Physics for Scientists and Engineers

by Wolfson, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780321035752
• ISBN10: 0321035755
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Table of Contents

Doing Physics	1	(5)
Motion in a Straight Line	6	(11)
The Vector Description of Motion	17	(11)
Motion in More than One Dimension	28	(12)
Force and Motion	40	(9)
Using Newton's Laws	49	(11)
Work, Energy, and Power	60	(9)
Conservation of Energy	69	(12)
Gravitation	81	(7)
Systems of Particles	88	(9)
Collisions	97	(10)
Rotational Motion	107	(10)
Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum	117	(9)
Static Equilibrium	126	(14)
Oscillatory Motion	140	(9)
Wave Motion	149	(7)
Sound and Other Wave Phenomena	156	(8)
Fluid Motion	164	(11)
Temperature and Heat	175	(8)
The Thermal Behavior of Matter	183	(7)
Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics	190	(9)
The Second Law of Thermodynamics	199	(10)
Electric Charge, Force, and Field	209	(10)
Gauss's Law	219	(9)
Electric Potential	228	(9)
Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors	237	(10)
Electric Current	247	(6)
Electric Circuits	253	(10)
The Magnetic Field	263	(9)
Sources of the Magnetic Field	272	(9)
Electromagnetic Induction	281	(10)
Inductance and Magnetic Energy	291	(7)
Alternating-Current Circuits	298	(9)
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves	307	(8)
Reflection and Refraction	315	(8)
Image Formation and Optical Instruments	323	(8)
Interference and Diffraction	331	(10)
Relativity	341	(8)
Inside Atoms and Nuclei	349	(11)
Light and Matter: Waves or Particles?	352	(8)
Quantum Mechanics	360	(8)
Atomic Physics	368	(6)
Molecular and Solid-State Physics	374	(5)
Nuclear Physics	379	(7)
Nuclear Energy: Fission and Fusion	386	(6)
From Quarks to the Cosmos	392