Index Production Physics For Scientists And Engineers 6E
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Mechanics P A R T 1 ! Liftoff of the space shuttle Columbia. The tragic accident of February 1, 2003 that took the lives of all seven astronauts aboard happened just before Volume 1 of this book went to 1 hysics, the most fundamental physical science, is concerned with the basic lies in the simplicity of the fundamental physical theories and in the manner in which The study of physics can be divided into six main areas: 1. classical mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of objects that are large relative to atoms and move at speeds much slower than the speed of light; 2. relativity, which is a theory describing objects moving at any speed, even speeds approaching the speed of light; 3. thermodynamics, which deals with heat, work, temperature, and the statistical be- havior of systems with large numbers of particles; 4. electromagnetism, which is concerned with electricity, magnetism, and electro- magnetic fields; 5. optics, which is the study of the behavior of light and its interaction with materials; the submicroscopic level to macroscopic observations. The disciplines of mechanics and electromagnetism are basic to all other branches of classical physics (developed before 1900) and modern physics Today, classical mechanics is of vital importance to students from all disciplines. It is highly successful in describing the motions of different objects, such as planets, ■ P |