Physics : basic principles /
Solomon Gartenhaus.
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975
- v. ill. ; 25 cm.
includes index and list of tables
1. Physical quantities and their measurement 2. Kinematics in one dimension 3. Two dimensional kinematics 4. The laws of newton 5. Applications of newton's laws 6. The harmonic oscillator 7. Work and kinetic energy 8. Potential energy and energy conservation 9. The law of momentum conservation 10. Angular momentum and planetary motion 11. The dynamics of systems of particles 12. The motion of a rigid body 13. Pressure in fluids - i 14. Pressure in fluids - ii 15. Temperature and its measurement 16. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics 17. Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics 18. Waves 19. Coulomb's law 20. The electrostatic field and gauss' law 21. The electrostatic potential 22. Dielectric materials and capacitors 23. The electric current 24. Elementary circuit theory 25. The magnetic field 26. Magnetic forces 27. Faraday's law of magnetic induction 28. Inductance and magnetic materials 29. Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves 30. The properties of light 31. Mirrors and lenses 32. Interference and diffraction 33. Polarization 34. Epilogue 35. Appendices