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High School Physical Science, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Merchant, F. W.

 
9781330391013: High School Physical Science, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore the basics of motion, light, and energy with a clear, classroom-ready guide. This volume of High School Physical Science covers core topics like velocity, displacement, illumination, and the practical ways scientists measure and compare light and brightness.


Written for students and instructors, the text links definitions to real-world experiments and everyday phenomena. It blends foundational concepts with worked examples, exercises, and diagrams that reinforce understanding without assuming prior advanced study.



  • Definitions of motion, rest, displacement, and velocity, with units and simple calculations.

  • How light is measured, how illumination depends on distance, and how to compare light sources.

  • Introduction to photometry, shadow methods, and the inverse-square law through hands-on experiments.

  • Realistic explanations of reflection, mirrors, and basic optics to connect theory with observation.


Ideal for middle-to-upper high school readers and anyone building foundational physics knowledge using practical, experiment‑driven learning.

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