Author(s): Randall Dewey Knight
Edition: 5
Publisher: Pearson
Year: 2023
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
About the Author
Preface to the Instructor
Preface to the Student
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
Part I: Newton’s Laws
Overview: Why Things Move
Chapter 1. Concepts of Motion
1.1 Motion Diagrams
1.2 Models and Modeling
1.3 Position, Time, and Displacement
1.4 Velocity
1.5 Linear Acceleration
1.6 Motion in One Dimension
1.7 Solving Problems in Physics
1.8 Units and Significant Figures
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 2. Kinematics in One Dimension
2.1 Uniform Motion
2.2 Instantaneous Velocity
2.3 Finding Position from Velocity
2.4 Motion with Constant Acceleration
2.5 Free Fall
2.6 Motion on an Inclined Plane
2.7 Advanced Topic: Instantaneous Acceleration
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems
3.1 Scalars and Vectors
3.2 Using Vectors
3.3 Coordinate Systems and Vector Components
3.4 Unit Vectors and Vector Algebra
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 4. Kinematics in Two Dimensions
4.1 Motion in Two Dimensions
4.2 Projectile Motion
4.3 Relative Motion
4.4 Uniform Circular Motion
4.5 Centripetal Acceleration
4.6 Nonuniform Circular Motion
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 5. Force and Motion
5.1 Force
5.2 A Short Catalog of Forces
5.3 Identifying Forces
5.4 What Do Forces Do?
5.5 Newton’s Second Law
5.6 Newton’s First Law
5.7 Free-Body Diagrams
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 6. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line
6.1 The Equilibrium Model
6.2 Using Newton’s Second Law
6.3 Mass, Weight, and Gravity
6.4 Friction
6.5 Drag
6.6 More Examples of Newton’s Second Law
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 7. Newton’s Third Law
7.1 Interacting Objects
7.2 Analyzing Interacting Objects
7.3 Newton’s Third Law
7.4 Ropes and Pulleys
7.5 Examples of Interacting-Objects Problems
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 8. Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane
8.1 Dynamics in Two Dimensions
8.2 Uniform Circular Motion
8.3 Circular Orbits
8.4 Reasoning About Circular Motion
8.5 Nonuniform Circular Motion
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part 1 Newton’s Laws
Part II: Conservation Laws
Overview: Why Some Things Don’t Change
Chapter 9. Work and Kinetic Energy
9.1 Energy Overview
9.2 Work and Kinetic Energy for a Single Particle
9.3 Calculating the Work Done
9.4 Restoring Forces and the Work Done by a Spring
9.5 Dissipative Forces and Thermal Energy
9.6 Power
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 10. Interactions and Potential Energy
10.1 Potential Energy
10.2 Gravitational Potential Energy
10.3 Elastic Potential Energy
10.4 Conservation of Energy
10.5 Energy Diagrams
10.6 Force and Potential Energy
10.7 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
10.8 The Energy Principle Revisited
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 11. Impulse and Momentum
11.1 Momentum and Impulse
11.2 Conservation of Momentum
11.3 Collisions
11.4 Explosions
11.5 Momentum in Two Dimensions
11.6 Advanced Topic: Rocket Propulsion
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part II Conservation Laws
Part III: Applications of Newtonian Mechanics
Overview: Power Over Our Environment
Chapter 12. Rotation of a Rigid Body
12.1 Rotational Motion
12.2 Rotation About the Center of Mass
12.3 Rotational Energy
12.4 Calculating Moment of Inertia
12.5 Torque
12.6 Rotational Dynamics
12.7 Rotation About a Fixed Axis
12.8 Static Equilibrium
12.9 Rolling Motion
12.10 The Vector Description of Rotational Motion
12.11 Angular Momentum
12.12 Advanced Topic: Precession of a Gyroscope
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 13. Newton’s Theory of Gravity
13.1 A Little History
13.2 Isaac Newton
13.3 Newton’s Law of Gravity
13.4 Little g and Big G
13.5 Gravitational Potential Energy
13.6 Satellite Orbits and Energies
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 14. Fluids and Elasticity
14.1 Fluids
14.2 Pressure
14.3 Measuring and Using Pressure
14.4 Buoyancy
14.5 Fluid Dynamics
14.6 Motion of a Viscous Fluid
14.7 Elasticity
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part III Applications of Newtonian Mechanics
Part IV: Oscillations and Waves
Overview: The Wave Model
Chapter 15. Oscillations
15.1 Simple Harmonic Motion
15.2 SHM and Circular Motion
15.3 Energy in SHM
15.4 The Dynamics of SHM
15.5 Vertical Oscillations
15.6 The Pendulum
15.7 Damped Oscillations
15.8 Driven Oscillations and Resonance
15.9 Advanced Topic: Coupled Oscillations and Normal Modes
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 16. Traveling Waves
16.1 An Introduction to Waves
16.2 One-Dimensional Waves
16.3 Sinusoidal Waves
16.4 Advanced Topic: The Wave Equation on a String
16.5 Sound and Light
16.6 Advanced Topic: The Wave Equation in a Fluid
16.7 Waves in Two and Three Dimensions
16.8 Power, Intensity, and Decibels
16.9 The Doppler Effect
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 17. Superposition
17.1 The Principle of Superposition
17.2 Standing Waves
17.3 Standing Waves on a String
17.4 Standing Sound Waves and Musical Acoustics
17.5 Interference in One Dimension
17.6 The Mathematics of Interference
17.7 Interference in Two and Three Dimensions
17.8 Beats
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part IV Oscillations and Waves
Part V: Thermodynamics
Overview: It’s All About Energy
Chapter 18. A Macroscopic Description of Matter
18.1 Solids, Liquids, and Gases
18.2 Atoms and Moles
18.3 Temperature
18.4 Thermal Expansion
18.5 Phase Changes
18.6 Ideal Gases
18.7 Ideal-Gas Processes
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 19. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
19.1 It’s All About Energy
19.2 Work in Ideal-Gas Processes
19.3 Heat
19.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics
19.5 Thermal Properties of Matter
19.6 Calorimetry
19.7 The Specific Heats of Gases
19.8 Heat-Transfer Mechanisms
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 20. The Micro/Macro Connection
20.1 Connecting the Microscopic and the Macroscopic
20.2 Molecular Speeds and Collisions
20.3 Pressure in a Gas
20.4 Temperature
20.5 Thermal Energy and Specific Heat
20.6 Heat Transfer and Thermal Equilibrium
20.7 Irreversible Processes and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
20.8 Microstates, Multiplicity, and Entropy
20.9 Using Entropy
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 21. Heat Engines and Refrigerators
21.1 Turning Heat into Work
21.2 Heat Engines and Refrigerators
21.3 Ideal-Gas Heat Engines
21.4 Ideal-Gas Refrigerators
21.5 The Limits of Efficiency
21.6 The Carnot Cycle
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part V Thermodynamics
Part VI: Electricity and Magnetism
Overview: Forces and Fields
Chapter 22. Electric Charges and Forces
22.1 The Charge Model
22.2 Charge
22.3 Insulators and Conductors
22.4 Coulomb’s Law
22.5 The Electric Field
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 23. The Electric Field
23.1 Electric Field Models
23.2 The Electric Field of Point Charges
23.3 The Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution
23.4 The Electric Fields of Some Common Charge Distributions
23.5 The Parallel-Plate Capacitor
23.6 Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electric Field
23.7 Motion of a Dipole in an Electric Field
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 24. Gauss’s Law
24.1 Symmetry
24.2 The Concept of Flux
24.3 Calculating Electric Flux
24.4 Gauss’s Law
24.5 Using Gauss’s Law
24.6 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 25. The Electric Potential
25.1 Electric Potential Energy
25.2 The Potential Energy of Point Charges
25.3 The Potential Energy of a Dipole
25.4 The Electric Potential
25.5 The Electric Potential Inside a Parallel-Plate Capacitor
25.6 The Electric Potential of a Point Charge
25.7 The Electric Potential of Many Charges
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 26. Potential and Field
26.1 Connecting Potential and Field
26.2 Finding the Electric Field from the Potential
26.3 A Conductor in Electrostatic Equilibrium
26.4 Sources of Electric Potential
26.5 Capacitance and Capacitors
26.6 The Energy Stored in a Capacitor
26.7 Dielectrics
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 27. Current and Resistance
27.1 The Electron Current
27.2 Creating a Current
27.3 Current and Current Density
27.4 Conductivity and Resistivity
27.5 Resistance and Ohm’s Law
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 28. Fundamentals of Circuits
28.1 Circuit Elements and Diagrams
28.2 Kirchhoff’s Laws and the Basic Circuit
28.3 Energy and Power
28.4 Series Resistors
28.5 Real Batteries
28.6 Parallel Resistors
28.7 Resistor Circuits
28.8 Getting Grounded
28.9 RC Circuits
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 29. The Magnetic Field
29.1 Magnetism
29.2 The Discovery of the Magnetic Field
29.3 The Source of the Magnetic Field: Moving Charges
29.4 The Magnetic Field of a Current
29.5 Magnetic Dipoles
29.6 Ampère’s Law and Solenoids
29.7 The Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge
29.8 Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Wires
29.9 Forces and Torques on Current Loops
29.10 Magnetic Properties of Matter
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 30. Electromagnetic Induction
30.1 Induced Currents
30.2 Motional emf
30.3 Magnetic Flux
30.4 Lenz’s Law
30.5 Faraday’s Law
30.6 Induced Fields
30.7 Induced Currents: Three Applications
30.8 Inductors
30.9 LC Circuits
30.10 LR Circuits
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 31. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
31.1 E or B? It Depends on Your Perspective
31.2 The Field Laws Thus Far
31.3 The Displacement Current
31.4 Maxwell’s Equations
31.5 Advanced Topic: Electromagnetic Waves
31.6 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
31.7 Polarization
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 32. AC Circuits
32.1 AC Sources and Phasors
32.2 Capacitor Circuits
32.3 RC Filter Circuits
32.4 Inductor Circuits
32.5 The Series RLC Circuit
32.6 Power in AC Circuits
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part VI Electricity and Magnetism
Part VII: Optics
Overview: The Story of Light
Chapter 33. Wave Optics
33.1 Models of Light
33.2 The Interference of Light
33.3 The Diffraction Grating
33.4 Single-Slit Diffraction
33.5 Advanced Topic: A Closer Look at Diffraction
33.6 Circular-Aperture Diffraction
33.7 The Wave Model of Light
33.8 Interferometers
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 34. Ray Optics
34.1 The Ray Model of Light
34.2 Reflection
34.3 Refraction
34.4 Image Formation by Refraction at a Plane Surface
34.5 Thin Lenses: Ray Tracing
34.6 Thin Lenses: Refraction Theory
34.7 Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 35. Optical Instruments
35.1 Lenses in Combination
35.2 The Camera
35.3 Vision
35.4 Optical Systems That Magnify
35.5 Color and Dispersion
35.6 The Resolution of Optical Instruments
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part VII Optics
Part VIII: Relativity and Quantum Physics
Overview: Contemporary Physics
Chapter 36. Relativity
36.1 Relativity: What’s It All About?
36.2 Galilean Relativity
36.3 Einstein’s Principle of Relativity
36.4 Events and Measurements
36.5 The Relativity of Simultaneity
36.6 Time Dilation
36.7 Length Contraction
36.8 The Lorentz Transformations
36.9 Relativistic Momentum
36.10 Relativistic Energy
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 37. The Foundations of Modern Physics
37.1 Matter and Light
37.2 The Emission and Absorption of Light
37.3 Cathode Rays and X Rays
37.4 The Discovery of the Electron
37.5 The Fundamental Unit of Charge
37.6 The Discovery of the Nucleus
37.7 Into the Nucleus
37.8 Classical Physics at the Limit
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 38. Quantization
38.1 The Photoelectric Effect
38.2 Einstein’s Explanation
38.3 Photons
38.4 Matter Waves and Energy Quantization
38.5 Bohr’s Model of Atomic Quantization
38.6 The Bohr Hydrogen Atom
38.7 The Hydrogen Spectrum
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 39. Wave Functions and Uncertainty
39.1 Waves, Particles, and the Double-Slit Experiment
39.2 Connecting the Wave and Photon Views
39.3 The Wave Function
39.4 Normalization
39.5 Wave Packets
39.6 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 40. One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
40.1 The Schrödinger Equation
40.2 Solving the Schrödinger Equation
40.3 A Particle in a Rigid Box: Energies and Wave Functions
40.4 A Particle in a Rigid Box: Interpreting the Solution
40.5 The Correspondence Principle
40.6 Finite Potential Wells
40.7 Wave-Function Shapes
40.8 The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
40.9 More Quantum Models
40.10 Quantum-Mechanical Tunneling
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 41. Atomic Physics
41.1 The Hydrogen Atom: Angular Momentum and Energy
41.2 The Hydrogen Atom: Wave Functions and Probabilities
41.3 The Electron’s Spin
41.4 Multielectron Atoms
41.5 The Periodic Table of the Elements
41.6 Excited States and Spectra
41.7 Lifetimes of Excited States
41.8 Stimulated Emission and Lasers
Summary
Questions And Problems
Chapter 42. Nuclear Physics
42.1 Nuclear Structure
42.2 Nuclear Stability
42.3 The Strong Force
42.4 The Shell Model
42.5 Radiation and Radioactivity
42.6 Nuclear Decay Mechanisms
42.7 Biological Applications of Nuclear Physics
Summary
Questions And Problems
Knowledge Structure: Part VIII Relativity and Quantum Physics
Appendix A. Mathematics Review
Appendix B. Periodic Table Of Elements
Appendix C. Atomic And Nuclear Data
Answers To Stop To Think Questions And Odd-Numbered Exercises And Problems
Credits
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