Physics for Technology, Second Edition

This text provides an introduction to the important physics underpinning current technologies, highlighting key concepts in areas that include linear and rotational motion, energy, work, power, heat, temperature, fluids, waves, and magnetism. This revision reflects the latest technology advances, from smart phones to the Internet of Things, and all kinds of sensors. The author also provides more modern worked examples with useful appendices and laboratories for hands-on practice. There are also two brand new chapters covering sensors as well as electric fields and electromagnetic radiation as applied to current technologies.

Daniel H. Nichols is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Alaska Anchorage Matanuska-Susitna College in Palmer Alaska. He has a PhD in physics from Temple University and has been teaching physics and electronics for more than twenty years. He is the author of two books, one on Physics and the other on Programmable Logic Control. When not teaching he is designing and building robots.