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Handbook of physics

Handbook of Physics is a veritable toolbox for rapid access to a wealth of physics information for everyday use in problem solving, homework, and examinations. This complete reference includes not only the fundamental formulas of physics but also experimental methods used in practice.
Print Book, English, 2001
Springer, New York, 2001
Handbook
xxv, 1181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780387952697, 0387952691
45963281
pt. I. Mechanics
1. Kinematics
2. Dynamics
3. Rigid bodies
4. Gravitation and the theory of relativity
5. Mechanics of continuous media
6. Nonlinear dynamics, chaos and fractals
7. Tables on mechanics
pt. II. Vibrations and waves
8. Vibrations
9. Waves
10. Acoustics
11. Optics
12. Tables on vibrations, waves, acoustics and optics
pt. III. Electricity
13. Charges and currents
14. Electric and magnetic fields
15. Applications in electrical engineering
16. Current conduction in liquids, gases and vacuum
17. Plasma physics
18. Tables on electricity
pt. IV. Thermodynamics
19. Equilibrium and state variables
20. Heat, conversion of energy and changes of state
21. Phase transitions, reactions and equalizing of heat
22. Tables on thermodynamics
pt. V. Quantum physics
23. Photons, electromagnetic radiation and light quanta
24. Matter waves : wave mechanics of particles
25. Atomic and molecular physics
26. Elementary particle physics : standard model
27. Nuclear physics
28. Solid-state physics
29. Tables in quantum physics
pt. VI. Appendix
30. Measurements and measurement errors
31. Vector calculus
32. Differential and integral calculus
33. Tables on the SI
Translated from the German
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