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General Physics: Pearls of Wisdom

Author(s): David Amstutz, PhD
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  • ISBN-13: 9781890369231
  • ISBN-10:1890369233
  • Paperback    308 pages      © 1999
Price: International Sales $61.95 US List
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Overview

General Physics:  Pearls of Wisdom is a review manual that provides exam review for medical students preparing for MCAT, VCAT, DCAT, AP Physics, and other exams.  This study aid's rapid-fire question and answer format provides students with the immediate gratification of a correct answer.  Questions also contain "pearls" of information intended to reinforce the answer.

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Table of Contents

  • Mechanics
    • Units Conversions and Vectors
    • Motion in One Dimension
    • Two-Dimensional Motion and Relative Velocity
    • Newton's Law and Friction
    • Newton's Law II
    • Work, Power and Energy
    • Impulse, Momentum and Collisions
    • Rational Motion I
    • Rational Motion II
    • Elasticity and Simple Harmonic Motion
    • Fluids
  • Heat and Thermodynamics
    • Temperature Scales and Expansion
    • Heat
    • Heat Transfer
    • Thermodynamics
  • Waves and Sound
    • The Motion of Waves
    • Sound
  • Electricity and Magnetism
    • Charges at Rest
    • Potential
    • Capacitors
    • Current, Resistance and Sources of EMF
    • Direct Current Circuits
    • Magnetic Fields and Forces
    • Faradaw's Law and Electro-Magnetic Induction
    • Alternating Current and Transformers
  • Optics
    • Waves and Light
    • Geometric Optics I
    • Geometric Optics II
    • Wave Optics I
    • Wave Optics II

 


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David Amstutz, PhD

University of Nebraska at Kearney

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General Physics:  Pearls of Wisdom is designed to aid students in their preparation for:

  • MCAT Exam
  • VCAT Exam
  • DCAT Exam
  • AP Physics Exam
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