CONTEMP COLLEGE PHYSICS (2001 UPDATE)

by JONES

• ISBN13: 9780072399110
• ISBN10: 0072399112
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: MCG

Table of Contents

Measurement, Models, and Analysis	1	(25)
Measurements and Models	2	(5)
Back to the Future: Echoes of the Big Bang	6	(1)
Units and Standards of Measurement	7	(4)
Unit Conversions	11	(1)
Measurements, Calculations, and Uncertainties	12	(3)
Estimates and Order-of-Magnitude Calculations	15	(3)
How to Study Physics	18	(1)
Problem Solving	19	(6)
Motion in One Dimension	25	(38)
Reference Frames, Coordinate Systems, and Displacement	26	(3)
Average Speed and Average Velocity	29	(4)
Graphical Interpretation of Velocity	33	(3)
Instantaneous Velocity	36	(4)
Acceleration	40	(4)
Motion with Constant Acceleration	44	(4)
Galileo and Free Fall	48	(15)
Back to the Future: Galileo and Experimental Science	53	(9)
Appendix: Solving Quadratic Equations	62	(1)
Motion in Two Dimensions	63	(33)
Vectors	64	(1)
Addition of Vectors	65	(3)
Resolution of Vectors	68	(4)
Relative Velocity in One Dimension	72	(1)
Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions	73	(5)
Kinematics in Two Dimensions	78	(3)
Projectile Motion	81	(15)
Appendix: Review of Trigonometry	94	(2)
Force and Motion	96	(49)
Events Leading to Newton's Principia	97	(1)
What Is a Force?	98	(5)
Back to the Future: The Writing of the Principia	99	(4)
Newton's First Law---Inertia	103	(2)
Newton's Second Law	105	(4)
Weight	109	(3)
Newton's Third Law	112	(4)
Some Applications of Newton's Laws	116	(7)
Friction	123	(5)
Physics in Practice: The Friction of Automobile Tires	127	(1)
Static Equilibrium	128	(4)
The Laws of Motion as a Whole	132	(13)
Appendix: Solving Simultaneous Equations	143	(2)
Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation	145	(31)
Uniform Circular Motion	146	(6)
Force Needed for Circular Motion	152	(5)
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion	157	(3)
The Law of Universal Gravitation	160	(4)
Back to the Future: Johannes Kepler	161	(3)
The Universal Gravitational Constant G	164	(2)
Gravitational Field Strength	166	(10)
Back to the Future: Henry Cavendish and the Density of the Earth	167	(9)
Work and Energy	176	(34)
Work	177	(2)
Work Done by a Varying Force	179	(2)
Energy	181	(1)
Kinetic Energy	182	(3)
Potential Energy	185	(4)
Conservation of Mechanical Energy	189	(8)
Energy Conservation with Nonconservative Forces	197	(2)
Power	199	(11)
Physics in Practice: Human Energy	202	(8)
Linear Momentum	210	(24)
Linear Momentum	211	(1)
Impulse	211	(3)
Newton's Laws and the Conservation of Momentum	214	(2)
Conservation of Momentum in One-Dimensional Collisions	216	(5)
Conservation of Momentum in Two- and Three-Dimensional Collisions	221	(4)
Changing Mass	225	(9)
Applying the Conservation Laws	234	(29)
Definition of Elastic Collisions	235	(1)
Elastic Collisions in One Dimension	236	(6)
Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions	242	(3)
General Form of Gravitational Potential Energy	245	(5)
Physics in Practice: Symmetry and Conservation Laws	246	(4)
Motion in a Gravitational Potential	250	(2)
Escape Speed	252	(11)
Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion	263	(44)
Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration	264	(3)
Rotational Kinematics	267	(2)
Torque	269	(3)
Static Equilibrium	272	(6)
Elasticity: Stress and Strain	278	(4)
Physics in Practice: Bridges	280	(2)
Torque and Moment of Inertia	282	(4)
Angular Momentum	286	(1)
Conservation of Angular Momentum	287	(4)
Rotational Kinetic Energy	291	(2)
Conservation of Energy: Translations and Rotations	293	(14)
Physics in Practice: The Earth, the Moon, and the Tides	296	(11)
Fluids	307	(37)
Hydrostatic Pressure	308	(4)
Pascal's Principle	312	(3)
Archimedes' Principle	315	(5)
Physics in Practice: Measuring Blood Pressure	316	(4)
Surface Tension	320	(2)
Fluid Flow: Streamlines and the Equation of Continuity	322	(2)
Physics in Practice: Surface Tension and the Lungs	323	(1)
Bernoulli's Equation	324	(3)
Viscosity and Poiseuille's Law	327	(2)
Stoke's Law and Terminal Speed	329	(4)
Physics in Practice: How Airplanes Fly	330	(3)
Turbulent Flow	333	(11)
Thermal Physics	344	(29)
Temperature and States of Matter	345	(1)
Thermometry	346	(4)
Back to the Future: Fahrenheit's Thermometer	349	(1)
Thermal Expansion	350	(4)
The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat	354	(2)
Calorimetry	356	(4)
Change of Phase	360	(3)
Heat Transfer	363	(10)
Gas Laws and Kinetic Theory	373	(30)
The Pressure of Air	374	(2)
Boyle's Law	376	(3)
Back to the Future: Gas Laws and Balloons	378	(1)
The Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac	379	(2)
The Ideal Gas Law	381	(3)
The Kinetic Theory of Gases	384	(4)
The Kinetic-Theory Definition of Temperature	388	(1)
Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas	389	(1)
The Barometric Formula and the Distribution of Molecular Speeds	390	(13)
Appendix: The Exponential Function	400	(3)
Thermodynamics	403	(31)
Thermal Equilibrium	404	(1)
The First Law of Thermodynamics	405	(5)
The Carnot Cycle and the Efficiency of Engines	410	(7)
Physics in Practice: Gasoline Engines	416	(1)
Refrigerators and Heat Pumps	417	(4)
The Second Law of Thermodynamics	421	(1)
Entropy and the Second Law	422	(4)
Energy and Thermal Pollution	426	(8)
Periodic Motion	434	(29)
Hooke's Law	435	(3)
The Simple Harmonic Oscillator	438	(4)
Energy of a Harmonic Oscillator	442	(2)
Period of a Harmonic Oscillator	444	(3)
The Simple Pendulum	447	(2)
Damped Harmonic Motion	449	(4)
Physics in Practice: Walking and Running	450	(3)
Forced Harmonic Motion and Resonance	453	(10)
Waves and Sound	463	(32)
Pulses on a Rope	464	(1)
Harmonic Waves	465	(2)
Energy and Information Transfer by Waves	467	(1)
Sound Waves	468	(4)
Measuring Sound Levels	472	(2)
The Doppler Effect	474	(4)
Physics in Practice: Room Acoustics	475	(3)
Formation of a Shock Wave	478	(1)
Reflection of a Wave Pulse	479	(1)
Standing Waves on a String	480	(6)
Waves in a Vibrating Column of Air	486	(1)
Beats	487	(8)
Physics in Practice: Hearing and the Ear	488	(7)
Electric Charge and Electric Field	495	(31)
Electric Charge	496	(3)
Coulomb's Law	499	(4)
Superposition of Electric Forces	503	(2)
The Electric Field	505	(3)
Superposition of Electric Fields	508	(2)
Electric Flux and Gauss's Law	510	(3)
A Quantitative Approach to Gauss's Law	513	(3)
The Electric Dipole	516	(10)
Physics in Practice: Dipoles and Microwave Ovens	519	(7)
Electric Potential and Capacitance	526	(31)
Electric Potential	527	(6)
The Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator	533	(2)
The Electron Volt	535	(1)
Equipotential Surfaces	536	(3)
Back to the Future: The Leyden Jar and Franklin's Kite	538	(1)
Capacitors	539	(1)
The Parallel-Plate Capacitor	540	(2)
Electric Field of a Parallel-Plate Capacitor	542	(3)
Dielectrics	545	(3)
Energy Storage in a Capacitor	548	(9)
Electric Current and Resistance	557	(37)
Electric Current and Electromotive Force	558	(3)
Electric Resistance and Ohm's Law	561	(2)
Resistivity	563	(2)
Power and Energy in Electric Circuits	565	(6)
Physics in Practice: Superconductivity	566	(5)
Short Circuits and Open Circuits	571	(1)
Kirchhoff's Rules and Simple Resistive Circuits	572	(4)
Applications of Kirchhoff's Rules	576	(2)
Capacitors in Combination	578	(3)
Internal Resistance of a Battery	581	(2)
Home Power Distribution	583	(11)
Physics in Practice: Electric Shock	586	(8)
Magnetism	594	(34)
Magnets and Magnetic Fields	595	(2)
Oersted's Discovery: Electric Current Produces Magnetism	597	(5)
Physics in Practice: Magnetic Resonance Imaging	601	(1)
Magnetic Forces on Electric Currents	602	(1)
Magnetic Forces on Moving Charged Particles	603	(4)
The Cyclotron	607	(2)
Magnetic Field Due to a Current-Carrying Wire	609	(3)
Torque on a Current Loop	612	(2)
Galvanometers, Ammeters, and Voltmeters	614	(2)
Ampere's Law	616	(2)
Magnetic Materials	618	(10)
Electromagnetic Induction	628	(33)
Faraday's Law	629	(4)
Motional Emf	633	(2)
Generators and Motors	635	(5)
The Transformer	640	(2)
Inductance	642	(2)
Energy Storage in a Magnetic Field	644	(1)
The Experimental Laws of Electromagnetism	645	(2)
Maxwell's Equations	647	(3)
Physics in Practice: Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy	649	(1)
Electromagnetic Waves	650	(11)
Alternating-Current Circuits	661	(22)
The RL Circuit	662	(2)
The RC Circuit	664	(3)
Effective Values of Alternating Current	667	(3)
Physics in Practice: Electrocardiography	669	(1)
Reactance	670	(3)
The RLC Series Circuit	673	(3)
Resonant Circuits	676	(7)
Geometrical Optics	683	(38)
Models of Light: Rays and Waves	684	(1)
Reflection and Refraction	685	(6)
Back to the Future: The Speed of Light	686	(5)
Total Internal Reflection	691	(2)
Fiber Optics	693	(1)
Thin Lenses	694	(2)
Locating Images by Ray Tracing	696	(5)
The Thin-Lens Equation	701	(6)
Spherical Mirrors	707	(4)
Lens Aberrations	711	(10)
Optical Instruments	721	(24)
The Eye	722	(3)
The Magnifying Glass	725	(3)
Cameras and Projectors	728	(4)
Compound Microscopes	732	(2)
Telescopes	734	(2)
Other Lenses	736	(9)
Back to the Future: Development of the Telescope	737	(8)
Wave Optics	745	(39)
Huygens' Principle	746	(1)
Reflection and Refraction of Light Waves	747	(2)
Interference of Light	749	(6)
Interference of Thin Films	755	(4)
Diffraction by a Single Slit	759	(3)
Multiple-Slit Diffraction and Gratings	762	(2)
Resolution and the Rayleigh Criterion	764	(4)
Dispersion	768	(2)
Spectroscopes and Spectra	770	(2)
Polarization	772	(3)
Scattering	775	(9)
Relativity	784	(38)
Principle of Relativity	785	(1)
Einstein's Postulates of Special Relativity	786	(1)
Velocity Addition	787	(4)
Back to the Future: Albert Einstein	788	(3)
Simultaneity	791	(3)
Time Dilation	794	(3)
Length Contraction	797	(2)
Physics in Practice: The Twin Paradox	798	(1)
Mass and Energy	799	(3)
Physics in Practice: The Appearance of Moving Objects	800	(2)
Relativistic Momentum	802	(3)
Relativistic Kinetic Energy	805	(2)
The Relativistic Doppler Effect	807	(2)
The Principle of Equivalence	809	(4)
General Relativity	813	(9)
The Discovery of Atomic Structure	822	(30)
Evidence of Atoms from Solids and Gases	823	(3)
Electrolysis and the Quantization of Charge	826	(1)
Avogadro's Number and the Periodic Table	827	(3)
The Size of Atoms	830	(2)
Crystals and X-Ray Diffraction	832	(3)
Discovery of the Electron	835	(5)
Back to the Future: Seeing Atoms	839	(1)
Radioactivity	840	(1)
Radioactive Decay	841	(3)
Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus	844	(8)
Origins of the Quantum Theory	852	(27)
Spectroscopy	853	(2)
Balmer's Series	855	(3)
Back to the Future: Fraunhofer and the Solar Spectrum	856	(2)
Blackbody Radiation	858	(3)
The Photoelectric Effect	861	(6)
Physics in Practice: Photons and Vision	866	(1)
Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom	867	(3)
Successes of the Bohr Theory	870	(2)
Moseley and the Periodic Table	872	(7)
Quantum Mechanics	879	(33)
Classical and Quantum Mechanics	880	(2)
The Compton Effect	882	(3)
De Broglie Waves	885	(4)
Back to the Future: Electron Microscopes	888	(1)
Schrodinger's Equation	889	(1)
The Uncertainty Principle	890	(3)
Interpretation of the Wave Function	893	(3)
The Particle in a Box	896	(1)
Tunneling or Barrier Penetration	897	(1)
Wave Theory of the Hydrogen Atom	898	(3)
The Zeeman Effect and Space Quantization	901	(3)
The Pauli Exclusion Principle	904	(1)
Understanding the Periodic Table	905	(7)
The Nucleus	912	(37)
Radioactivity	913	(1)
Chadwick's Discovery of the Neutron	913	(3)
Composition and Size of the Nucleus	916	(2)
Nuclear Forces and Binding Energy	918	(3)
Conservation Rules: Radioactive and Nuclear Stability	921	(3)
Natural Radioactive Decay Series	924	(1)
Models for Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay	924	(4)
Detectors of Radiation	928	(3)
Radiation Measurement and Biological Effects	931	(4)
Induced Transmutation and Reactions	935	(3)
Nuclear Fission	938	(5)
Back to the Future: Lisa Meitner and Nuclear Fission	942	(1)
Nuclear Fusion	943	(6)
Lasers, Holography, and Color	949	(24)
Stimulated Emission of Light	950	(1)
Lasers	951	(2)
The Helium-Neon Laser	953	(2)
Properties of Laser Light	955	(2)
Holography	957	(5)
Light and Color	962	(3)
Physics in Practice: White-Light Holograms	963	(2)
Color by Addition and Subtraction	965	(8)
Condensed Matter	973	(30)
Types of Condensed Matter	974	(3)
The Free-Electron Model of Metals	977	(4)
Physics in Practice: Liquid Crystal Displays	978	(3)
Electrical Conductivity and Ohm's Law	981	(3)
Band Theory of Solids	984	(3)
Pure Semiconductors	987	(1)
The Hall Effect	988	(2)
Impure Semiconductors	990	(1)
The pnJunction	991	(2)
Rectifier Circuits	993	(3)
Solar Cells and Light-Emitting Diodes	996	(7)
Elementary Particle Physics	1003	(1)
Particles and Antiparticles	1004	(2)
Pions and the Strong Nuclear Force	1006	(1)
Back to the Future: Cosmic Rays	1007	(2)
More and More Particles	1009	(2)
Accelerators and Detectors	1011	(2)
Classification of Elementary Particles	1013	(2)
The Quark Model of Matter	1015	(3)
Unified Theories	1018	(1)
Cosmology	1019
Appendices
A Formulas from Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry	A-1	(3)
B The International System of Units	A-4	(1)
C Alphabetical List of Elements	A-5	(1)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	A-6
Photo Credits	C-1
Index	I-1