Students Pocket Companion to Accompany Physics

by Cutnell, John D.; Johnson, Kenneth W.; Smith, Henry Mark

• ISBN13: 9780471164418
• ISBN10: 0471164410
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Describes applications in medicine, automobile features, transportation, home entertainment, athletics, household applications, information processing, detection devices, camera technology, and many more. Contains numerous discussions and examples that focus on human physiology, including muscle forces, blood pressure, the refraction of light by the eye, and many others.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Mathematical Concepts	1	(13)
Kinematics in One Dimension	14	(9)
Kinematics in Two Dimensions	23	(9)
Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion	32	(14)
Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion	46	(7)
Work and Energy	53	(15)
Impulse and Momentum	68	(8)
Rotational Kinematics	76	(11)
Rotational Dynamics	87	(8)
Elasticity and Simple Harmonic Motion	95	(15)
Fluids	110	(15)
Temperature and Heat	125	(13)
The Transfer of Heat	138	(7)
The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory	145	(9)
Thermodynamics	154	(16)
Waves and Sound	170	(13)
The Principle of Linear Superposition and Interference Phenomena	183	(7)
Electric Forces and Electric Fields	190	(12)
Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential	202	(10)
Electric Circuits	212	(17)
Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields	229	(14)
Electromagnetic Induction	243	(13)
Alternating Current Circuits	256	(8)
Electromagnetic Waves	264	(9)
The Reflection of Light: Mirrors	273	(8)
The Refraction of Light: Lenses and Optical Instruments	281	(15)
Interference and the Wave Nature of Light	296	(9)
Special Relativity	305	(8)
Particles and Waves	313	(9)
The Nature of the Atom	322	(18)
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity	340	(13)
Ionizing Radiation, Nuclear Energy, and Elementary Particles	353