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Author Schiller, Christoph.

Title The adventure of physics. Vol. I, Fall, flow, and heat / Christoph Schiller.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Christoph Schiller, 2016-
Minneapolis : Open Textbook Library
©2016-

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Current Frequency Updated irregularly.
Description data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Motion mountain
Open textbook library
Motion mountain.
Open Textbook Library.
Note This pdf file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Germany Licence.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chapter 1: Why should we care about motion? -- Chapter 2: From motion measurement to continuity -- Chapter 3: How to describe motion -- kinematics -- Chapter 4: From objects and images to conservation -- Chapter 5: From the rotation of the Earth to the relativity of motion -- Chapter 6: Motion due to gravitation -- Chapter 7: Classical mechanics and the predictability of motion -- Chapter 8: Measuring change with action -- Chapter 9: Motion and symmetry -- Chapter 10: Simple motions of extended bodies -- oscillations and waves -- Chapter 11: Do extended bodies exist? -- Limits of continuity -- Chapter 12: Fluids and their motion -- Chapter 13: From heat to time-invariance -- Chapter 14: Self-organization and chaos -- the simplicity of complexity -- Chapter 15: From the limitations of physics to the limits of motion.
Summary "This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. Curiosity about how people, animals, things, images and space move leads to many adventures. This volume presents the best of them in the domain of everyday life."--Open Textbook Library.
Local Note Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks
Open Textbook Library
Subject Physics -- Textbooks.
Physics -- Textbooks.
Physics.
Genre/Form Electronic open textbook.
Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Added Title Fall, flow, and heat
ISBN 9781447545545
1447545540