Fundamentals of Physics, Part 1, (Chapters 1 - 11), 8th Edition, Regular Edition

by David Halliday (Univ. of Pittsburgh); Robert Resnick (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute); Jearl Walker (Cleveland State Univ.)

• ISBN13: 9780470044759
• ISBN10: 0470044756
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Table of Contents

Measurement	1	(12)
How can the ground become fluid and sallow up buildings?
What Is Physics?	2	(1)
Measuring Things	2	(1)
The International System of Units	2	(1)
Changing Units	3	(1)
Length	4	(1)
Time	5	(2)
Mass	7	(6)
Review & Summary	8	(1)
Problems	8	(5)
Motion Along a Straight Line	13	(25)
How can a woodpecker survive the severe impacts of its beak on a tree?
What Is Physics?	14	(1)
Motion	14	(1)
Position and Displacement	14	(1)
Average Velocity and Average Speed	15	(2)
Instantaneous Velocity and Speed	17	(2)
Acceleration	19	(2)
Constant Acceleration: A Special Case	21	(3)
Another Look at Constant Acceleration	24	(1)
Free-Fall Acceleration	24	(3)
Graphical Integration in Motion Analysis	27	(11)
Review & Summary	28	(1)
Questions	29	(1)
Problems	30	(8)
Vector	38	(20)
How does an ant know the way home with no guiding clues on the desert plains?
What Is Physics?	39	(1)
Vectors and Scalars	39	(1)
Adding Vectors Geometrically	39	(1)
Components of Vectors	40	(4)
Unit Vectors	44	(1)
Adding Vectors by Components	45	(3)
Vectors and the Laws of Physics	48	(1)
Multiplying Vectors	48	(10)
Review & Summary	52	(1)
Questions	52	(1)
Problems	53	(5)
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions	58	(29)
How does an outfielder know where to run to catch a high fly ball?
What Is Physics?	59	(1)
Position and Displacement	59	(2)
Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity	61	(2)
Average Acceleration and Instantaneous Acceleration	63	(2)
Projectile Motion	65	(1)
Projectile Motion Analyzed	66	(4)
Uniform Circular Motion	70	(2)
Relative Motion in One Dimension	72	(1)
Relative Motion in Two Dimensions	73	(14)
Review & Summary	75	(1)
Questions	76	(1)
Problems	77	(10)
Force and Motion --- I	87	(29)
What is the fear factor in riding the last car on a roller coaster?
What Is Physics?	88	(1)
Newtonian Mechanics	88	(1)
Newton's First Law	88	(1)
Force	89	(1)
Mass	90	(1)
Newton's Second Law	91	(3)
Some Particular Forces	94	(5)
Newton's Third Law	99	(1)
Applying Newton's Laws	99	(17)
Review & Summary	105	(1)
Questions	106	(2)
Problems	108	(8)
Force and Motion --- II	116	(24)
How did the ancient Egyptians move the huge blocks into place to build the Great Pyramid?
What Is Physics?	117	(1)
Friction	117	(1)
Properties of Friction	118	(4)
The Drag Force and Terminal Speed	122	(2)
Uniform Circular Motion	124	(16)
Review & Summary	129	(1)
Questions	130	(1)
Problems	131	(9)
Kinetic Energy and Work	140	(26)
What property of a funny car determines the winning time in a drag race?
What Is Physics?	141	(1)
What Is Energy?	141	(1)
Kinetic Energy	141	(1)
Work	142	(1)
Work and Kinetic Energy	143	(3)
Work Done by the Gravitational Force	146	(3)
Work Done by a Spring Force	149	(3)
Work Done by a General Variable Force	152	(3)
Power	155	(11)
Review & Summary	157	(1)
Questions	158	(1)
Problems	159	(7)
Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	166	(35)
Why can a large landslide move almost 30 times as far across a valley as a small landslide?
What Is Physics?	167	(1)
Work and Potential Energy	167	(1)
Path Independence of Conservative Forces	168	(2)
Determining Potential Energy Values	170	(3)
Conservation of Mechanical Energy	173	(2)
Reading a Potential Energy Curve	175	(4)
Work Done on a System by an External Force	179	(3)
Conservation of Energy	182	(19)
Review & Summary	186	(1)
Questions	187	(2)
Problems	189	(12)
Center of Mass and Linear Momentum	201	(40)
How can a male bighorn sheep survive the severe head collision with which it gains dominance?
What Is Physics?	202	(1)
The Center of Mass	202	(4)
Newton's Second Law for a System of Particles	206	(3)
Linear Momentum	209	(1)
The Linear Momentum of a System of Particles	210	(1)
Collision and Impulse	210	(4)
Conservation of Linear Momentum	214	(3)
Momentum and Kinetic Energy in Collisions	217	(1)
Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension	218	(3)
Elastic Collisions in One Dimension	221	(3)
Collisions in Two Dimensions	224	(1)
Systems with Varying Mass: A Rocket	224	(17)
Review & Summary	226	(2)
Questions	228	(1)
Problems	229	(12)
Rotation	241	(34)
How can a small snapping shrimp snap its claw so firmly that the sound stuns its prey?
What Is Physics?	242	(1)
The Rotational Variables	242	(4)
Are Angular Quantities Vectors?	246	(1)
Rotation with Constant Angular Acceleration	247	(2)
Relating the Linear and Angular Variables	249	(3)
Kinetic Energy of Rotation	252	(1)
Calculating the Rotational Inertia	253	(3)
Torque	256	(1)
Newton's Second Law for Rotation	257	(3)
Work and Rotational Kinetic Energy	260	(15)
Review & Summary	263	(2)
Questions	265	(1)
Problems	266	(9)
Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum	275
What is the magic behind the onset of a ballet dancer's midair rotation during a tour jete?
What Is Physics?	276	(1)
Rolling as Translation and Rotation Combined	276	(1)
The Kinetic Energy of Rolling	277	(1)
The Forces of Rolling	278	(3)
The Yo-Yo	281	(1)
Torque Revisited	281	(2)
Angular Momentum	283	(2)
Newton's Second Law in Angular Form	285	(2)
The Angular Momentum of a System of Particles	287	(1)
The Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body Retating About a Fixed Axis	287	(3)
Conservation of Angular Momentum	290	(3)
Precession of a Gyroscope	293
Review & Summary	295	(1)
Questions	296	(1)
Problems	297
Appendices	1	(1)
The International System of Units (SI)	1	(2)
Some Fundamental Constants of Physics	3	(1)
Some Astronomical Data	4	(1)
Conversion Factors	5	(4)
Mathematical Formulas	9	(3)
Properties of the Elements	12	(3)
Periodic Table of the Elements	15
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems	1	(1)
Index	1