A Short Textbook of Physics [E-Book] : Not Involving the Use of Higher Mathematics / by Wilhelm H. Westphal.
This book is a translation of the 6th to 8th edition of the author's Kleines Lehrbuch der Physik. The circle of readers to which it hopes to appeal and the author's purpose in writing it have been set out in the Preface to the first German edition, published in 1948. The present book consi...
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Personal Name(s): | Westphal, Wilhelm H., author |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
1968
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Physical Description: |
online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783642854767 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-85476-7 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Physics
- Quantities. Units
- Scalars and vectors
- Physical equations. Physical laws. Definition
- One Mechanics of Point Masses and Rigid Bodies
- I. Geometry. Kinematics
- II. Dynamics
- III. Work and Energy
- IV. Motion in a Circle. Couples. Harmonic Motion
- V. Gravitation
- Problems
- Two Mechanics of Substances
- I. Structure and General Mechanical Properties of Substances
- II. Mechanics of Liquids and Gases at Rest
- III. Mechanics of Flowing Liquids and Gases
- IV. Waves and Oscillations
- Problems
- Three Heat
- I. The Nature of Heat. Temperature. Quantity of Heat
- II. Changes of Phase
- III. Heat and Work
- Problems
- Four Electrostatics. Electric Currents
- I. Electrostatics
- II. Electric Currents in Solid and Liquid Conductors
- III. Electric Currents in Gases
- Problems
- Five Magnetism and Electrodynamics
- I. Magnets. Magnetic Fields
- II. Electromagnetic Interactions (Electrodynamics)
- III. The Magnetic Properties of Substances
- IV. Alternating Current. Electrical Oscillations and Waves
- Problems
- Six Light and General Radiation Physics
- I. General
- II. Geometrical Optics
- III. Wave Optics
- IV. The Complete Electromagnetic Spectrum
- V. Quantum Optics. Waves of Matter
- Problems
- Seven The Atoms
- I. The Electron Envelope
- II. The Atomic Nucleus
- Problems
- Answers to Problems.