Laboratory Manual to accompany Physics Matters: An Introduction to Conceptual Physics
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Laboratory Manual to accompany Physics Matters: An Introduction to Conceptual Physics


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Get hands-on experience with this Lab Manual! Designed toaccompany Trefil's Physics Matters, this Lab Manualcontains 20 different labs covering major topics with commonequipment. Written by authors who have vast experience in communicatingscience to general audiences, Physics Matters conveys theprinciples of physics in a manner that is understandable to thenon-scientist. In a prose style that is clear, engaging, andcontemporary, it pays particular attention to the relevance ofphysics in comprehending our modern technological society and theissues created by those technologies.

Table of Contents:
Experiment One. Perception; Making Estimates and Measurement;Units. Experiment Two. Motion at Constant Velocity. Experiment Three. Motion at Constant Acceleration. Experiment Four. Forces- 1 Dimension. Experiment Five. Forces in 2-Dimensions. Experiment Six. Momentum Conservation. Experiment Seven. Torques. Experiment Eight. Work and Energy Conservation. Experiment Nine. Archimedes' Principle. Experiment Ten. Radiant Heating and Cooling. Experiment Eleven. Simple Harmonic Motion. Experiment Twelve. Waves. Experiment Thirteen. Ohm's Law and Electric Circuit Part1. Experiment Fourteen. Electric Circuits Part 2, RC Decay. Experiment Fifteen. Magnetic Fields. Experiment Sixteen. Induction and Transformers. Experiment Seventeen. Reflection, Refraction, and Polarizationof Light. Experiment Eighteen. Mirrors and Lenses. Experiment Nineteen. Atomic Spectra. Experiment Twenty. Nuclear Decay Simulation. Index.

About the Author :
James S. Trefil (born September 10, 1938) is an American physicist (Ph.D. in Physics at Stanford University in 1966) and author of more than thirty books. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. Dr. Trefil has previously served as Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia and he now teaches as Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. Among Trefil's books is Are We Unique?, an argument for human uniqueness in which he questions the comparisons between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Trefil also regularly gives presentations to judges and public officials about the intersections between science and the law.  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780471261544
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 282 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Weight: 494 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0471261548
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jun 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 213 mm

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