physics

Introduction:
This collection encompasses mechanics, thermal physics, electromagnetism, light and optics, modern physics

Questions for Inquiry:
What are the basic concepts and fundamental laws of physics? How can time travel be realized? How do extra dimensions impact our lives?

Keywords:
Astrophysics, Biophysics, Electricity, Electronics, Gases, Geophysics, Gravitation, Hydraulics, Hydrostics, Light, Liquids, Magnetism, Matter, Mechanics, Music - Acoustics and Physics, Nuclear Physics, Optics, Physical Chemistry, Pneumatics, Quantum Theory, Radiation, Radioactivity, Relativity, Solids, Sounds, Statics, Thermodynamics.

Subject Headings:
Mechanics, Thermal Physics, Electromagnetism, Light and Optics, Modern Physics.

Dewey Decimal Classification(s):
530 Physics 531 Classical Mechanics solid mechanics 532 Fluid Mechanics liquid mechanics 533 Gas mechanics 534 Sound & related vibration 535 Light & paraphotic phenomena 536 Heat 537 Electricity 538 Magnetism 539 Modern Physics

Reference:
Lide, David R., Editor-in-Chief. __CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics__, 87th Edition, 2006-2007. New York:Taylor and Francis, 2006.

__McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology__, 5th Edition. New York: Mc-Graw Hill, 2004.

Mitcham, Carl, Editor-in-Chief. __Encyclopedia of Science Technology and Ethics__. New York: Thomson Gale, 2005.

__Oxford Dictionary of Physics__, 5th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Penrose, Roger. __The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe__. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

Non-fiction:
Berlinski, David. __Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac Newton Unlocked the System of the World__. New York: The Free Press, 2000.

Bartusiak, Marcia. __Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time__. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 2000.

Christman, J. Richard. __Fundamentals of Physics: Student Solutions Manual__. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Feynman,Richard Phillips and Sands, Matthew L. __The Feynman lectures on Physics: Definitive and Extended Ed__. San Francisco: Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2006.

Feynman, Richard Phillips and Feynman, Richard Phillips. __Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem -Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics__. San Francisco: Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2006.

Feynman, Richard Phillips and Sands, Matthew L. __Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics, Explained by its most Brilliant Teacher__. New York: Basic Books, 2005.

Gibilisco, Stan. __Advanced Physics Demystified__. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Greene, Brian. __The Elegant Universe__. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999.

Lindley, David. __Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science__. New York: Anchor Books, 2007.

Randall, Lisa. __Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions__. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.

Segre, Gino. __Faust in Copehagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics__. New York: Viking, 2007.

Toomey, David. __The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics__. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.

Weiner, Adam. __Don't Try This at Home: The Physics of Hollywood Movies__. New York: Kaplan, 2007.

Zweibach, Barton. __A First Course in String Theory__. New York: Cambridge UP, 2004.

Fiction:
Abbott, Edwin A. __Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions__. New York,New American Library, 1984.

Card, Orson Scott. __Ender's Game__. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2002.

Clarke, Arthur C. __Fountains of Paradise__. New York: Warner Books, 2001

Clarke, Arthur C. __3001: The Final Odyssey__. New York: The Random House Publishing Group, 1997.

Turtledove, Harry, with Martin H. Greenberg. __The Best Time Travel Sories of the 20th Century__. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005.

• Online:
//American Scientist// homepage http://www.amsci.org/amsci/subject/subject.html //Discover// [|http://www.discovermagazine.com] //Physics Today// Online [|http://www.aip.org/]

//Science Magazine// Online [|http://www.sciencemag.org] //Scientific American// [|http://www.sciam.com]

Databases:
Physics-related Free- Access Journals http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/journals.html //Science Direct (Library web page) offers over 1,100 journals with 2 million abstracts.//

Web Sites:

 * __Physics 2000__ "an interactive journey through modern physics" http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl**

Scrarirus [|http://www.scirus.com]

Videos/DVDs:
__A Life of Time: Physics and Chonology__. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001.

__The Best of Conceptual Physics Alive by Paul Hewitt__. Arbor Scientific, 2004.

CDs:
Carlson, Shawn, Editor. From the Archives of Scientific American: The Amateur Scientist__.(2 CDs). Menlo Park, CA: Tinker's Guild, 2000.__ Physikus__.Germany: Klett, 1999.__

EdVideo:
Physics: The Standard Deviants Core Curriculum (4 videodiscs including teacher's guide) Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2002.

Community Resources:
American Museum of Natural History, The Rose Center, 79th Street & Central Park West [|http://www.amnh.org]

The New York Public Library [|http://www.nypl.org]: The Research Libraries: Humanities and Social Sciences Library, 5th Avenue & 42nd Street

Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue (34th Street)

Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic: New York State Learning Standard 4 Science Physical Setting
3. Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity. 5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion. 4. Energy exists in many forms and when these forms change energy is conserved.