Physics in your life /
Richard Wolfson.
- Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2004.
- 3 volumes ; 21 cm.
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"Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Covers.
v.1: lecture 1. Realms of physics -- module 1. Sight and sound. lecture 2. Amazing disc -- lecture 3. Wonderful wave -- lecture 4. Seeing the light -- lecture 5. Is seeing believing? -- lecture 6. Music to your ears -- module 2. Going places: lecture 7. May the forces be with you -- lecture 8. Aristotle's revenge -- lecture 9. Going in circles -- lecture 10. Taking flight -- lecture 11. Into space -- lecture 12. Conservative streak -- v.2: module 3. Plug in, turn on. lecture 13. Electrical heart of matter -- lecture 14. Harnessing the electrical genie -- lecture 15. Magnetic personality -- lecture 16. Making electricity -- lecture 17. Credit card to power plant -- lecture 18. Making waves -- module 4. From atom to computer: lecture 19. Miracle element -- lecture 20. Twentieth century's greatest inventions? -- lecture 21. Building the elctronics revolution -- lecture 22. Circuits--so logical -- lecture 23. How's your memory? -- lecture 24. Atom to computer -- v.3: module 5. Fire and ice. lecture 25. Keeping warm -- lecture 26. Life in the greenhouse -- lecture 27. Tip of the iceberg -- lecture 28. Physics in the kitchen -- lecture 29. Like a work of Shakespeare -- lecture 30. Energy in your life -- module 6. Potpourri: lecture 31. Your place on Earth -- lecture 32. Dance and spin -- lecture 33. Light fantastic -- lecture 34. Nuclear matters -- lecture 35. Physics in your body -- lecture 36. Your place in the universe.
This course introduces principles of physics through their application to everyday life"--Guidebook.