The physics companion/ (Record no. 186517)
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fixed length control field | 00363nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781466517790 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 530 |
Item number | FIS/P |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Fischer-Cripps, Anthony C. |
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The physics companion/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Anthony C Fischer-Cripps |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Boca Raton: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | CRC Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xxiii, 544 p. : |
Other physical details | ill. ; |
Dimensions | 23 cm. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | pt. 1. Mechanics <br/><br/>Scalars and vectors <br/><br/>Statics <br/><br/>Equilibrium <br/><br/>Free body diagram <br/><br/>Moment of inertia <br/><br/>Centroid and centre of mass <br/><br/>Centroids of areas <br/><br/>Linear motion <br/><br/>Velocity and acceleration <br/><br/>Kinematics <br/><br/>Projectile motion <br/><br/>Newton's Laws <br/><br/>Inertia <br/><br/>Ropes and pulleys <br/><br/>Friction <br/><br/>Gravitation <br/><br/>Rotational motion <br/><br/>Linear and circular motion <br/><br/>Centripetal force <br/><br/>Planetary motion <br/><br/>Rotation <br/><br/>Rotational kinematics <br/><br/>Moment of inertia <br/><br/>Composite bodies <br/><br/>Radius of gyration <br/><br/>Dynamic equilibrium <br/><br/>Rolling motion <br/><br/>Work and energy <br/><br/>Variable force <br/><br/>Work done by a spring <br/><br/>Rotational kinetic energy <br/><br/>Power <br/><br/>Impulse and momentum <br/><br/>Impulse and momentum <br/><br/>Angular momentum <br/><br/>Impulse-momentum equation <br/><br/>Conservation of momentum <br/><br/>pt. 2. Thermal physics <br/><br/>Temperature <br/><br/>Thermodynamic systems <br/><br/>Kelvin temperature scale <br/><br/>Thermometers <br/><br/>Heat and solids <br/><br/>Thermal expansion <br/><br/>Atomic bonding in solids <br/><br/>Specific heat <br/><br/>Latent heat <br/><br/>Internal energy <br/><br/>Heat transfer <br/><br/>Conduction <br/><br/>Thermal conductivity <br/><br/>Composite wall <br/><br/>Rate of cooling <br/><br/>Convection <br/><br/>Thermal radiation <br/><br/>Radiation emission <br/><br/>Radiation emission spectrum <br/><br/>Absorption and emission <br/><br/>Radiative heat transfer <br/><br/>Equilibrium temperature <br/><br/>Gases <br/><br/>Solids, liquids and gases <br/><br/>Pressure <br/><br/>Gas laws <br/><br/>Phases of matter <br/><br/>Gas <br/><br/>1st Law of Thermodynamics <br/><br/>p-V diagram <br/><br/>Gas processes <br/><br/>Heat engines <br/><br/>Cyclic processes <br/><br/>Otto Cycle <br/><br/>Thermal efficiency <br/><br/>Carnot Cycle <br/><br/>Heat sink in an engine <br/><br/>Reversibility <br/><br/>Entropy <br/><br/>Entropy and reversibility <br/><br/>Entropy change of the universe <br/><br/>Entropy in a cycle <br/><br/>The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics <br/><br/>Kinetic theory of gases <br/><br/>Statistics of motion <br/><br/>Pressure <br/><br/>Temperature <br/><br/>Molecular motion <br/><br/>Equipartition of energy <br/><br/>Specific heat and adiabatic index <br/><br/>Internal energy <br/><br/>Statistical mechanics <br/><br/>Statistical weight <br/><br/>Boltzmann energy distribution <br/><br/>Velocity distribution <br/><br/>Maxwell velocity distribution <br/><br/>Collisions per unit area <br/><br/>Statistical entropy <br/><br/>Adiabatic expansion of a gas into a vacuum <br/><br/>Classical and statistical entropy <br/><br/>Constant volume heating of a gas <br/><br/>Entropy and the flow of natural processes <br/><br/>The partition function <br/><br/>Statistical mechanics <br/><br/>Partition function and average energy <br/><br/>Density of states <br/><br/>Energy distribution for a harmonic oscillator <br/><br/>Average energy.<br/><br/>pt. 3. Waves & optics <br/><br/>Periodic motion <br/><br/>Initial phase angle <br/><br/>Simple harmonic motion <br/><br/>Waves <br/><br/>Wave motion <br/><br/>Wavelength <br/><br/>Velocity, frequency and wavelength <br/><br/>Wave velocity <br/><br/>Particle displacement <br/><br/>Wave equation <br/><br/>Energy transfer by wave motion <br/><br/>Superposition <br/><br/>Interference <br/><br/>Fourier analysis <br/><br/>Standing waves<br/><br/>Resonance <br/><br/>Beats <br/><br/>Longitudinal waves <br/><br/>Sound waves <br/><br/>Sound intensity <br/><br/>Hearing <br/><br/>Reflection and absorption of sound <br/><br/>Intensity variations <br/><br/>Light <br/><br/>Light rays <br/><br/>Reflection <br/><br/>Refraction <br/><br/>Dispersion <br/><br/>Mirrors <br/><br/>Sign conventions <br/><br/>Ray diagrams <br/><br/>Lenses <br/><br/>Thin lens <br/><br/>Lens action <br/><br/>Ray diagrams <br/><br/>The eye <br/><br/>Near point and far point <br/><br/>Lens equations <br/><br/>Magnifying glass <br/><br/>Magnification <br/><br/>Lens aberrations <br/><br/>Optical instruments <br/><br/>Microscope <br/><br/>Astronomical telescope <br/><br/>Interference <br/><br/>Fringe spacing <br/><br/>Fringe intensity <br/><br/>Thin film interference <br/><br/>Optical path length <br/><br/>Diffraction <br/><br/>Polarisation <br/><br/>Polarised light <br/><br/>Malus' Law <br/><br/>pt. 4. Electricity <br/><br/>Electric charge <br/><br/>Electric flux <br/><br/>Conductors and insulators <br/><br/>Electric current <br/><br/>Conventional current <br/><br/>Potential difference<br/><br/>Resistance <br/><br/>Resistivity <br/><br/>Electromotive force <br/><br/>Capacitance <br/><br/>Dielectrics <br/><br/>Inductance <br/><br/>Inductors <br/><br/>Energy and power <br/><br/>Circuits <br/><br/>Kirchhoff's Laws <br/><br/>Magnetism <br/><br/>Magnetic field <br/><br/>Charged particle in a magnetic field <br/><br/>Force on a current-carrying conductor <br/><br/>Biot-Savart Law <br/><br/>Ampere's Law <br/><br/>Magnetic moment <br/><br/>Magnetic force <br/><br/>Permeability <br/><br/>Magnetic materials <br/><br/>Ferromagnetism <br/><br/>Hysteresis <br/><br/>Induction <br/><br/>Faraday's Law <br/><br/>Electromagnetic induction <br/><br/>Lenz's Law <br/><br/>Mutual inductance <br/><br/>Self-inductance <br/><br/>Solenoids and toroids <br/><br/>Electromagnetic induction <br/><br/>Magnetic circuits <br/><br/>Magnetomotive force <br/><br/>Reluctance <br/><br/>RC & RL circuits <br/><br/>Time constant and half-life <br/><br/>Filter <br/><br/>Integrator/differentiator <br/><br/>AC circuits <br/><br/>AC voltage <br/><br/>Resistance <br/><br/>rms voltage and current <br/><br/>Capacitive reactance <br/><br/>Inductive reactance <br/><br/>Reactive power <br/><br/>LCR series circuit <br/><br/>Impedance <br/><br/>Power in LCR circuit <br/><br/>Electromagnetic waves <br/><br/>Ampere's Law <br/><br/>Maxwell's equations <br/><br/>Electric and magnetic fields <br/><br/>Electromagnetic waves.<br/><br/><br/>pt. 5. Properties of matter <br/><br/>Solids <br/><br/>Hooke's Law <br/><br/>Stress <br/><br/>Strain <br/><br/>Poisson's ratio <br/><br/>Mechanical properties of materials <br/><br/>Linear elasticity <br/><br/>Viscoelastic materials -<br/><br/>Griffith energy balance <br/><br/>Fluids <br/><br/>Hydrostatic pressure <br/><br/>Archimedes' Principle <br/><br/>Surface tension <br/><br/>Contact angle <br/><br/>Capillary action <br/><br/>Bernoulli's Equation <br/><br/>Viscosity <br/><br/>Fluid flow <br/><br/>Turbulent flow <br/><br/>pt. 6. Atomic physics <br/><br/>The atom <br/><br/>Atoms <br/><br/>The electron <br/><br/>Electrostatic deflection <br/><br/>Magnetic deflection <br/><br/>Millikan's oil drop experiment <br/><br/>Mass of a proton <br/><br/>The Bohr Atom <br/><br/>Black body radiation <br/><br/>Photoelectric effect <br/><br/>Line spectra <br/><br/>Energy levels <br/><br/>The Rydberg Constant <br/><br/>Electron absorption <br/><br/>Photon absorption <br/><br/>Matter waves <br/><br/>Electron-volt <br/><br/>Black body radiation <br/><br/>Radiation emission spectrum <br/><br/>Classical cavity radiation <br/><br/>Density of states <br/><br/>Rayleigh-Jeans Radiation Law <br/><br/>The ultraviolet catastrophe <br/><br/>Statistical mechanics <br/><br/>Planck's Radiation Law <br/><br/>Stefan-Boltzmann Law <br/><br/>Wien Displacement Law <br/><br/>X-rays <br/><br/>Radiation <br/><br/>X-ray absorption <br/><br/>X-ray scattering<br/><br/>Compton Effect <br/><br/>X-ray diffraction <br/><br/>Quantum mechanics <br/><br/>Schrödinger Equation <br/><br/>Interpretation of the wave function <br/><br/>The time-dependent equation <br/><br/>Solutions to the wave equation <br/><br/>Zero potential <br/><br/>Particle in a box <br/><br/>Infinite square well <br/><br/>Harmonic oscillator <br/><br/>Coulomb Potential : Bohr Atom <br/><br/>Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle <br/><br/>Solids <br/><br/>Density of vibrational states <br/><br/>Lattice waves <br/><br/>Einstein Harmonic Oscillator Model <br/><br/>Debye Lattice Model <br/><br/>Phonons <br/><br/>pt. 7. The nucleus <br/><br/>Radioactivity <br/><br/>Rutherford's experiment <br/><br/>Specifying an element <br/><br/>Radioactive decay <br/><br/>Radioactive series <br/><br/>Half-life <br/><br/>Isotopes <br/><br/>Nuclear reactions <br/><br/>Quarks <br/><br/>Nuclear forces <br/><br/>Nuclear binding energy <br/><br/>Artificial nuclear reactions <br/><br/>Fission <br/><br/>Stability <br/><br/>Fission and fusion <br/><br/>Chain reaction. <br/><br/>pt. 8. Relativity <br/><br/>Absolute rest <br/><br/>Wave motion <br/><br/>Doppler Effect <br/><br/>Velocity of light <br/><br/>Electromagnetic waves <br/><br/>Luminiferous ether<br/><br/>Ether drift <br/><br/>Michelson-Morley Experiment <br/><br/>Special relativity <br/><br/>Distance <br/><br/>Velocity & acceleration <br/><br/>Time dilation <br/><br/>Proper time <br/><br/>Length contraction <br/><br/>Lorentz Transformations <br/><br/>Lorentz Velocity Transformations <br/><br/>Momentum and mass transformations <br/><br/>Mass and energy transformations <br/><br/>Energy and momentum <br/><br/>Doppler Effect for light waves <br/><br/>General relativity <br/><br/>Space-time<br/><br/>Light-cone <br/><br/>Distance in space-time <br/><br/>Invariance in space-time <br/><br/>Gravity <br/><br/>Gravity and space-time <br/><br/>Einstein Field Equations <br/><br/>Gravity and Quantum Theory <br/><br/>pt. 9. Universe <br/><br/>Solar System <br/><br/>Copernicus, Tycho and Kepler <br/><br/>Kepler's Laws <br/><br/>Formation of stars and galaxies <br/><br/>Luminosity <br/><br/>Lifecycle of stars <br/><br/>Energy and matter <br/><br/>Sun <br/><br/>Solar atmosphere <br/><br/>Solar wind <br/><br/>Solar radiation<br/><br/>Earth <br/><br/>Earth's magnetic field <br/><br/>Atmosphere <br/><br/>Universe <br/><br/>Size of the universe <br/><br/>Expansion of the universe <br/><br/>Beginning of the universe <br/><br/>Forces of nature <br/><br/>Particles of nature <br/><br/>The BIg Bang |
650 ## - SUBJECT | |
Keyword | Physics |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | General Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | Science Library General Section | 29/08/2016 | 530 FIS/P | P41531 | 29/08/2016 | General Books Science Library |