Screen LibraryThe joy of physics
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Prometheus Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Amherst, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 390 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781591025900 (acid-free paper) 1591025907 (acid-free paper) 9781591022312 1591022312 |
| Index Number: | O4 |
| CLC: |
O4-49 O4-33 |
| Call Number: | O4-49/W655 |
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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 -- |