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Table of Contents

The complete version includes Chapters 1-33. This title is also available as 2 separate volumes:

  • Volume 1: Chapters 1-15
  • Volume 2: Chapters 16-33
  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. Circular Motion; Gravitation
  6. Work and Energy
  7. Linear Momentum
  8. Rotational Motion
  9. Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
  10. Fluids
  11. Oscillations and Waves
  12. Sound
  13. Temperature and Kinetic Theory
  14. Heat
  15. The Laws of Thermodynamics
  16. Electric Charge and Electric Field
  17. Electric Potential
  18. Electric Currents
  19. DC Circuits
  20. Magnetism
  21. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
  22. Electromagnetic Waves
  23. Light: Geometric Optics
  24. The Wave Nature of Light
  25. Optical Instruments
  26. The Special Theory of Relativity
  27. Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
  28. Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
  29. Molecules and Solids
  30. Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
  31. Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
  32. Elementary Particles
  33. Astrophysics and Cosmology
APPENDICES
  • A. Mathematical Review
  • B. Selected Isotopes
  • C. Rotating Frames of Reference; Inertial Forces; Coriolis Effect Inertial and Noninertial Reference Frames
  • D. Molar Specific Heats for Gases, and the Equipartition of Energy Molar Specific Heats for Gases
  • E. Galilean and Lorentz Transformations
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems Index

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      Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/02/2014
      ISBN13: 9780321733627, 978-0321733627
      ISBN10: 0321733622

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      The complete version includes Chapters 1-33. This title is also available as 2 separate volumes:

      • Volume 1: Chapters 1-15
      • Volume 2: Chapters 16-33
      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. Circular Motion; Gravitation
      6. Work and Energy
      7. Linear Momentum
      8. Rotational Motion
      9. Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
      10. Fluids
      11. Oscillations and Waves
      12. Sound
      13. Temperature and Kinetic Theory
      14. Heat
      15. The Laws of Thermodynamics
      16. Electric Charge and Electric Field
      17. Electric Potential
      18. Electric Currents
      19. DC Circuits
      20. Magnetism
      21. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
      22. Electromagnetic Waves
      23. Light: Geometric Optics
      24. The Wave Nature of Light
      25. Optical Instruments
      26. The Special Theory of Relativity
      27. Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
      28. Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
      29. Molecules and Solids
      30. Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
      31. Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
      32. Elementary Particles
      33. Astrophysics and Cosmology
      APPENDICES
      • A. Mathematical Review
      • B. Selected Isotopes
      • C. Rotating Frames of Reference; Inertial Forces; Coriolis Effect Inertial and Noninertial Reference Frames
      • D. Molar Specific Heats for Gases, and the Equipartition of Energy Molar Specific Heats for Gases
      • E. Galilean and Lorentz Transformations
      Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems Index

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