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Physics : course companion / created by David Homer and Michael Bowen-Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 2014 editionDescription: viii, 698 pages : illustrations (coloured) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198392132 (pbk.)
  • 0198392133 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC21.2 HOM
Contents:
1. Measurements and uncertainties (Measuremenst in physics ; Uncertainties and errors ; Vectors and scalars) 2. Mechanics (Motion ; Forces ; Work, energy, and power ; Momentum) 3. Thermal physics (Temperrature and energy changes ; Modelling a gas) 4. Oscillations and waves (Oscillations ; Travelling waves ; Wave characteristics ; Wave behaviour ; Standing waves). 5. Electricity and magnetism (Electric fields ; Heating effect of an electric current ; Electric cells ; Magnetic effects of electric currents) 6. Circular motion and gravitation (Circular motion ; Newton's law of gravitation) 7. Atomic, nuclear and particle physics (Discrete energy and radioactivity ; Nuclear reactions ; The structure of matter) 8. Energy production (Energy sources ; Thermal energy transfer). 9. Wave phenomena (Simple harmonic motion ; Single-slit diffraction ; Interference ; Resolution ; The Doppler effect) 10. Fields (Describing fields ; Fields at work) 11. Electromagnetic induction (Electromagnetic induction ; Power generation and transmission ; Capacitance) 12. Quantum and nuclear physics (The interaction of matter with radiation ; Nuclear physics). A. Relativity (The beginning of relativity ; Lorentz transformations ; Spacetime diagrams ; Relativistic mechanics ; General relativity) B. Engineering physics (Rigid bodies and rotational dynamics ; Thermodynamics ; Fluids and fluid dynamics ; Forced vibrations and resonance) C. Imaging (Introducting to imaging ; Imaging instrumentation ; Fibre optics ; Imaging the body) D. Astrophysics (Stellar quantities ; Stellar characteristics and stellar evolution ; Cosmology ; Stellar processes ; Further cosmology)
Summary: The most comprehensive match to the 2014 Physics syllabus, this completely revised edition gives you unrivalled support for the concept-based approach, the Nature of science. The only DP Physics resource that includes support directly from the IB, focused exam practice, TOK links and real-life applications drive achievement.
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf QC21.2 HOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 161416 Available BK149168
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf QC21.2 HOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 161417 Available BK149183

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Measurements and uncertainties (Measuremenst in physics ; Uncertainties and errors ; Vectors and scalars) 2. Mechanics (Motion ; Forces ; Work, energy, and power ; Momentum) 3. Thermal physics (Temperrature and energy changes ; Modelling a gas) 4. Oscillations and waves (Oscillations ; Travelling waves ; Wave characteristics ; Wave behaviour ; Standing waves). 5. Electricity and magnetism (Electric fields ; Heating effect of an electric current ; Electric cells ; Magnetic effects of electric currents) 6. Circular motion and gravitation (Circular motion ; Newton's law of gravitation) 7. Atomic, nuclear and particle physics (Discrete energy and radioactivity ; Nuclear reactions ; The structure of matter) 8. Energy production (Energy sources ; Thermal energy transfer). 9. Wave phenomena (Simple harmonic motion ; Single-slit diffraction ; Interference ; Resolution ; The Doppler effect) 10. Fields (Describing fields ; Fields at work) 11. Electromagnetic induction (Electromagnetic induction ; Power generation and transmission ; Capacitance) 12. Quantum and nuclear physics (The interaction of matter with radiation ; Nuclear physics). A. Relativity (The beginning of relativity ; Lorentz transformations ; Spacetime diagrams ; Relativistic mechanics ; General relativity) B. Engineering physics (Rigid bodies and rotational dynamics ; Thermodynamics ; Fluids and fluid dynamics ; Forced vibrations and resonance) C. Imaging (Introducting to imaging ; Imaging instrumentation ; Fibre optics ; Imaging the body) D. Astrophysics (Stellar quantities ; Stellar characteristics and stellar evolution ; Cosmology ; Stellar processes ; Further cosmology)

The most comprehensive match to the 2014 Physics syllabus, this completely revised edition gives you unrivalled support for the concept-based approach, the Nature of science. The only DP Physics resource that includes support directly from the IB, focused exam practice, TOK links and real-life applications drive achievement.

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