The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics /
W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet W. Brosing.
- 9th ed.
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.
- 475 p. : ill., photos, graphs, diagrs, charts.
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.