Physics With Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Extended Version

by Wolfson, Richard; Pasachoff, Jay M.

• ISBN13: 9780321035721
• ISBN10: 0321035720
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Table of Contents

Contents	viii
Preface	xiv
A Visual Guide to the Book	xix
The Authors	xxiii
Color Key for Figures	xxiv
Credits	xxv
Doing Physics	1	(20)
Part 1 Mechanics	21	(340)
Motion in a Straight Line	22	(24)
The Vector Description of Motion	46	(21)
Motion in More Than One Dimension	67	(25)
Force and Motion	92	(30)
Using Newton's Laws	122	(41)
Work, Energy, and Power	163	(24)
Conservation of Energy	187	(26)
Gravitation	213	(25)
Systems of Particles	238	(24)
Collisions	262	(21)
Rotational Motion	283	(30)
Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum	313	(23)
Static Equilibrium	336	(25)
Part 2 Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids	361	(110)
Oscillatory Motion	362	(29)
Wave Motion	391	(24)
Sound and Other Wave Phenomena	415	(26)
Fluid Motion	441	(30)
Part 3 Thermodynamics	471	(98)
Temperature and Heat	472	(24)
The Thermal Behavior of Matter	496	(21)
Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics	517	(26)
The Second Law of Thermodynamics	543	(26)
Part 4 Electromagnetism	569	(346)
Electric Charge, Force, and Field	570	(30)
Gauss's Law	600	(30)
Electric Potential	630	(28)
Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors	658	(26)
Electric Current	684	(25)
Electric Circuits	709	(33)
The Magnetic Field	742	(28)
Sources of the Magnetic Field	770	(33)
Electromagnetic Induction	803	(30)
Inductance and Magnetic Energy	833	(19)
Alternating-Current Circuits	852	(30)
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves	882	(33)
Part 5 Optics	915	(92)
Reflection and Refraction	916	(22)
Image Formation and Optical Instruments	938	(33)
Interference and Diffraction	971	(36)
Part 6 Modern Physics	1007
Relativity	1008	(36)
Light and Matter: Waves or Particles?	1044	(30)
Quantum Mechanics	1074	(26)
Atomic Physics	1100	(33)
Molecular and Solid-State Physics	1133	(28)
Nuclear Physics	1161	(31)
Nuclear Energy: Fission and Fusion	1192	(33)
From Quarks to the Cosmos	1225
Appendixes
Appendix A Mathematics	A-1	(1)
Appendix B The International System of Units (SI)	A-12	(1)
Appendix C Conversion Factors	A-14	(1)
Appendix D The Elements	A-17	(1)
Appendix E Astrophysical Data	A-20	(1)
Got It! Answers	A-21	(1)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	A-23	(1)
Index	I-1