TY - BOOK AU - Ernest M Henley AU - Dash, J Gregory TI - Physics around us: how and why things work SN - 9789814350631 U1 - 530 PY - 2012/// CY - New Jersey PB - World Scientific KW - Physics N1 - This book is suitable for a first year, non-calculus physics course. It covers mechanics, fluids, gravitation, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics, including atoms, an introduction to quantum mechanics, special relativity, and nuclear and particle physics. Trigonometric functions and vectors are introduced as needed ER -