Halliday / Resnick fundamentals of physics
Offers an understanding of the fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving. This book offers a combination of authoritative content and stimulating applications.
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Hoboken, NJ
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Measuring
- Straight line motion
- Vector quantities
- Two- and three-dimensional motion
- Newton's laws of motion
- Friction, drag, and centripetal force
- Work-kinetic energy theorem
- Conservation of energy
- Center of mass and momentum
- Rotational motion I
- Rotational motion II
- Equilibrium, indeterminate strcutures
- Newtonian gravitation
- Fluid statics and dynamics
- Simple harmonic motion
- Transverse waves
- Longitudinal waves
- First law of thermodynamics
- Kinetic theory
- Second law of thermodynamics
- Coulomb's law
- Finding the electric field I
- Finding the electric field II
- Finding the electric potential
- Capacitors and capacitance
- Ohm's law
- Circuit theory
- Magnetic force
- Current-produced magnetic fields
- Inductance
- Alternating fields and current
- Maxwell's equations, models of magnetism
- Nature of electromagnetic waves
- Geometric optics
- Optical interference
- Optical diffraction
- Special relativity
- Light quanta, matter waves
- Matter-waves traps
- Atoms, x rays, and lasers
- Electrical properties of materials
- Nuclear reactions
- Energy from nuclear reactions
- Fundamental particles, cosmology