Stan Gibilisco is a professional technical writer who specializes in books on electronics and science topics. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Electronics, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics, as well as over 20 other technical books. His published works have won numerous awards. The Encyclopedia of Electronics was chosen a "Best Reference Book of the 1980s" by the American Library Association, which also named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference of 1996."
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How to Use This Book
Part I: Classical Physics
Chapter 0. Review of Scientific Notation
Chapter 1. Units and Constants
Chapter 2. Mass, Force, and Motion
Chapter 3. Momentum, Work, Energy, and Power
Chapter 4. Particles of Matter
Chapter 5. Basic States of Matter
Chapter 6. Temperature, Pressure, and Changes of State
Test: Part I
Part II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Electronics
Chapter 7. Direct Current
Chapter 8. Alternating Current
Chapter 9. Magnetism
Chapter 10. More About Alternating Current
Chapter 11. Semiconductors
Test: Part II
Part III: Waves, Particles, Space, and Time
Chapter 12. Wave Phenomena
Chapter 13. Forms of Radiation
Chapter 14. Optics
Chapter 15. Relativity Theory
Test: Part III
Final Exam
Answers to Quizzes, Tests, and Final Exam
Suggested Additional Reading
Index
