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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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Table of Contents

  • 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
TB 19 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Chapter 12: Light
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
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
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
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
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
TB 10 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 11
Total 496  

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