一本引人入胜的物理教材。从人们体重的测定到地热的开发,从背越式跳高到潮汐的形成,从人造卫星到大风揭走房顶,从放射性到原子弹、氢弹……内容五花八门,应有尽有,和日常生活、实用技术、自然风光紧密相联,阅读起来兴趣盎然。
内容涵盖一般物理学的全部基本内容,文中还恰当地嵌入现代物理的最新进展,阅读之后让人眼界大为开阔。学习本书不需要微积分,全文除了几个非常基本的公式外,几乎没有数学公式,但物理概念阐述得通俗易懂,是一本“高级科普式的十万个为什么”。
Contents in Detail vi
Conceptual Physics Photo Album xii
To the Student xiv
To the Instructor xv
Acknowledgments xviii
1 About Science 2
PART ONE
Mechanics 21
2 Newton's First Law of Motion--Inertia 22
3 Linear Motion 41
4 Newton's Second Law of Motion 58
5 Newton's Third Law of Motion 74
6 Momentum 91
7 Energy 110
8 Rotational Motion 131
9 Gravity t61
10 Projectile and Satellite Motion 184
PART TWO
Properties oF Matter 209
11 The Atomic Nature of Matter 210
12 Solids 229
13 Liquids 248
14 Gases and Plasmas 268
PART THREE
Heat 289
15 Temperature, Heat, and Expansion 290
16 Heat Transfer 306
17 Change of Phase 325
18 Thermodynamics 342
PART FOUR
Sound 361
19 Vibrations and Waves 362
20 Sound 380
21 Musical Sounds 398
PART FIVE
Electricity and Magnetism 409
22 Electrostatics 410
23 Electric Current 436
24 Magnetism 458
25 Electromagnetic Induction 477
PART SIX
Light 495
26 Properties of Light 496
27 Color 515
28 Reflection and Refraction 530
29 Light Waves 558
30 Light Emission 582
31 Light Quanta 600
PART SEVEN
Atomic and Nuclear Physics 619
32 The Atom and the Quantum 620
33 The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity 634
34 Nuclear Fission and Fusion 661
PART EIGHT
Relativity 685
35 Special Theory of Relativity 686
36 General Theory of Relativity 720
Epilogue 735
Appendix A Systems of Measurement 737
Appendix B More About Motion 741
Appendix C Graphing 745
Appendix D More About Vectors 749
Appendix E Exponential Growth and Doubling
Time 755
Glossary 761
Photo Credits 778
Index 781