Physics II For Dummies®
Physics II For Dummies®
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About the Author
Steven Holzner taught Physics at Cornell University for more than a decade, teaching thousands of students. He’s the award-winning author of many books, including Physics For Dummies, Quantum Physics For Dummies, and Differential Equations For Dummies, plus For Dummies workbooks for all three titles. He did his undergraduate work at MIT and got his PhD from Cornell, and he has been on the faculty of both MIT and Cornell.
Dedication
To Nancy, of course.
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