Physics : 50 essential ideas / Robert Snedden, author.

By:

Snedden, Robert [author.]

9781398824812

Subject(s):

Physics

DDC classification:

23 530 Sn22 2023

Contents:

The fact of the matter Persistence of motion It's just rocket science Free falling Newton's bucket There and back again Neither created nor destroyed Going with the flow Getting warmer Heat and work Spring in the air The end of all things Molecules in motion Force of attraction A flash of lightning electric charge Current events Two become one Lines of force The waves we cannot see electromagnetic waves and Maxwell's equations Perfect harmony Chasing rainbows Interfering with Isaac Light from the atom Baffling blackbodies How can it be like that? Leaps and bounds Here, there and everywhere pooky action QED Matter transformed Atomic building bricks Muster Mark's quarks Holding it all together Atoms undone Annihilating opposites Completing the picture It's not the same for everyone Shining a light Frames of reference No space, no time Einstein's gravity The end of spacetime A subtle cataclysm Star power Where it begins The grand scale Sight unseen Dancing in the dark Across the great divide World on a string

Summary: "Physics forms the basis of our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe. From the particles that make up matter to the forces that govern their interactions, physics is at the heart of everything that happens. In this beautifully illustrated book, Robert Snedden introduces you to the fascinating world of physics and its greatest practitioners."-- Amazon.com Summary: "Written in plain English with concise explanations, this is a wonderful introduction to physics for the general reader"--Publisher's description

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	High School Library General Circulation Section	GC	GC 530 Sn22 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	JHS000677

Includes index

The fact of the matter
Persistence of motion
It's just rocket science
Free falling
Newton's bucket
There and back again
Neither created nor destroyed
Going with the flow
Getting warmer
Heat and work
Spring in the air
The end of all things
Molecules in motion
Force of attraction
A flash of lightning
electric charge
Current events
Two become one
Lines of force
The waves we cannot see
electromagnetic waves and Maxwell's equations
Perfect harmony
Chasing rainbows
Interfering with Isaac
Light from the atom
Baffling blackbodies
How can it be like that?
Leaps and bounds
Here, there and everywhere
pooky action
QED
Matter transformed
Atomic building bricks
Muster Mark's quarks
Holding it all together
Atoms undone
Annihilating opposites
Completing the picture
It's not the same for everyone
Shining a light
Frames of reference
No space, no time
Einstein's gravity
The end of spacetime
A subtle cataclysm
Star power
Where it begins
The grand scale
Sight unseen
Dancing in the dark
Across the great divide
World on a string

"Physics forms the basis of our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe. From the particles that make up matter to the forces that govern their interactions, physics is at the heart of everything that happens. In this beautifully illustrated book, Robert Snedden introduces you to the fascinating world of physics and its greatest practitioners."-- Amazon.com

"Written in plain English with concise explanations, this is a wonderful introduction to physics for the general reader"--Publisher's description

Junior High School Science

In English

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