Physics: v.2 - Softcover

Reseña del editor

Clearly written and innovatively designed, this best-selling textbook has now been revised and updated. Features include Reasoning Strategies Conceptual Examples. New features include 66 Conceptual Flowcharts that link material at hand to previously covered concepts. Includes new coverage of such topics as Center of Mass and Cosmology with an increased emphasis on biomedical applications. Also includes new and modified problem sets at the end of each chapter.

Reseña del editor

This algebra-based physics book uses conceptual examples to give readers explicit models for applying physics principles in a conceptual context and as a guide when solving problems. Discusses such topics as Gauss' Law, holography and medical imaging techniques. Six fresh, high-interest essays discuss mysteries that physics principles have helped solve.

Describes applications in medicine, automobile features, transportation, home entertainment, athletics, household applications, information processing, detection devices, camera technology, and many more.
-- Contains numerous discussions and examples that focus on human physiology, including muscle forces, blood pressure, the refraction of light by the eye, and many others.