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Physics for scientists and engineers Douglas C. Giancoli

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Jersey Prentice Hall 2000Edition: ThirdDescription: 976 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0130179752
  • 9780130179753
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Describing motion: Kinematics in one dimensions -- Kinematics in two dimensions; Vectors -- Dynamics Newton's laws of Motion -- Futher Applications of Newton's Laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum and Collisions -- Rotational motion about a Fixed Axis -- General Rotation -- Static equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics Heat Engines -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law -- Inductance; and electromagnetic oscillations -- AC circuits -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light: Reflection and Refraction -- Lenses and optical instruments -- Wave nature of light; Interference -- Diffraction and polarization -- Special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum Mechanics -- Quantum Mechanics of Atoms -- Molecules and Solids -- Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity -- Nuclear Energy: Effects and Uses of Radiation -- Elementary Particles -- Astrophysics and Cosmology -- Appendices.
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Includes index

Introduction, measurement, estimating --
Describing motion: Kinematics in one dimensions --
Kinematics in two dimensions; Vectors --
Dynamics Newton's laws of Motion --
Futher Applications of Newton's Laws --
Gravitation and Newton's synthesis --
Work and energy --
Conservation of energy --
Linear momentum and Collisions --
Rotational motion about a Fixed Axis --
General Rotation --
Static equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture --
Fluids --
Oscillations --
Wave motion --
Sound --
Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law --
Kinetic theory of gases --
Heat and the first law of thermodynamics --
Second law of thermodynamics Heat Engines --
Electric charge and electric field --
Gauss's law --
Electric potential --
Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage --
Electric currents and resistance --
DC circuits --
Magnetism --
Sources of magnetic field --
Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law --
Inductance; and electromagnetic oscillations --
AC circuits --
Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves --
Light: Reflection and Refraction --
Lenses and optical instruments --
Wave nature of light; Interference --
Diffraction and polarization --
Special theory of relativity --
Early quantum theory and models of the atom --
Quantum Mechanics --
Quantum Mechanics of Atoms --
Molecules and Solids --
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity --
Nuclear Energy: Effects and Uses of Radiation --
Elementary Particles --
Astrophysics and Cosmology --
Appendices.

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