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The Physics of Everyday Phenomena: A Conceptual Introduction to Physics, 7/e

W. Thomas Griffith, Pacific University
Juliet W. Brosing, Pacific University

ISBN: 0073512206
Copyright year: 2012

Table of Contents



1 Physics, the Fundamental Science

Unit One: The Newtonian Revolution

2 Describing Motion
3 Falling Objects and Projectile Motion
4 Newton’s Laws: Explaining Motion
5 Circular Motion, the Planets, and Gravity
6 Energy and Oscillations
7 Momentum and Impulse
8 Rotational Motion of Solid Objects

Unit Two: Fluids and Heat

9 The Behavior of Fluids
10 Temperature and Heat
11 Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Unit Three: Electricity and Magnetism

12 Electrostatic Phenomena
13 Electric Circuits
14 Magnets and Electromagnetism

Unit Four: Wave Motion and Optics

15 Making Waves
16 Light Waves and Color
17 Light and Image Formation

Unit Five: The Atom and Its Nucleus

18 The Structure of the Atom
19 The Nucleus and Nuclear Energy

Unit Six: Relativity and Beyond

20 Relativity
21 Looking Deeper into Everyday Phenomena

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