Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, a Polish-born Dutch physicist, maker of scientific instruments, and inventor of the alcohol and mercury thermometers, developed the F

Describes the scientists behind the two most commonly used temperature scales, and explains how their scientific research and innovations are still used today.

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, a Polish-born Dutch physicist, maker of scientific instruments, and inventor of the alcohol and mercury thermometers, developed the F

University Physics is designed for the two- or three-semester calculus-based physics course. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most