Essential University Physics Volume 1

by Wolfson, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780805338294
• ISBN10: 0805338292
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-12
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

Richard Wolfson's Essential University Physics is a concise, strategic, and progressive calculus-based physics textbook that provides clear writing, teaches sound problem-solving skills, emphasizes conceptual understanding, and connects physics to the real world. At half the length of and lower priced than other physics texts, Essential University Physics was created with you, the busy student, in mind. Informed by the latest educational research, the text's strategic problem-solving approach will help you develop confidence and skill in systematically setting up and successfully solving physics problems. The progressive pedagogy builds solid conceptual understanding to help you grasp the ideas behind the equations, and exceptionally wide-ranging real-world applications illustrate physics in cutting-edge technologies and everyday life. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Volume 1 contains chapters 1-19
Volume 2 contains chapters 20-39
Doing Physics	p. 1
Realms of Physics	p. 1
Measurements and Units	p. 2
Working with Numbers	p. 5
Strategies for Learning Physics	p. 7
Mechanics	p. 13
Motion in a Straight Line	p. 14
Average Motion	p. 14
Instantaneous Velocity	p. 16
Acceleration	p. 19
Constant Acceleration	p. 20
The Acceleration of Gravity	p. 23
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions	p. 31
Vectors	p. 31
Velocity and Acceleration Vectors	p. 34
Relative Motion	p. 35
Constant Acceleration	p. 36
Projectile Motion	p. 38
Uniform Circular Motion	p. 42
Force and Motion	p. 49
The Wrong Question	p. 49
Newton's First and Second Laws	p. 50
Forces	p. 54
The Force of Gravity	p. 55
Using Newton's Second Law	p. 56
Newton's Third Law	p. 58
Using Newton's Laws	p. 67
Using Newton's Second Law	p. 67
Multiple Objects	p. 70
Circular Motion	p. 73
Friction	p. 76
Drag Forces	p. 80
Work, Energy, and Power	p. 86
Work	p. 87
Forces That Vary	p. 89
Kinetic Energy	p. 93
Power	p. 95
Conservation of Energy	p. 102
Conservative and Nonconservative Forces	p. 103
Potential Energy	p. 104
Conservation of Mechanical Energy	p. 107
Potential-Energy Curves	p. 110
Gravity	p. 118
Toward a Law of Gravity	p. 119
Universal Gravitation	p. 119
Orbital Motion	p. 121
Gravitational Energy	p. 123
The Gravitational Field	p. 126
Systems of Particles	p. 132
Center of Mass	p. 132
Momentum	p. 137
Kinetic Energy of a System	p. 141
Collisions	p. 142
Totally Inelastic Collisions	p. 143
Elastic Collisions	p. 145
Rotational Motion	p. 155
Angular Velocity and Acceleration	p. 156
Torque	p. 158
Rotational Inertia and the Analog of Newton's Law	p. 160
Rotational Energy	p. 165
Rolling Motion	p. 167
Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum	p. 174
Angular Velocity and Acceleration Vectors	p. 174
Torque and the Vector Cross Product	p. 175
Angular Momentum	p. 177
Conservation of Angular Momentum	p. 178
Gyroscopes and Precession	p. 180
Static Equilibrium	p. 186
Conditions for Equilibrium	p. 186
Center of Gravity	p. 188
Examples of Static Equilibrium	p. 188
Stability	p. 191
Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids	p. 203
Oscillatory Motion	p. 204
Describing Oscillatory Motion	p. 205
Simple Harmonic Motion	p. 206
Applications of Simple Harmonic Motion	p. 209
Circular and Harmonic Motion	p. 212
Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion	p. 213
Damped Harmonic Motion	p. 214
Driven Oscillations and Resonance	p. 215
Wave Motion	p. 222
Waves and Their Properties	p. 222
Wave Math	p. 224
Waves on a String	p. 225
Sound Waves	p. 228
Interference	p. 229
Reflection and Refraction	p. 232
Standing Waves	p. 234
The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves	p. 236
Fluid Motion	p. 243
Density and Pressure	p. 243
Hydrostatic Equilibrium	p. 244
Archimedes' Principle and Buoyancy	p. 247
Fluid Dynamics	p. 248
Applications of Fluid Dynamics	p. 250
Viscosity and Turbulence	p. 254
Thermodynamics	p. 261
Temperature and Heat	p. 262
Heat, Temperature, and Thermodynamic Equilibrium	p. 263
Heat Capacity and Specific Heat	p. 264
Heat Transfer	p. 266
Thermal-Energy Balance	p. 271
The Thermal Behavior of Matter	p. 279
Gases	p. 279
Phase Changes	p. 283
Thermal Expansion	p. 286
Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 292
The First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 292
Thermodynamic Processes	p. 294
Specific Heats of an Ideal Gas	p. 301
The Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 309
Reversibility and Irreversibility	p. 310
The Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 310
Applications of the Second Law	p. 314
Entropy and Energy Quality	p. 317
Electromagnetism	p. 327
Electric Charge, Force, and Field	p. 328
Electric Charge	p. 328
Coulomb's Law	p. 329
The Electric Field	p. 332
Fields of Charge Distributions	p. 334
Matter in Electric Fields	p. 338
Gauss's Law	p. 347
Electric Field Lines	p. 347
Electric Flux and Field	p. 349
Gauss's Law	p. 351
Using Gauss's Law	p. 352
Fields of Arbitrary Charge Distributions	p. 358
Gauss's Law and Conductors	p. 359
Electric Potential	p. 367
Electric Potential Difference	p. 367
Calculating Potential Difference	p. 370
Potential Difference and the Electric Field	p. 376
Charged Conductors	p. 378
Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors	p. 384
Electrostatic Energy	p. 385
Capacitors	p. 385
Using Capacitors	p. 387
Energy in the Electric Field	p. 391
Electric Current	p. 398
Electric Current	p. 398
Conduction Mechanisms	p. 400
Resistance and Ohm's Law	p. 405
Electric Power	p. 407
Electrical Safety	p. 408
Electric Circuits	p. 415
Circuits, Symbols, and Electromotive Force	p. 415
Series and Parallel Resistors	p. 417
Kirchhoff's Laws and Multiloop Circuits	p. 423
Electrical Measurements	p. 425
Capacitors in Circuits	p. 426
Magnetism: Force and Field	p. 436
What Is Magnetism?	p. 436
Magnetic Force and Field	p. 437
Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields	p. 438
The Magnetic Force on a Current	p. 441
Origin of the Magnetic Field	p. 442
Magnetic Dipoles	p. 446
Magnetic Matter	p. 449
Ampere's Law	p. 451
Electromagnetic Induction	p. 464
Induced Currents	p. 464
Faraday's Law	p. 466
Induction and Energy	p. 469
Inductance	p. 474
Magnetic Energy	p. 479
Induced Electric Fields	p. 481
Alternating-Current Circuits	p. 489
Alternating Current	p. 489
Circuit Elements in AC Circuits	p. 490
LC Circuits	p. 495
Driven RLC Circuits and Resonance	p. 497
Power in AC Circuits	p. 500
Transformers and Power Supplies	p. 500
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves	p. 508
The Four Laws of Electromagnetism	p. 509
Ambiguity in Ampere's Law	p. 509
Maxwell's Equations	p. 511
Electromagnetic Waves	p. 512
Properties of Electromagnetic Waves	p. 515
The Electromagnetic Spectrum	p. 519
Producing Electromagnetic Waves	p. 520
Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves	p. 521
Optics	p. 529
Reflection and Refraction	p. 530
Reflection	p. 530
Refraction	p. 532
Total Internal Reflection	p. 534
Dispersion	p. 536
Images and Optical Instruments	p. 542
Images with Mirrors	p. 543
Images with Lenses	p. 548
Refraction in Lenses: The Details	p. 551
Optical Instruments	p. 554
Interference and Diffraction	p. 563
Coherence and Interference	p. 563
Double-Slit Interference	p. 565
Multiple-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings	p. 567
Interferometry	p. 570
Huygens' Principle and Diffraction	p. 573
The Diffraction Limit	p. 577
Modern Physics	p. 585
Relativity	p. 586
Speed c Relative to What?	p. 587
Matter, Motion, and the Ether	p. 587
Special Relativity	p. 589
Space and Time in Relativity	p. 590
Simultaneity Is Relative	p. 595
The Lorentz Trasformations	p. 596
Energy and Momentum in Relativity	p. 599
Electromagnetism and Relativity	p. 602
General Relativity	p. 604
Particles and Waves	p. 609
Toward Quantum Theory	p. 609
Blackbody Radiation	p. 610
Photons	p. 613
Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Atom	p. 616
Matter Waves	p. 619
The Uncertainty Principle	p. 621
Complementarity	p. 624
Quantum Mechanics	p. 629
Particles, Waves, and Probability	p. 630
The Schrodinger Equation	p. 631
Particles and Potentials	p. 633
Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions	p. 640
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics	p. 641
Atomic Physics	p. 646
The Hydrogen Atom	p. 646
Electron Spin	p. 651
The Exclusion Principle	p. 654
Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table	p. 655
Transitions and Atomic Spectra	p. 658
Molecules and Solids	p. 666
Molecular Bonding	p. 666
Molecular Energy Levels	p. 668
Solids	p. 671
Superconductivity	p. 677
Nuclear Physics	p. 684
Elements, Isotopes, and Nuclear Structure	p. 684
Radioactivity	p. 689
Binding Energy and Nucleosynthesis	p. 695
Nuclear Fission	p. 697
Nuclear Fusion	p. 702
From Quarks to the Cosmos	p. 709
Particles and Forces	p. 709
Particles and More Particles	p. 710
Quarks and the Standard Model	p. 714
Unification	p. 717
The Evolving Universe	p. 719
Appendices
Mathematics	p. A-1
The International System of Units (SI)	p. A-9
Conversion Factors	p. A-11
The Elements	p. A-13
Astrophysical Data	p. A-16
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems	p. A-17
Credits	p. C-1
Index	p. I-1
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