TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henley,Ernest M.
AU  - Dash,J.G.
TI  - Physics around us: how and why things work 
SN  - 981435063X : PAP
AV  - QC 
U1  - 530 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Singapore ; ,  Hackensack, NJ : 
PB  - World Scientific, 
KW  - Physics
KW  -  Textbooks
N1  - Includes indexes; The sizes of typical objects, and how we know -- Linear motion -- Galileo; free fall, projectile motion -- Newtonian mechanics -- Work and energy -- Impulse and momentum -- Rational dynamics -- Solar system and gravitation -- Oscillations and waves -- Thermal physics -- Heat flow -- States of matter: solid, liquids and gases -- Static electricity -- Current and circuits -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetism--II -- Electromagnetic waves -- Geometrical optics--Image formation -- Physical optics -- The beginning of modern physics -- Atoms -- Particles and waves--an introduction to quantum mechanics -- The special theory of relativity -- Nuclear and particle physics
N2  - Suitable for a first year, non-calculus physics course, this title covers mechanics, fluids, gravitation, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics, including atoms, an introduction to quantum mechanics, special relativity, and nuclear and particle physics
ER  -