heat Heat Capacity Heat of Fusion and Heat of Vaporization Evaporation and Boiling Humidity Thermal Expansion The Unusual Expansion of Water Chapter 11. The Laws of Thermodynamics The Four Laws of Thermodynamics The Ideal Gas Law The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics The First Law of Thermodynamics The Second Law of Thermodynamics The Third Law of Thermodynamics Entropy and the Origin of the Universe Entropy and the Arrow of Time Part V Electricity and Magnetism Chapter 12. Electricity Electromagnetism Electric Charge Coulomb’s Law The Electric Field The Fundamental Charge Electric Potential Storing Electrical Energy Chapter 13. Applied Electricity Conductors and Insulators Electric Current and Batteries Ohm’s Law Simple Electric Circuits Resistor Combinations Electrical Energy and Power Semiconductors Superconductors Chapter 14. Electromagnetism The Discovery of Magnets The Magnetic Field Electric Currents and Magnetism A Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field Particle Accelerators Magnetism of the Earth The Source of Magnetism Faraday’s Law of Induction Motors and Generators Maxwell’s Equations Part VI Waves Chapter 15. Wave Motion The Nature of Waves Properties of Waves Diffraction The Principle of Superposition Constructive and Destructive Interference Standing Waves Resonance and Chaos Water Waves Seismic Waves Chapter 16. Sound The Nature of Sound The Speed of Sound Intensity of Sound Waves The Ear The Sound of Music Musical Instruments The Doppler Effect Shockwaves Ultrasound Chapter 17. Optics Waves of Light Reflection of Light Reflection from Mirrors Curved Mirrors Refraction of Light Lenses Total Internal Reflection Fiber Optics Optical Instruments The Camera The Telescope The Human Eye Chapter 18. The Nature of Light The Wave Nature of Light The Speed of Light The Electromagnetic Spectrum Color Spectra: The Signature of Atoms Young’s Experiment Polarization Lasers Holography Part VII Modern Physics Chapter 19. The Special Theory of Relativity Galilean Relativity The Michelson–Morley Experiment Einstein’s Postulates Time Dilation Simultaneity Length Contraction Addition of Velocities E = mc2 Chapter 20. The General Theory of Relativity The Principle of Equivalence Warped Space–Time Continuum The Bending of Light The Perihelion of Mercury The Gravitational Time Dilation Black Holes Chapter 21. The Early Atomic Theory The Physics of the Atom Black Body Radiation The Photoelectric Effect The Bohr Model of the Atom Revisited De Broglie’s Waves Quantum Mechanics Chapter 22. Quantum Mechanics The Beginnings of Quantum Mechanics The new mechanics of the atom Wave mechanics Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle The new physics Chapter 23. Nuclear Physics Beyond the atom Radioactivity Alpha decay Beta decay Gamma decay Half-life Nuclear Reactions Nuclear Energy: Fission and Fusion Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Applications of Nuclear Physics Radioactive dating Biological effects of radioactivity Chapter 24. Elementary Particles Antimatter The fundamental forces Exchange forces Pions Particle classification: Hadrons and leptons Conservation laws Strange particles Quarks Particles with charm Three generations Chapter 25. Unifying Physics Symmetry Global and local symmetries The electroweak unification The color force An attempt at a third unification The Standard Model Chapter 26. Superstrings Supersymmetry Superstrings M-Theory The origin of the universe The first moments of the universe Appendix A: Powers of Ten Appendix B: The Elements Appendix C: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics Appendix D: Physics Timeline Appendix E: Discover What You Have Learned Glossary Index  

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While accessible to a wide audience, the book could act as a vade mecum for students studying physics in their final years at school and their introductory courses to modern physics at university. Teachers who adopt the book for their courses may not only find inspirational ideas but also can profit from a Numerical Guide to Superstrings and Other Things. This supplement ! offers a comprehensive range of problems, based on the material in the main book. ! Given there is a first edition, why should one buy this second edition? The short answer is: more up-to-date content with significantly better presentation. ! This book appears excellent for making much of physics more accessible. --Contemporary Physics, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 2011I have been teaching introductory physics for non-science majors for a long time and have never been satisfied with the books on the market. Most of these texts are just watered-down versions of the general physics texts for science students. When I read through [these] three books, I really do get a sense that the authors have attempted to create book[s] that [are] somehow different from the normal algebra problem-based texts. I will be using Questioning the Universe: Concepts in Physics this fall for the science portion of a Science Fiction Learning Community. In the spring, I will be teaching a physics/art history hybrid course and will be using either Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics, Second Edition or From Atoms to Galaxies: A Conceptual Physics Approach to Scientific Awareness. ! both are great books. ! I really feel that for conceptual physics courses, CRC Press currently has the three strongest titles. I anticipate a fun teaching experience while using these texts and hope to use them again in the future. --Steve Zides, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA Praise for the First Edition Calle, a NASA Kennedy Space Center research scientist, shares the joy of physics with those who want to learn more about superstring theory, quantum teleportation, and other cosmic ideas. --Sci-Tech Book News Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and even cartoons ! . written in an accessible style ! a fascinating review of and guide to the way the universe works at the most basic level. --Florida Review ! the coverage is genuinely broad and remarkably inclusive. --Physics World

While accessible to a wide audience, the book could act as a vade mecum for students studying physics in their final years at school and their introductory courses to modern physics at university. Teachers who adopt the book for their courses may not only find inspirational ideas but also can profit from a Numerical Guide to Superstrings and Other Things. This supplement ... offers a comprehensive range of problems, based on the material in the main book. ... Given there is a first edition, why should one buy this second edition? The short answer is: more up-to-date content with significantly better presentation. ... This book appears excellent for making much of physics more accessible. -Contemporary Physics, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 2011 I have been teaching introductory physics for non-science majors for a long time and have never been satisfied with the books on the market. Most of these texts are just watered-down versions of the general physics texts for science students. When I read through [these] three books, I really do get a sense that the authors have attempted to create book[s] that [are] somehow different from the normal algebra problem-based texts. I will be using Questioning the Universe: Concepts in Physics this fall for the science portion of a Science Fiction Learning Community. In the spring, I will be teaching a physics/art history hybrid course and will be using either Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics, Second Edition or From Atoms to Galaxies: A Conceptual Physics Approach to Scientific Awareness. ... both are great books. ... I really feel that for conceptual physics courses, CRC Press currently has the three strongest titles. I anticipate a fun teaching experience while using these texts and hope to use them again in the future. -Steve Zides, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA Praise for the First Edition Calle, a NASA Kennedy Space Center research scientist, shares the joy of physics with those who want to learn more about superstring theory, quantum teleportation, and other cosmic ideas. -Sci-Tech Book News Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and even cartoons ... . written in an accessible style ... a fascinating review of and guide to the way the universe works at the most basic level. -Florida Review ... the coverage is genuinely broad and remarkably inclusive. -Physics World

I have been teaching introductory physics for non-science majors for a long time and have never been satisfied with the books on the market. Most of these texts are just watered-down versions of the general physics texts for science students. When I read through [these] three books, I really do get a sense that the authors have attempted to create book[s] that [are] somehow different from the normal algebra problem-based texts. I will be using Questioning the Universe: Concepts in Physics this fall for the science portion of a Science Fiction Learning Community. In the spring, I will be teaching a physics/art history hybrid course and will be using either Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics, Second Edition or From Atoms to Galaxies: A Conceptual Physics Approach to Scientific Awareness. ! both are great books. ! I really feel that for conceptual physics courses, CRC Press currently has the three strongest titles. I anticipate a fun teaching experience while using these texts and hope to use them again in the future. --Steve Zides, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA Praise for the First Edition Calle, a NASA Kennedy Space Center research scientist, shares the joy of physics with those who want to learn more about superstring theory, quantum teleportation, and other cosmic ideas. --Sci-Tech Book News Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and even cartoons ! . written in an accessible style ! a fascinating review of and guide to the way the universe works at the most basic level. --Florida Review ! the coverage is genuinely broad and remarkably inclusive. --Physics World

Author Information

Carlos I. Calle is a senior research physicist at NASA Kennedy Space Center and the founder and director of NASA’s Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory. He is the recipient of numerous NASA awards for exceptional contributions to the space program and outstanding support of the Space Shuttle Program. With his laboratory staff, he has developed technologies for NASA’s lunar and Martian exploration programs and has also developed new testing techniques for several Space Shuttle systems. As a professor of physics during the early part of his career, he taught the whole range of college physics courses. He has published over 150 scientific papers and other popular books on physics.

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