Surrounded by physics

R.F. Mudde • ebook • pdf

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  Surrounded by physics
  
  This book is the result of a series of lectures that the author gave
  during a number of years to fi rst year students in Applied Physics at
  Delft University of Technology. The idea for such a course started from
  discussions with our students. They made a plea for an extra physics
  course in the fi rst year to get a better balance in the math and physics
  courses. Their wish was granted and the author was asked to prepair a
  series of lectures with as theme 'Physics of Daily Life'. This idea was of
  course inspired by the series of books that Prof. Dr. M. Minnaert wrote in
  the 30s of the 20th century. It should not be a course, that deals with
  only one of the main theories of physics. On the contrary, the idea was
  rather to stroll along all kinds of more or less familiar phenomena. By
  touching on these phenomena, different parts of physics and the
  accompanying theory would be discussed with the students. Being exposed to
  phenomena and open questions and being encouraged to think as a physicist
  was more important than providing the theoretical background along the
  traditional lines of the sub-disciplines and theories of physics.
  Various aspects from daily life were chosen for the examples. For
  instance: what is the thickness of our atmosphere and can we make an
  estimate based on common knowledge? Or, what is the temperature of the
  earth without the greenhouse effect? Many more examples were in subsequent
  years discussed. They are taken from the visible phenomena in the
  atmosphere, from sound, from the kitchen or from sports, to name a few. In
  the book they are grouped in six chapters.
  Contents Preface 1. Elephant ears, dolphins and the balance equation
  2. The sky has a limit 3. The sound in a cup of coffee 4. Flowing
  water and air 5. Cooking, boiling, heating 6. Mechanics at work
  Bibliography Index.
  
  http://www.vssd.nl/hlf/c003.htm
• Productinformatie
  Binding : PDF
  Auteur : R.F. Mudde
  Bestandstype : PDF
  Distributievorm : Ebook (digitaal)
  Aantal pagina's : Afhankelijk van e-reader
  Beveiliging : Adobe DRM   Informatie 
  Uitgeverij : VSSD
  ISBN : 9789065621924
  Datum publicatie : 06-2009
  
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