Bloomfield, Louis A.

How things work : the physics of everyday life / Louis A. Bloomfield. - 3rd ed. - N.Y. : John Wiley, c2006. - xiv, 561 p. ; 28 cm.

Chapter 1. The laws of motion, part 1. - Chapter 2. The laws of motion, part II. -Chapter 3. Mechanical objects, part I. - Chapter 4. Mechanical objects, part II. - Chapter 5. Fluids. - Chapter 6. Fluids and motion. - Chapter 7. Heat and phase transitions. - Chapter 8. Thermodynamics. - Chapter 9. Resonance and mechanical waves. - Chapter 10. Electricity. - Chapter 11. Magnetism and electrodynamics. - Chapter 12. Electronics. - Chapter 13. Electromagnetic waves. - Chapter 14. Light. - Chapter 15. Optics. - Chapter 16. Moern physics. - Appendices. - Glossary. - Solutions to selected exercises and problems. - Index.

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