Handbook of physics /
"Provides access to information including not only the fundamental formulas of physics but also a wide variety of experimental methods used in practice. Provides information for everyday use in problem solving, homework, examinations, and practical applications of physics."--Thomson Gale d...
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New York :
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2002.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Mechanics
- 1. Kinematics
- 2. Dynamics
- 3. Rigid bodies
- 4. Gravitation and the theory of relativity
- 5. Mechanics of continuous media
- 6. Nonlinear dynamics, chaos and fractals
- 7. Tables on mechanics
- pt. II. Vibrations and waves
- 8. Vibrations
- 9. Waves
- 10. Acoustics
- 11. Optics
- 12. Tables on vibrations, waves, acoustics and optics
- pt. III. Electricity
- 13. Charges and currents
- 14. Electric and magnetic fields
- 15. Applications in electrical engineering
- 16. Current conduction in liquids, gases and vacuum
- 17. Plasma physics
- 18. Tables on electricity
- pt. IV. Thermodynamics
- 19. Equilibrium and state variables
- 20. Heat, conversion of energy and changes of state
- 21. Phase transitions, reactions and equalizing of heat
- 22. Tables on thermodynamics
- pt. V. Quantum physics
- 23. Photons, electromagnetic radiation and light quanta
- 24. Matter waves : wave mechanics of particles
- 25. Atomic and molecular physics
- 26. Elementary particle physics : standard model
- 27. Nuclear physics
- 28. Solid-state physics
- 29. Tables in quantum physics
- pt. VI. Appendix
- 30. Measurements and measurement errors
- 31. Vector calculus
- 32. Differential and integral calculus
- 33. Tables on the SI.