Essential University Physics Volume 2

by Wolfson, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780805338386
• ISBN10: 0805338381
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

Richard Wolfson's Essential University Physics is a concise, strategic, and progressive calculus-based physics text-book 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

PART FOUR Electromagnetism	327	(202)
Electric Charge, Force, and Field	328	(19)
Electric Charge	328	(1)
Coulomb's Law	329	(3)
The Electric Field	332	(2)
Fields of Charge Distributions	334	(4)
Matter in Electric Fields	338	(9)
Gauss's Law	347	(20)
Electric Field Lines	347	(2)
Electric Flux and Field	349	(2)
Gauss's Law	351	(1)
Using Gauss's Law	352	(6)
Fields of Arbitrary Charge Distributions	358	(1)
Gauss's Law and Conductors	359	(8)
Electric Potential	367	(17)
Electric Potential Difference	367	(3)
Calculating Potential Difference	370	(6)
Potential Difference and the Electric Field	376	(2)
Charged Conductors	378	(6)
Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors	384	(14)
Electrostatic Energy	385	(1)
Capacitors	385	(2)
Using Capacitors	387	(4)
Energy in the Electric Field	391	(7)
Electric Current	398	(17)
Electric Current	398	(2)
Conduction Mechanisms	400	(5)
Resistance and Ohm's Law	405	(2)
Electric Power	407	(1)
Electrical Safety	408	(7)
Electric Circuits	415	(21)
Circuits, Symbols, and Electromotive Force	415	(2)
Series and Parallel Resistors	417	(6)
Kirchhoff's Laws and Multiloop Circuits	423	(2)
Electrical Measurements	425	(1)
Capacitors in Circuits	426	(10)
Magnetism: Force and Field	436	(28)
What Is Magnetism?	436	(1)
Magnetic Force and Field	437	(1)
Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields	438	(3)
The Magnetic Force on a Current	441	(1)
Origin of the Magnetic Field	442	(4)
Magnetic Dipoles	446	(3)
Magnetic Matter	449	(2)
Ampere's Law	451	(13)
Electromagnetic Induction	464	(25)
Induced Currents	464	(2)
Faraday's Law	466	(3)
Induction and Energy	469	(5)
Inductance	474	(5)
Magnetic Energy	479	(2)
Induced Electric Fields	481	(8)
Alternating-Current Circuits	489	(19)
Alternating Current	489	(1)
Circuit Elements in AC Circuits	490	(5)
LC Circuits	495	(2)
Driven RLC Circuits and Resonance	497	(3)
Power in AC Circuits	500	(1)
Transformers and Power Supplies	500	(8)
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves	508	(21)
The Four Laws of Electromagnetism	509	(1)
Ambiguity in Ampere's Law	509	(2)
Maxwell's Equations	511	(1)
Electromagnetic Waves	512	(3)
Properties of Electromagnetic Waves	515	(4)
The Electromagnetic Spectrum	519	(1)
Producing Electromagnetic Waves	520	(1)
Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves	521	(8)
PART FIVE Optics	529	(56)
Reflection and Refraction	530	(12)
Reflection	530	(2)
Refraction	532	(2)
Total Internal Reflection	534	(2)
Dispersion	536	(6)
Images and Optical Instruments	542	(21)
Images with Mirrors	543	(5)
Images with Lenses	548	(3)
Refraction in Lenses: The Details	551	(3)
Optical Instruments	554	(9)
Interference and Diffraction	563	(22)
Coherence and Interference	563	(2)
Double-Slit Interference	565	(2)
Multiple-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings	567	(3)
Interferometry	570	(3)
Huygens' Principle and Diffraction	573	(4)
The Diffraction Limit	577	(8)
PART SIX Modern Physics	585
Relativity	586	(23)
Speed c Relative to What?	587	(1)
Matter, Motion, and the Ether	587	(2)
Special Relativity	589	(1)
Space and Time in Relativity	590	(5)
Simultaneity Is Relative	595	(1)
The Lorentz Transformations	596	(3)
Energy and Momentum in Relativity	599	(3)
Electromagnetism and Relativity	602	(2)
General Relativity	604	(5)
Particles and Waves	609	(20)
Toward Quantum Theory	609	(1)
Blackbody Radiation	610	(3)
Photons	613	(3)
Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Atom	616	(3)
Matter Waves	619	(2)
The Uncertainty Principle	621	(3)
Complementarity	624	(5)
Quantum Mechanics	629	(17)
Particles, Waves, and Probability	630	(1)
The Schrodinger Equation	631	(2)
Particles and Potentials	633	(7)
Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions	640	(1)
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics	641	(5)
Atomic Physics	646	(20)
The Hydrogen Atom	646	(5)
Electron Spin	651	(3)
The Exclusion Principle	654	(1)
Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table	655	(3)
Transitions and Atomic Spectra	658	(8)
Molecules and Solids	666	(18)
Molecular Bonding	666	(2)
Molecular Energy Levels	668	(3)
Solids	671	(6)
Superconductivity	677	(7)
Nuclear Physics	684	(25)
Elements, Isotopes, and Nuclear Structure	684	(5)
Radioactivity	689	(6)
Binding Energy and Nucleosynthesis	695	(2)
Nuclear Fission	697	(5)
Nuclear Fusion	702	(7)
From Quarks to the Cosmos	709
Particles and Forces	709	(1)
Particles and More Particles	710	(4)
Quarks and the Standard Model	714	(3)
Unification	717	(2)
The Evolving Universe	719
APPENDICES
Appendix A Mathematics	1	(8)
Appendix B The International System of Units (SI)	9	(2)
Appendix C Conversion Factors	11	(2)
Appendix D The Elements	13	(3)
Appendix E Astrophysical Data	16	(1)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems	17
Credits	1	(1)
Index	1