Physics for Scientists and Engineers : A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

by Knight, Randall D.

• ISBN13: 9780805327366
• ISBN10: 0805327363
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-04
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

KEY MESSAGE: As the most widely adopted new physics text in more than 50 years, Knightrs"sPhysics for Scientists and Engineerswas published to widespread critical acclaim from professors and students. In this eagerly awaited second edition, Knight builds on the research-proven instructional techniques he introduced, as well as national data of student performance, to take student learning even further. Knightrs"s unparalleled insight into student learning difficulties, and his impeccably skillful crafting of text and figures at every level from macro to micro to address these difficulties, results in a uniquely effective and accessible book, leading students to a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts and more proficient problem-solving skills. Building on an NSF-sponsored educational research program and input from tens of thousands of student users, the second edition refines and extends the pedagogical innovations that years of use has now shown to be effective. Unprecedented analysis of national student metadata has allowed every problem to be systematically enhanced for educational effectives, and to ensure problem sets of ideal topic coverage, balance of qualitative and quantitative problems, and range of difficulty and duration. Newton's Laws: Concepts of Motion bull; Kinematics in One Dimension bull; Vectors and Coordinate Systems bull; Kinematics in Two Dimensions bull; Force and Motion bull; Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line bull; Dynamics II: Interacting Objects bull; Dynamics III: Motion in a Plane Conservation Laws: Impulse and Momentum bull; Energy bull; Work Applications of Newtonian Mechanics: Rotation of a Rigid Body bull; Newton's Theory of Gravity bull; Oscillations bull; Fluids and Elasticity Thermodynamics: A Macroscopic Description of Matter bull; Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics bull; The Micro/Macro Connection bull; Heat Engines and Refrigerators Waves and Optics: Traveling Waves bull; Superposition bull; Wave Optics bull; Ray Optics bull; Optical Instruments bull; Modern Optics and Matter Waves Electricity and Magnetism: Electric Charges and Forces bull; The Electric Field bull; Gauss's Law bull; The Electric Potential bull; Potential and Field bull; Current and Conductivity bull; Fundamentals of Circuits bull; The Magnetic Field bull; Electromagnetic Induction bull; Electromagnetic Fields and Waves bull; AC Circuits Relativity and Quantum Physics: Relativity bull; The End of Classical Physics bull; Quantization bull; Wave Functions and Probabilities bull; One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics bull; Atomic Physics bull; Nuclear Physics MARKET: For all readers interested in leading students to a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts and more proficient problem-solving skills.

Author Biography

Randy Knight has taught introductory physics for 25 years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic University, where he is currently Professor of Physics and Director of the Minor in Environmental Studies. Randy received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. It was at Ohio State, under the mentorship of Professor Leonard Jossem, that he began to learn about the research in physics education that, many years later, led to Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching and this book. Randy’s research interests are in the field of lasers and spectroscopy. When he’s not in the classroom or in front of a computer, you can find Randy hiking, sea kayaking, playing the piano, or spending time with his wife Sally and their seven cats.

Table of Contents

Newton's Laws

Concepts of Motion

Kinematics in One Dimension

Vectors and Coordinate Systems

Kinematics in Two Dimensions

Force and Motion

Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line

Dynamics II: Interacting Objects

Dynamics III: Motion in a Plane

Conservation Laws

Impulse and Momentum

Energy

Work

Applications of Newtonian Mechanics

Rotation of a Rigid Body

Newton's Theory of Gravity

Oscillations

Fluids and Elasticity

Thermodynamics

A Macroscopic Description of Matter

Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics

The Micro/Macro Connection

Heat Engines and Refrigerators

Waves and Optics

Traveling Waves

Superposition

Wave Optics

Ray Optics

Optical Instruments

Modern Optics and Matter Waves

Electricity and Magnetism

Electric Charges and Forces

The Electric Field

Gauss's Law

The Electric Potential

Potential and Field

Current and Conductivity

Fundamentals of Circuits

The Magnetic Field

Electromagnetic Induction

Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

AC Circuits

Relativity and Quantum Physics

Relativity

The End of Classical Physics

Quantization

Wave Functions and Probabilities

One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics

Atomic Physics

Nuclear Physics

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