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  • Textbook
  • © 1998

Foundation Science for Engineers

Authors:

  1. Keith L. Watson
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  • Completely revised and reset
    Expanded coverage includes new topics: nucleus, structure of solids, ceramics, metals, polymers
    New appendix on calculation technique
    Includes worked examples and practice questions throughout

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Structure and Poperties of Matter

    1. Heat Transfer

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      Pages 163-173

    2. Gases

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      Pages 174-183

    3. Liquids

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      Pages 184-196

    4. Solids

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      Pages 197-205

    5. Structure of Solids

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      Pages 206-220

    6. The Nature of Ceramics

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      Pages 221-229

    7. The Nature of Metals

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      Pages 230-240

    8. The Nature of Polymers

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      Pages 241-255

  2. Electricity and Magnetism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 256-256
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    2. Electric Charge

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      Pages 256-260

    3. Electric Field

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      Pages 261-269

    4. Capacitance

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      Pages 270-278

    5. Electric Current

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      Pages 279-286

    6. Resistance

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      Pages 287-301

    7. Some Simple Circuits

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      Pages 302-315

    8. Magnetic Fields

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      Pages 316-323

    9. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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      Pages 324-332

    10. Magnetic Behaviour of Materials

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      Pages 333-337

    11. Alternating Current

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      Pages 338-346

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 347-383
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About this book

This book is intended primarily for students without science A-levels or the equivalent who are entering an engineering degree or Higher National Diploma course via a foundation year.

In this new edition the coverage has been extended to include five new topics: one deals with the nucleus, and the others extend the discussion of materials into the first year degree and diploma context. There is a new appendix on calculation technique.
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About the author

Dr KEITH WATSON lectures at the University of Portsmouth and has taught engineering and diploma students for more than twenty-five years. He has taught on the engineering foundation course at Portsmouth since its inception in 1988.
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