Advanced Physics Virtual Laboratory, Series

Alternative title: Interactive Laboratory, Series
Synopsis: CD-ROM programmes containing a wide range of interactive animated physics simulations and models. With audio commentary and step-by-step controls for individual learning.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; 3 CD-ROMs. PC Windows version only.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £127.65 (+VAT +p&p) set - single user
Documentation: Accompanying worksheets written by Dr Bob Gomersall and Dr John Beaman.
Uses: A-level and undergraduate physics.
Subjects: Physics
Keywords: mechanics; molecular physics; oscillations; thermodynamics; waves

Title: Mechanics
Synopsis: 1: Vector addition; relative motion; projectile motion; circular motion; momement of inertia; motion on incline; collision of elastic balls; elastic and inelastic collisions; rocket propulsion; Kepler's laws; Bernoulli's equation; motion with constant acc
Title: Thermodynamics and molecular physics
Synopsis: 2: Kinetic model of ideal gas; gas diffusion; semi-permeable membrane; Maxwell's distribution; Brownian motion; isobaric process; isochoric process; isothermal process; adiabatic process; specific heat of a gas; Carnot cycle; evaporation and condensation;
Title: Mechanical oscillations and waves
Synopsis: 3: Oscillations (linear and non-linear), simple harmonic motion, damped, driven and chaotic oscillations) and waves (wave types, linear and non-linear waves, harmonic waves, interference beats, standing waves resonance, Doppler effect, dispersion, sound,

Name: Moscow, Russia
Notes: PHYSICON is a team of physicists and teachers fro the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

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