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Book SynopsisIn Memoriam: Hugh Young (1930-2013)
Hugh D. Young was an Emeritus Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from that university. He earned his PhD in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. Dr. Young joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956 and retired in 2004. He also had two visiting professorships at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr Young's career was centred entirely on undergraduate education. He wrote several undergraduate-level textbooks, and in 1973 he became a co-author with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky for their well-known introductory textbooks. In addition to his role in Sears and Zemansky's University Physics, he was the author of Sears and Zemansky's College Physics.
Philip W. Adams is a Professor of Physics at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He obtained his Ph.D. in
Table of Contents
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Mechanics
- 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. Momentum
- 9. Rotational Motion
- 10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion
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Periodic Motion, Waves, and Fluids
- 11. Elasticity and Periodic Motion
- 12. Mechanical Waves and Sound
- 13. Fluid Mechanics
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Thermodynamics
- 14. Temperature and Heat
- 15. Thermal Properties of Matter
- 16. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Electricity and Magnetism
- 17. Electric Charge and Electric Field
- 18. Electric Potential and Capacitance
- 19. Current, Resistance, and Direct-Current Circuits
- 20. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
- 21. Electromagnetic Induction
- 22. Alternating Current
- 23. Electromagnetic Waves
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Light and Optics
- 24. Geometric Optics
- 25. Optical Instruments
- 26. Interference and Diffraction
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Modern Physics
- 27. Relativity
- 28. Photons, Electrons, and Atoms
- 29. Atoms, Molecules, and Solids
- 30. Nuclear and High-Energy Physics
