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Physics for scientists & engineers with modern physics / Douglas C. Giancoli

By: Giancoli, Douglas C.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2000Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxxi, 1172 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0130215171 (hbk.).Other title: Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics.Subject(s): PhysicsDDC classification: 530
Contents:
Preface. - Supplements. - Notes to students and instructors on the format. - Use of color. - 1. Introduction, measurement, estimating. - 2. Describing motion: kinematics in one dimension. - 3. Kinematics in two dimensions; vectors. - 4. Dynamics: Newton's laws of motion. - 5. Further applications of Newton's laws. - 6. Gravitation and Newton's synthesis. 7. Work and energy. - 8. Conservation of energy. - 9. Linear momentum and collisions. 10. Rotational motion about a fixed axis. - 11. General rotation. - 12. Static equilibrium; elasticity and fracture. - 13. Fluids. - 14. Oscillations. 15. Wave motion. - 16. Sound. - 17. Temperature, thermal expansion and the ideal gas law. - 18. Kinetic theory of gases. - 19. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics. - 20. Second law of thermodynamics; heat engines. - 21. Electric charge and electric field. - 22. Gauss's law. - 23. Electric potential. - 24. Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage. - 25. Electric currents and resistance. - 26. DC circuits. - 27. Magnetism. - 28. Sources of magnetic field. - 29. Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law. - 30. Inductance; and electromagnetic oscillations. - 31. AC circuits. - 32. Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves. - 33. Light: reflection and refraction. - 34. Lenses and optical instruments. - 35. Wave nature of light; interferences. - 36. Diffraction and polarization. - 37. Special theory of relativity. - 38. Early quantum theory and models of the atom. - 39. Quantum mechanics. - 40. Quantum mechanics of atoms. - 41. Molecules and solids. - 42. Nuclear physics and radioactivity. - 43. Nuclear energy: effects and uses of radiation. - 44. Elementary particles. - 45. Astrophysics and cosmology. - Appendices. - Answers to odd-numbered problems. - Index. - Photo credits.
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Preface. - Supplements. - Notes to students and instructors on the format. - Use of color. - 1. Introduction, measurement, estimating. - 2. Describing motion: kinematics in one dimension. - 3. Kinematics in two dimensions; vectors. - 4. Dynamics: Newton's laws of motion. - 5. Further applications of Newton's laws. - 6. Gravitation and Newton's synthesis. 7. Work and energy. - 8. Conservation of energy. - 9. Linear momentum and collisions. 10. Rotational motion about a fixed axis. - 11. General rotation. - 12. Static equilibrium; elasticity and fracture. - 13. Fluids. - 14. Oscillations. 15. Wave motion. - 16. Sound. - 17. Temperature, thermal expansion and the ideal gas law. - 18. Kinetic theory of gases. - 19. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics. - 20. Second law of thermodynamics; heat engines. - 21. Electric charge and electric field. - 22. Gauss's law. - 23. Electric potential. - 24. Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage. - 25. Electric currents and resistance. - 26. DC circuits. - 27. Magnetism. - 28. Sources of magnetic field. - 29. Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law. - 30. Inductance; and electromagnetic oscillations. - 31. AC circuits. - 32. Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves. - 33. Light: reflection and refraction. - 34. Lenses and optical instruments. - 35. Wave nature of light; interferences. - 36. Diffraction and polarization. - 37. Special theory of relativity. - 38. Early quantum theory and models of the atom. - 39. Quantum mechanics. - 40. Quantum mechanics of atoms. - 41. Molecules and solids. - 42. Nuclear physics and radioactivity. - 43. Nuclear energy: effects and uses of radiation. - 44. Elementary particles. - 45. Astrophysics and cosmology. - Appendices. - Answers to odd-numbered problems. - Index. - Photo credits.