Pohl's Introduction to Physics: Volume 1: Mechanics, Acoustics and Thermodynamics - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

A. Mechanics.- Introduction; Distance and Time Measurements.- The Description of Motion: Kinematics.- Fundamentals of Dynamics.- Applications of Newton's Equation.- Three useful concepts: Work, Energy, and Momentum.- Rotational Motion of Rigid Bodies.- Accelerated Frames of Reference.- Some Properties of Solids.- Liquids and Gases at Rest.- Motions in Liquids and Gases.- B. Vibrations and Waves.- Vibrations and Acoustics.- Travelling Waves and Radiation.- C. Thermodynamics.- Fundamentals.- First Law and the Equation of State of Ideal Gases.- Real gases.- Heat as Random motion.- Transport processes: Diffusion and Heat Conduction.- The State Function entropy, S.- Converting Heat into Work. The Second Law.- Exercise.- Solutions to the Exercises.

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