Matter and Motion (Great Minds Series)
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Word Count
46,250 words, Guess
Page Count
185 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-101573929891
- ISBN-139781573929899
- LibraryThing292477
- Goodreads1143837
- Library of Congress Control Number2002069972
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number49901995
- Better World Books9781573929899
- Open LibraryOL8740141M
Classifications
- LCCQA846.M39 2002
- LCCQA846 .M39 2002
Description
"In seven concise and lucidly written chapters, Maxwell covers all the basic concepts of physics, time, space, matter, mass, force, momentum, velocity, acceleration, laws of motion, work, energy, gravitation and many other ideas. This edition also includes a chapter on equations of motion from Maxwell's classic Electricity and Magnetism, plus two appendices, one on the relativity of motion and the other on the Principle of Least Action.". "Complete with many useful illustrations to clarify the concepts discussed in the text, this accessible works is well suited for history of science courses or as a still-relevant introduction to basic physics for the average reader."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
PHYSICAL SCIENCE is that department of knowledge which relates to the order of nature, or, in other words, to the regular succession of events.
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