R&L Education
Pages: 258
Trim: 8¾ x 11
978-1-57886-085-2 • Paperback • December 2003 • $71.00 • (£55.00)
978-1-4616-4812-3 • eBook • December 2003 • $67.50 • (£52.00)
Patricia Baggett has been professor of mathematical sciences at New Mexico State University since 1995. Andrzej Ehrenfeucht has been professor of computer science at the University of Colorado since 1973.
Chapter 1 Preface: An Old School Textbook in Physics
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Chapter 1 Lava, Trees, and Ostrich Eggs
Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Some Basic Physics Concepts
Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Stability of a Structure
Chapter 7 Chapter 4 Friction
Chapter 8 Chapter 5 Pulleys and Ramps
Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Moving Objects
Chapter 10 Chapter 7 Swinging Objects
Chapter 11 Chapter 8 Powered Flight
Chapter 12 Chapter 9 Magnetism and Electricity
Chapter 13 Chapter 10 Heat and Temperature
Chapter 14 Chapter 11 Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics
Chapter 15 Chapter 12 Light
Chapter 16 About the Authors
This book goes a long way toward answering and motivating students who wish to use mathematics to do something outside of mathematics before they undertake the more difficult task of understanding the discipline....these projects can provide excellent opportunities for extra work and can serve as a focus for mathematics and science club meetings.
— Mathematics Teacher