Physics and Modern Life: A Panoramic Overview of the Fundamental Science and Its Human Impact (Hardcover)

Chapter 1.Forces and Motion.- Chapter 2.Gravitational Forces.- Chapter 3.Work and Energy.- Chapter 4.Atoms and Hidden Energy.- Chapter 5.Human Use of Chemical Fuel.- Chapter 6.Electricity.- Chapter 7.Magnetism.- Chapter 8.Electromagnetism.- Chapter 9.Computers.- Chapter 10.Radioactivity.- Chapter 11.Nuclear Fission and Fusion.- Chapter 12.Waves.- Chapter 13.Light and Vision.- Chapter 14.The Electromagnetic Nature of Light.- Chapter 15.Telecommunication with Light.- Chapter 16.The Relativity of Time and Space.- Chapter 17.Gravity as Spacetime Curvature.- Chapter 18.The Quantum Revolution.- Chapter 19.Further Feats (and Frustrations) of Quantum Mechanics.- Chapter 20.Quantum-Mechanical Fields.