Physics the Pioneer Science (2 Vol)

Häftad bok. Dover Publications, Inc. 1959. 847 sidor.

Mycket gott skick. ///Förlagets beskrivning: Physics, the Pioneer Science" effected a revolution in the teaching of physics, when it first appeared in 1941. For the first time, a thorough text covering ati important physical phenomena was placed in a cultural-historical framework. So complete is Professor Taylor's treatment that it continues to be perhaps the best work of its kind.The book is first and foremost an exposition of physical laws and theories. They are developed chronologically, however, so that in mechanics, heat, sound, light, and electricity, each discovery and theory is seen to stand on the shoulders of the one preceeding it. Great historical and illustrative experiments are diagrammed, described, and worked out mathematically, with problems given at chapter ends.'This progressive method not only aids the student in learning the subject, through giving^ it meaning, but it conveys the movement and growth of physics. For the non-physics major, the book offers a rigorous introduction to all major divisions of the subject, and enables the student to relate the work to other areas of study. For the specialist in science, it shows the historical and current relations between various fields with in physics, a study often overlooked in the stress of specialization. For the person desiring to study by. himself, this text is eminently readable, without sacrifice of mathematical and experimental exposition. VOLUME I: MECHANICS, HEAT, SOUND. Partial contents: Motion, Free Fall, Equilibrium, Vectors, Weight, Mass, Acceleration, the Infinitely Large, Gravitation, Atomism, Harmonic Motion, Conservation of Energy, Rotation, Temperature, Thermal Expansion, Heat and Mechanical Energy, Heat Engines, Sound, Acoustics of Rooms, Pitch, Intensity of Sound, Quality of Musical Tone, other topics. Index. 211 illustrations. xii + 395pp. 5% x 8. VOLUME II. LIGHT, ELECTRICITY. Partial contents: Properties of Light, Illumination, Images, lenses, Prisms, Color, Length of Light Waves, Spectra, Polarized Light, Magnetism, Static and Current Electricity, Magnetic Effect of Current, Electrical Units, Ohm's Law, Electro-magnetic Induction, Dynamos, Alternating Currents, Telegraph, Telephone, Quantum Theory, the Decline of the Mechanical View of Nature, other topics. Bibliography. 13 table appendix. Index. 551 illustrations. 2 color plates. Ivi + 452pp. 5% x 8. Vol. I S565 Paperbound $2.00. Vol. II S566 Paperbound $2.00 The set $4.00 THIS DOVER EDITION IS DESIGNED FOR YEARS OF USE. THE PAPER is chemicalty the same quality as you would find in books priced $5.00 or more. It does not discolor or become brittle with age. Not artificially bulked, either; this edition is an unabridged full-length book, but is still easy to handle. THE BINDING: The pages m this book are SEWN in signatures, in the method traditional ly used for the best books. These books open flat for easy reading and reference; Pages do not drop out, the binding does not crack and split (as in the ease with many paperbooks