Environmental professionals who look beyond their specialties and acquire knowledge in a variety of sciences not only make solving on-the-job problems easier for themselves, but they also increase their employment opportunities. This fifth book in the "non-specialist" series provides both professionals and students with a clear, concise overview of the most important aspects of physics in a way that anyone, even those who have never taken a formal physics course, can relate to.

Measurement -- Force and motion -- Work, energy, and momentum -- Circular motions and gravity -- Atoms, molecules, and elements -- Thermal properties and states of matter -- Wave motion and sound -- Light and color -- Electricity.