How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life 2nd edition

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Louis A. Bloomfield
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons


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  • 1: The Laws of Motion, Part I (37)
  • 2: The Laws of Motion, Part II (32)
  • 3: Mechanical Objects (34)
  • 4: Fluids (31)
  • 5: Fluids and Motion (36)
  • 6: Heat and Thermodynamics (41)
  • 7: Resonance and Mechanical Waves (33)
  • 8: Electric and Magnetic Forces (32)
  • 9: Electrodynamics (46)
  • 10: Electronics (21)
  • 11: Electromagnetic Waves (19)
  • 12: Light (30)
  • 13: Optics (22)
  • 14: Modern Physics (25)
  • 15: Phase Transitions (19)
  • 16: Material Science (28)
  • 17: Chemical Physics (10)

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Chapter 1: The Laws of Motion, Part I
1.TB 37 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Chapter 2: The Laws of Motion, Part II
2.TB 32 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Chapter 3: Mechanical Objects
3.TB 34 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Chapter 4: Fluids
4.TB 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Chapter 5: Fluids and Motion
5.TB 36 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Chapter 6: Heat and Thermodynamics
6.TB 41 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Chapter 7: Resonance and Mechanical Waves
7.TB 33 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Chapter 8: Electric and Magnetic Forces
8.TB 32 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Chapter 9: Electrodynamics
9.TB 46 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Chapter 10: Electronics
10.TB 21 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Chapter 11: Electromagnetic Waves
11.TB 19 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Chapter 12: Light
12.TB 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Chapter 13: Optics
13.TB 22 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Chapter 14: Modern Physics
14.TB 25 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Chapter 15: Phase Transitions
15.TB 19 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Chapter 16: Material Science
16.TB 28 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Chapter 17: Chemical Physics
17.TB 10 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 11
Total 496