Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics Volume 2, Chapters 23-46 (with ThomsonNOW Printed Access Card)

by Serway, Raymond A.; Jewett, John W.

• ISBN13: 9780495112440
• ISBN10: 0495112445
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780534408466, 9781439048399
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-23
• Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Summary

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Table of Contents

Electricity and Magnetism

Electric Fields

Gauss's Law

Electric Potential

Capacitance and Dielectrics

Current and Resistance

Direct Current Circuits

Magnetic Fields

Sources of the Magnetic Field

Faraday's Law

Inductance

Alternating Current Circuits

Electromagnetic Waves

Light and Optics

The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics

Image Formation

Interference of Light Waves

Diffraction Patterns and Polarization

Modern Physics

Relativity

Introduction to Quantum Physics

Quantum Mechanics

Atomic Physics

Molecules and Solids

Nuclear Structure

Applications of Nuclear Physics

Particle Physics and Cosmology

Appendixes

Tables

Mathematics Review

Periodic Table of the Elements

SI Units

Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Index

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