Physics, 8th Edition

by John D. Cutnell (Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale); Kenneth W. Johnson (Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale)

• ISBN13: 9780470223550
• ISBN10: 0470223553
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Designed for medical professionals who may struggle with making the leap to conceptual understanding and applying physics, the eighth edition continues to build transferable problem-solving skills. It includes a set of features such as Analyzing-Multiple-Concept Problems, Check Your Understanding, Concepts & Calculations, and Concepts at a Glance. This helps the reader to first identify the physics concepts, then associate the appropriate mathematical equations, and finally to work out an algebraic solution. They ll also be able to work high quality problem sets and gain immediate feedback through WileyPLUS, the online problem-solving management system. New Focus on Concept questions are featured in WileyPLUS, offering medical professionals a set of thought provoking conceptual questions as well as calculation problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction And Mathematical Concepts

The Nature of Physics

Units

The Role of Units in Problem Solving

Trigonometry

Scalars and Vectors

Vector Addition and Subtraction

The Components of a Vector

Addition of Vectors by Means of Components

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Kinematics In One Dimension

Displacement

Speed and Velocity

Acceleration

Equations of Kinematics for Constant Acceleration

Applications of the Equations of Kinematics

Freely Falling Bodies

Graphical Analysis of Velocity and Acceleration

Concepts & Calculations

Concept summary

Kinematics In Two Dimension

Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration

Equations of Kinematics in Two Dimensions

Projectile Motion.G++

Relative Velocity

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Forces And Newton's Laws Of Motion

The Concepts of Force and Mass

Newtons's First Law of Motion

Newton's Second Law of Motion

The Vector Nature of Newton's Second Law of Motion

NewtonG+&s Third Law of Motion

Types of Forces: An Overview

The Gravitational Force

The Normal Force

Static and Kinetic Frictional Forces

The Tension Force

Equilibrium Applications of NewtonG+&s Laws of Motion

Nonequilibrium Applications of NewtonG+&s Laws of Motion

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Dynamics Of Uniform Circular Motion

Uniform Circular Motion

Centripetal Acceleration

Centripetal Force

Banked Curves

Satellites in Circular Orbits

Apparent Weightlessness and Artificial Gravity.G++

Vertical Circular Motion

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Work And Energy

Work Done by a Constant Force

The Work-Energy Theorem and Kinetic Energy

Gravitational Potential Energy

Conservative Versus Nonconservative Forces

The Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Nonconservative Forces and the Work-Energy Theorem

Power

Other Forms of Energy and the Conservation of Energy

Work Done by a Variable Force

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Impulse And Momentum

The Impulse-Momentum Theorem

The Principle of Conservation of Linear Momentum

Collisions in One Dimension

Collisions in Two Dimensions

Center of Mass

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Rotational Kinematics

Rotational Motion and Angular Displacement

Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration

The Equations of Rotational Kinematics

Angular Variables and Tangential Variables

Centripetal Acceleration and Tangential Acceleration

Rolling Motion.G++

The Vector Nature of Angular Variables

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Rotational Dynamics

The Action of Forces and Torques on Rigid Objects

Rigid Objects in Equilibrium

Center of Gravity

NewtonG+&s Second Law for Rotational Motion About a Fixed Axis

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