- Author
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Giancoli, D. C.
- Book or Conf
- General Physics,
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Clifs, NJ,
108 p.,
- Keywords
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physics
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dynamics
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energy conservation
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elastic properties
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hydrodynamics
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noise (sound)
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temperature
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kinetics
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thermodynamics
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electrical potential
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electric current
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magnesium
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equations
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diffraction
- Identifiers
- motion: kinematics in one dimension; kinematics in two or three dimensions; dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion; dynamics of circular motion: gravitation and Newton's synthesis; work and energy; conservation of linear momentum: many bodies and collisions; rotational motion about an axis; general rotation; equilibrium, elsticity, and fracture; fluids at rest; hydrodynamics: fluids in motion; oscillations; wave motion; temperature, thermal expansion and the ideal gas law; kinetic theory; heat; first law of thermodynamics; second law of thermodynamics; electric charge and electric field; Gauss's law; electric potential; capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage; electric current; DC circuits and instruments; magnetism; sources of magnetic field; electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law; inductance; energy storage in magnetic fields; and electromagnetic oscillations; AC circuits; Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves; light: reflection and refraction; lenses and optical instruments; wave nature of light; interference; polarization; special theory of relativity; early quantum theory and models of the atom; quantum mechanics of atoms and molecules; nuclear physics; elementary particles