The language of physics : a foundation for university study

=001  22447=003  DLC=005  20081205080949.5=008  080328s2008    enka     b    001 0 eng=010  ##$a2008300622=020  ##$a0199533792 (hbk.)=020  ##$a0199533806 (pbk.)=020  ##$a9780199533794 (hbk.)=020  ##$a9780199533800 (pbk.)=040  ##$aUKM $cUKM $dBTCTA $dBAKER $dYDXCP $dBWKUK $dBWK $dBWX $dCDX $dDLC=040  ##$aUKM $cUKM $dBTCTA $dBAKER $dYDXCP $dBWKUK $dBWK $dBWX $dCDX $dDLC $dOrLoB-B=041  0#$aeng=050  00$aQC20 $b.C85 2008=082  04$a530.15 $222=092  ##$a530.15 $bC967 l28=100  1#$aCullerne, John.=245  14$aThe language of physics : $ba foundation for university study / $cJohn P. Cullerne, Anton Machacek.=260  ##$aOxford ; $aNew York : $bOxford University Press, $c2008=300  ##$axiv, 225 p. : $bill. ; $c26 cm.=504  ##$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.=520  1#$a"This book introduces physics to a first-year undergraduate in the language of mathematics. As such, it aims to give a mathematical foundation to the physics taught pre-university, as well as extending it to the skills and disciplines garnered during a first degree course in physical science or engineering. It bridges two gaps in modern education: between the level of difficulty in pre-university study and undergraduate study, and between mathematics and physics. Many of the concepts are revised or introduced in the guise of 'workshop' questions which are an integral part of the text. Fully explained solutions to these workshops are given as a substantial appendix. The student will be equipped to study classical mechanics in terms of vector calculus, fields in terms of line and surface integrals, oscillations and waves in terms of complex exponentials, and so on. This book is unique in its aim, its content, and its approach."--BOOK JACKET.=650  #0$aMathematical physics $vProblems, exercises, etc.=650  #0$aMathematical physics.=700  1#$aMachacek, Anton.=970  01$tIndex $p223=970  11$l1 $tLinear mechanics $p1=970  11$l1.1 $tKinematics $p1=970  11$l1.2 $tDynamics $p17=970  11$l2 $tFields $p29=970  11$l2.1 $tIntroduction and field strength $p29=970  11$l2.2 $tWorkshop: Motion in a uniform field in one dimension $p30=970  11$l2.3 $tWorkshop: Scalar product of vectors $p32=970  11$l2.4 $tWorkshop: Motion in a uniform field in three dimensions $p34=970  11$l2.5 $tNon-uniform fields $p36=970  11$l2.6 $tWorkshop: Evaluating line integrals $p37=970  11$l2.7 $tPotential gradients $p39=970  11$l2.8 $tSetting up a field $p44=970  11$l3 $tRotation $p54=970  11$l3.1 $tRotational kinematics and dynamics $p54=970  11$l3.2 $tOrbits $p66=970  11$l4 $tOscillations and waves $p78=970  11$l4.1 $tDescribing an oscillation $p78=970  11$l4.10 $tImpedance matching $p92=970  11$l4.11 $tDescribing waves in three dimensions $p94=970  11$l4.2 $tWorkshop: Introducing complex numbers $p81=970  11$l4.3 $tDescribing an oscillation using complex numbers $p84=970  11$l4.4 $tWorkshop: Damped oscillators $p85=970  11$l4.5 $tDescribing a wave in one dimension $p86=970  11$l4.6 $tInterference - a brief introduction $p87=970  11$l4.7 $tWorkshop: The wave equation $p89=970  11$l4.8 $tA wave on a string $p89=970  11$l4.9 $tEnergy content of a wave $p91=970  11$l5 $tCircuits $p98=970  11$l5.1 $tFundamentals $p98=970  11$l5.2 $tDirect current circuit analysis $p102=970  11$l5.3 $tIntroducing alternating current $p105=970  11$l5.4 $tAlternating current circuit analysis $p111=970  11$l6.1 $tThe conservation of energy: The first law $p116=970  11$l6.2 $tThe second law $p117=970  11$l6.3 $tCarnot's theorem $p118=970  11$l6.4 $tEntropy $p123=970  11$l6.5 $tThe Boltzmann law $p125=970  11$l6.6 $tPerfect gases $p129=970  11$l7.1 $tWorkshop: Setting up integrals $p136=970  11$l7.10 $tWorkshop: Perpendicular axes theorem $p157=970  11$l7.11 $tWorkshop: Orbital energy and orbit classification $p159=970  11$l7.2 $tWorkshop: Logarithms $p138=970  11$l7.3 $tWorkshop: Rockets and stages $p140=970  11$l7.4 $tWorkshop: Unit conversion $p143=970  11$l7.5 $tWorkshop: Dimensional analysis $p144=970  11$l7.6 $tWorkshop: Error analysis $p147=970  11$l7.7 $tWorkshop: Centres of mass $p150=970  11$l7.8 $tWorkshop: Rigid body dynamics $p152=970  11$l7.9 $tWorkshop: Parallel axes theorem $p155=970  11$l8 $tSummary of equations $p162=970  11$l8.1 $tLinear mechanics $p162=970  11$l8.2 $tFields $p163=970  11$l8.3 $tRotation $p165=970  11$l8.4 $tWaves $p167=970  11$l8.5 $tCircuits $p169=970  11$l8.6 $tThermal physics $p170=970  11$tMiscellany $p136=970  11$tThermal physics $p116=970  11$tWorkshop solutions $p172=LDR  05199cam a2201069 a 4500