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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.
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Designed for students and teachers who are partners in a one-year course in physics that uses algebra and trigonometry, this text is intended to help students develop conceptual understanding and use it in solving problems. Subject areas include mech anics, thermal physics, wave motion, electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and such modern fields as special relativity and nuclear physics. A CD-ROM contains interactive problem-solving software and numerous simulations of physical phenomena. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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