College physics / created by Francis Weston Sears, Hugh D Young and Mark Waldo Zemansky

Includes bibliography and index

1. Models, Measurements, and Vectors. 2. Motion along a Straight Line. 3. Motion in a Plane. 4. Newton's Laws of Motion. 5. Applications of Newton's Laws. 6. Circular Motion and Gravitation. 7. Work and Energy. 8. Impulse and Momentum. 9.Rotational Motion. 10.Equilibrium of a Rigid Body. 11. Periodic Motion. 12. Elasticity. 13. Fluid Mechanics. 14. Temperature and Expansion. 15. Quantity of Heat. 16. Heat Transfer. 17. Thermal Properties of Matter. 18. The First Law of Thermodynamics. 19. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. 20. Molecular Properties of Matter. 21. Mechanical Waves. 22. Reflections and Normal Modes. 23. Sound. 24 Coulomb's Law. 25. The Electric Field. 26. Electric Potential. 27. Capacitance and Dielectrics. 28. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force. 29. Direct-Current Circuits. 30. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces. 31. Sources of Magnetic Field. 32. Electromagnetic Induction. 33. Inductance. 34. Alternating Currents. 35. Electromagnetic Waves. 36. The Nature and Propagation of Light. 37. Images Formed by a Single Surface. 38. Lenses and Optical Instruments. 39. Interference and Diffraction. 40. Relativistic Mechanics. 41. Photons, Electrons, and Atoms. 42. Quantum Mechanics. 43. Atoms, Molecules, and Solids. 44. Nuclear and High-Energy Physics. Appendices. Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems. Index. Endpapers.