Physics 2: HSC Course
Author(s): Michael Andriessen
The third edition of Physics 2 HSC Course has been revised and updated to meet all the requirements of the amended Stage 6 Physics Syllabus for Year 12 students in New South Wales. Written by a team of experienced Physics teachers, this text offers a complete resource with coverage of the core modules as well as three option modules: Quanta to Quarks, Astrophysics and Medical Physics. An additional option topic, The Age of Silicon, is available online. KEY FEATURES ? Full colour, high quality illustrations that enhance students' understanding of physics concepts ? Clearly written explanations and sample problems ? Key terms highlighted and defined within chapters and in a complete glossary ? Interest boxes focusing on up-to-date information, current research, issues and developments ? Practical activities at the end of each chapter to support the syllabus investigations ? Chapter reviews that provide a range of problem-solving and descriptive questions Physics 2 HSC Course 3E & eBookPLUS is a hard copy of the student text, accompanied by eBookPLUS - an electronic version of the student textbook as well as a complementary set of targeted digital resources. These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available to you online at the JacarandaPLUS website (
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Chapter 1: Earth's Gravitational Field Chapter 2: Launching Into Space Chapter 3: Orbiting and Re-Entry Chapter 4: Gravity in the Solar System Chapter 5: Space and Time Chapter 6: The Motor Effect and Dc Electric Motors Chapter 7: Generating Electricity Chapter 8: Generators and Power Chapter 9: Ac Electric Motors Chapter 10: Cathode Rays and the Development of Television Chapter 11: The Photoelectric Effect and Black Body Radiation Chapter 12: The Development and Application of Transistors Chapter 13: Superconductivity Chapter 14: Looking and Seeing Chapter 15: Astronomical Measurement Chapter 16: Binaries and Variables Chapter 17: Star Lives Chapter 18: The Use of Ultrasound in Medicine Chapter 19: Electromagnetic Radiation as a Diagnostic Tool Chapter 20: Radioactivity as a Diagnostic Tool Chapter 21: Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool Chapter 22: The Atomic Models of Rutherford and Bohr Chapter 23: Development of Quantum Mechanics Chapter 24: Probing the Nucleus Chapter 25: Nuclear Fission and other uses of Nuclear Physics Chapter 26: Quarks and the Standard Model of Particle
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- : John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd.
- : Jacaranda Wiley, Australia
- : Contains Electronic book text
- : 0.001
- : 01 August 2008
- : 281mm X 216mm X 20mm
- : Australia
- : books
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- : Michael Andriessen
- : Paperback
- : 3rd Revised edition
- : 560