Wondering About Physics: Using Spreadsheets to Find Out

By Dewey I. Dykstra Jr. and Robert G. Fuller

This companion to introductory physics books gives readers practice solving problems on a computer--almost any computer running almost any spreadsheet software will do. Your spreadsheet program must be able to do trig and inverse trig functions, and exponential and logarithmic (base e ) functions (graphing capability is a plus). Working through these investigations provides excellent 'professional' practice, yet no calculus is used. Contains 53 investigations, including freely falling objects, finding the center of mass, launching a rocket, the Doppler shift, Rutherford scattering, and relativistic speeds of electrons in a linear accelerator.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471631744
• ISBN13: 9780471631743
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 3.1"