Product Description

Describes applications in medicine, automobile features, transportation, home entertainment, athletics, household applications, information processing, detection devices, camera technology, and many more.
* Contains numerous discussions and examples that focus on human physiology, including muscle forces, blood pressure, the refraction of light by the eye, and many others.

Product Details

• Published on: 1997-12-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 364 pages

From the Publisher
This algebra-based physics book uses conceptual examples to give readers explicit models for applying physics principles in a conceptual context and as a guide when solving problems. Discusses such topics as Gauss' Law, holography and medical imaging techniques. Six fresh, high-interest essays discuss mysteries that physics principles have helped solve.