Physics for Scientists & Engineers

by SERWAY

• ISBN13: 9780030059322
• ISBN10: 0030059321
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-04
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

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Table of Contents

Part I Mechanics	1	(452)
1. Physics and Measurement	3	(20)
2. Motion in One Dimension	23	(30)
3. Vectors	53	(18)
4. Motion in Two Dimensions	71	(33)
5. The Laws of Motion	104	(40)
6. Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws	144	(27)
7. Work and Energy	171	(31)
8. Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	202	(33)
9. Linear Momentum and Collisions	235	(41)
10. Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis	276	(30)
11. Rolling Motion, Angular Momentum, and Torque	306	(31)
12. Static Equilibrium and Elasticity	337	(23)
13. Oscillatory Motion	360	(31)
14. The Law of Gravity	391	(30)
15. Fluid Mechanics	421	(32)
Part II Mechanical Waves	453	(76)
16. Wave Motion	454	(25)
17. Sound Waves	479	(20)
18. Superposition and Standing Waves	499	(30)
Part III Thermodynamics	529	(118)
19. Temperature	531	(20)
20. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics	551	(35)
21. The Kinetic Theory of Gases	586	(29)
22. Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	615	(32)
Part IV Electricity and Magnetism	647	(373)
23. Electric Fields	649	(35)
24. Gauss's Law	684	(23)
25. Electric Potential	707	(34)
26. Capacitance and Dielectrics	741	(31)
27. Current and Resistance	772	(25)
28. Direct Current Circuits	797	(35)
29. Magnetic Fields	832	(32)
30. Sources of the Magnetic Field	864	(41)
31. Faraday's Law	905	(34)
32. Inductance	939	(25)
33. Alternating Current Circuits	964	(30)
34. Electromagnetic Waves	994	(26)
Part V Light and Optics	1020	(126)
35. The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics	1023	(29)
36. Geometric Optics	1052	(39)
37. Interference of Light Waves	1091	(26)
38. Diffraction and Polarization	1117	(29)
Part VI Modern Physics	1146
39. Relativity	1147
Appendices	A.1
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	A.43
Index	I.1