An introduction to physical science / James T. Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Aaron W. Todd, with Charles A. Higgins, Jr.
Material type: TextBoston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2009Edition: 12th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : color illustrations color maps ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780538451482 :
- Q161.2 .S44 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Measurement -- Motion -- Force and motion -- Work and energy -- Temperature and heat -- Waves -- Optics and wave effects -- Electricity and magnetism -- Atomic physics -- Nuclear physics -- The chemical elements -- Chemical bonding -- Chemical reactions -- Organic chemistry -- Place and time -- The solar system -- Moons and small solar system bodies -- The universe -- The atmosphere -- Atmospheric effects -- Structural geology and plate tectonics -- Minerals, rocks and volcanoes -- Surface processes -- Geologic time -- Appendixes: Seven base units of the international system of units (SI). Solving mathematical problems in science. Equation rearrangement. Analysis of units. Positive and negative numbers. Powers-of-10 notation. Significant figures. Psychrometric tables. Seasonal star charts -- Glossary.
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