Physical Science
What the Technology Professional Needs to Know

C. Lon Enloe (Author), Elizabeth Garnett (Author), Jonathan Miles (Author), Stephen Swanson (Author)

9780471360186, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 10 January 2001

560 pages
28 x 21.6 x 2.8 cm, 1.227 kg

Als neuer Band der Wiley-Reihe PETE (Partnership for Environmental Technology Education) erläutert dieses Lehrbuch die Grundlagen von Chemie und Physik, speziell zugeschnitten auf Probleme der Umwelttechnik. (05/00)

Table of Contents.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

The Nature of Physical Science.

Making Measurements.

Measuring with Instruments and Reporting Data.

The Nature of Matter.

Matter in Motion and Newton's Laws.

Energy.

Chemical Reactions and Solutions.

Electricity and Magnetism.

Electromagnetic Radiation and Optics.

Organic Chemistry.

Nuclear Radiation, Reactions, and Energy.

Appendix A -
The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom.

Appendix B -
Inorganic Nomenclature.

Appendix C -
Derived Units.

Glossary.

Index.

Subject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN]