TY - BOOK TI - McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of physics SN - 0-07-143955-2 AV - R QC 5 .M178c 2002 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Physics KW - sears N1 - Articles A-Z , Appendix : Bibliographies , Base units of the International system, Prefixes for units in the International System, Derived units of the International System, Some common units defined in terms of SI units , Conversion factors for the U.S.Customary System, metric system, and International System, Fundamental constants, The fundamental particles, Internal energy and generalized work, The 14 Bravais lattices, Dimensional formulas of optical materials, types of radioactivity, Principal spectral regions and fileds of spectroscopy, Defining fixed points of the International Temperature Scale, Primary thermometry methods, Biographical listing N2 - Contains explanations on Physics. Includes coverage of topics such as quantum mechanics, string theory, the big bang, subatomic particles, black holes, fiber optics, nanotechnology, and relativity ER -