Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Chapters 1-46 (with Study Tools CD-ROM)

by Serway, Raymond A.; Beichner, Robert J.; Jewett, John W.

• ISBN13: 9780030317163
• ISBN10: 0030317169
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-30
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

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Table of Contents

Part I Mechanics	1	(489)
Physics and Measurement	2	(21)
Motion in One Dimension	23	(35)
Vectors	58	(18)
Motion in Two Dimensions	76	(34)
The Laws of Motion	110	(41)
Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws	151	(31)
Work and Kinetic Energy	182	(32)
Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	214	(37)
Linear Momentum and Collisions	251	(41)
Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis	292	(35)
Rolling Motion and Angular Mementum	327	(34)
Static Equilibrium and Elasticity	361	(28)
Oscillatory Motion	389	(34)
The Law of Gravity	423	(35)
Fluid Mechanics	458	(31)
Part II Mechanical Waves	489	(90)
Wave Motion	490	(29)
Sound Waves	519	(26)
Superposition and Standing Waves	545	(34)
Part III Thermodynamics	579	(128)
Temperature	580	(22)
Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics	602	(38)
The Kinetic Theory of Gases	640	(29)
Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	669	(38)
Part IV Electricity and Magnetism	707	(398)
Electric Fields	707	(36)
Gauss's Law	743	(25)
Electric Potential	768	(35)
Capacitance and Dielectrics	803	(37)
Current and Resistance	840	(28)
Direct Current Circuits	868	(36)
Magnetic Fields	904	(33)
Sources of the Magnetic Field	937	(42)
Faraday's Law	979	(35)
Inductance	1014	(29)
Alternating Current Circuits	1043	(32)
Electromagnetic Waves	1075	(30)
Part V Light and Optics	1105	(140)
The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics	1106	(33)
Geometric Optics	1139	(46)
Interference of Light Waves	1185	(26)
Diffraction And Polarization	1211	(34)
Part VI Modern Physics	1245	(1)
Relativity	1246	(43)
Introduction to Quantum Physics	1289	(33)
Quantum Mechanics	1322	(33)
Atomic Physics	1355	(40)
Molecules and Solids	1395	(41)
Nuclear Structure	1436	(39)
Nuclear Fission and Fusion	1475	(36)
Particle Physics and Cosmology	1511
Appendices	A.1
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	A.41
Index	I.1