Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the Universal Laws of Science
by Paul Fleisher Author
(From Amazon): Examines the laws of physics that govern the universe, covering such topics as planetary motion, Newton's three laws of motion, gravity, the behavior of gases, and quantum mechanics. Includes experiments and activities.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0689312660
- Print Status
- Out of Print
- Chapters
- 23
- Pages
- 214
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 9th
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Copyright
- 1987
Chapters
- 1 What is Natural Law?
- 2 Archimedes' Principle
- 3 Planetary Motion
- 4 Galileo's Laws of Motion
- 5 Newton's Three Laws of Motion
- 6 The Law of Universal Gravitation
- 7 Conservation of Momentum
- 8 Optics - The Laws of Light
- 9 The Law of Conservation of Matter
- 10 Pascal's Law
- 11 Boyle's and Charles's Law
- 12 Bernoulli's Principle
- 13 The Law of Definite Proportions and Gay-Lussac's Law
- 14 Mendeleev's Periodic Law
- 15 The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 16 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 17 Laws of Electromagnetism
- 18 Ohm's Law and Joule's Law
- 19 Relativity (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics)
- 20 Quantum Mechanics (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics)
- 21 Conservation of Mass/Energy (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics)
- 22 The Uncertainty Principle (Relativity and Quantum Mechanics)
- Appendix The Inverse Square Laws (Objects in Motion book)
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