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The joy of physics / Arthur W. Wiggins ; cartoons by Sidney Harris.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.Edition: 1st Amer. hardcover edDescription: 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1591022312
  • 1591025907 (acid-free paper)
  • 9781591022312
  • 9781591025900 (acid-free paper)
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Contents:
Introduction. The scientific method -- A word about calculators -- Apparatus needed for all experiments -- Experiment 1. Identified flying objects -- Experiment 2. Updated cannonballs -- How things move : position, velocity, and acceleration -- Experiment 3. Weight 'til the sun shines, Nellie -- Why things move : forces and their effects -- Experiment 4. Dropsy -- Sources of forces : the biggies in nature -- Experiment 5. Horizontal globalization -- Round and round it goes, and where it stops-- : circular motion -- Experiment 6. Outgoing = incoming -- The ultimate four-letter word : work -- Experiment 7. Follow the bouncing ball -- Oops! collisions : impulse and linear momentum -- Experiment 8. You say you want a revolution? -- Spinning wheels, got to go round -- Experiment 9. Mo' yo-yo -- Force with a twist : torque -- Experiment 10. Teeter-totter -- The strange case of the body that doesn't move : static equilibrium -- Experiment 11. Stretchy spring -- Getting bent out of shape : elasticity -- Experiment 12. Gaze intently at the swinging yo-yo -- Experiment 13. Incredibly repetitive -- Back and forth, back and forth-- : simple harmonic motion and waves -- Experiment 14. Magic spring tricks -- Hey, listen, what's that sound? -- Experiment 15. Dive, dive -- Gooey and gassy : fluids at their finest -- Experiment 16. Soda bottle crush -- Even perfection has its flaws : the ideal gas -- Experiment 17. Kitchen physics -- Some like it hot : thermodynamics -- Experiment 18. Static cling -- Charge it : electricity at rest -- Experiment 19. Meter reader -- Who let the charges out? : electric current -- Experiment 20. Resistance is futile -- Silent struggles in the wires : resistance -- Experiment 21. Do-it-yourself magnet -- Approach/avoidance : magnetism -- Experiment 22. Battery-less voltage -- We are family : electricity from magnetism -- Experiment 23. All shook up -- Big-time electricity : AC -- Experiment 24. LEDs lead the way -- The light dawns : electro
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Uses everyday examples to introduce the principles of chemistry to the nonscientist, and includes experiments that can be conducted using common household products.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. The scientific method -- A word about calculators -- Apparatus needed for all experiments -- Experiment 1. Identified flying objects -- Experiment 2. Updated cannonballs -- How things move : position, velocity, and acceleration -- Experiment 3. Weight 'til the sun shines, Nellie -- Why things move : forces and their effects -- Experiment 4. Dropsy -- Sources of forces : the biggies in nature -- Experiment 5. Horizontal globalization -- Round and round it goes, and where it stops-- : circular motion -- Experiment 6. Outgoing = incoming -- The ultimate four-letter word : work -- Experiment 7. Follow the bouncing ball -- Oops! collisions : impulse and linear momentum -- Experiment 8. You say you want a revolution? -- Spinning wheels, got to go round -- Experiment 9. Mo' yo-yo -- Force with a twist : torque -- Experiment 10. Teeter-totter -- The strange case of the body that doesn't move : static equilibrium -- Experiment 11. Stretchy spring -- Getting bent out of shape : elasticity -- Experiment 12. Gaze intently at the swinging yo-yo -- Experiment 13. Incredibly repetitive -- Back and forth, back and forth-- : simple harmonic motion and waves -- Experiment 14. Magic spring tricks -- Hey, listen, what's that sound? -- Experiment 15. Dive, dive -- Gooey and gassy : fluids at their finest -- Experiment 16. Soda bottle crush -- Even perfection has its flaws : the ideal gas -- Experiment 17. Kitchen physics -- Some like it hot : thermodynamics -- Experiment 18. Static cling -- Charge it : electricity at rest -- Experiment 19. Meter reader -- Who let the charges out? : electric current -- Experiment 20. Resistance is futile -- Silent struggles in the wires : resistance -- Experiment 21. Do-it-yourself magnet -- Approach/avoidance : magnetism -- Experiment 22. Battery-less voltage -- We are family : electricity from magnetism -- Experiment 23. All shook up -- Big-time electricity : AC -- Experiment 24. LEDs lead the way -- The light dawns : electro

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