ABSTRACT

Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics takes readers on a fascinating journey through physics. Written in an accessible style, this comprehensive guide explains the basic concepts of motion, energy, and gravity, through to the latest theories about the structure of matter, the origin of the universe, and the beginning of time. Fully illu

part |2 pages

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS

chapter 1|20 pages

PHYS ICS : THE FUNDAMENTAL SC I ENCE

part |2 pages

PART 2: THE LAWS OF MECHANICS

chapter 2|18 pages

THE DESCR IPT ION OF MOT ION

chapter 4|16 pages

ENERGY

chapter 5|20 pages

CONSERVAT ION OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM

part |2 pages

PART 3: THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER

chapter 8|13 pages

THE HEART OF THE ATOM : THE NUCLEUS

chapter 9|29 pages

F LU ID S

part |2 pages

PART 4: THERMODYNAMICS

chapter 10|26 pages

HEAT AND TEMPERATURE

chapter 11|24 pages

THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS

part |2 pages

PART 5: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

chapter 12|20 pages

E LECTR IC I TY

chapter 13|24 pages

APPL I ED ELECTR IC I TY

chapter 14|28 pages

E LECTROMAGNET I SM

part |2 pages

PART 6: WAVES

chapter 15|21 pages

WAVE MOT ION

chapter 16|28 pages

SOUND

chapter 17|35 pages

OPT IC S

chapter 18|34 pages

THE NATURE OF L IGHT

part |2 pages

PART 7: MODERN PHYSICS

chapter 19|28 pages

THE SPEC IAL THEORY OF RELAT IV I TY

chapter 20|27 pages

THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELAT IV I TY

chapter 21|15 pages

THE EARLY ATOM IC THEORY

chapter 22|21 pages

QUANTUM MECHAN IC S

chapter 23|21 pages

NUCLEAR PHYS IC S

chapter 24|18 pages

E LEMENTARY PART ICLE S

chapter 25|25 pages

SUPER FORCE : E IN STE IN ’ S DREAM