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Author(s): Wolfgang Bauer; Gary Westfall;
Edition: 3
Publisher: McGraw-Hill US Higher Ed ISE
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 1392
Cover Page
Numerical Constants
Unit Conversion Factors
Title Page
Copyright Page
Brief Contents
About the Authors
A Note from the Authors
Contents
How to Use This Book
Connect Page
Digital Resources
Acknowledgments
Changes Since the Second Edition
The Big Picture
Part 1: Mechanics of Point Particles
1 Overview
2 Motion in a Straight Line
3 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
4 Force
5 Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power
6 Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
7 Momentum and Collisions
Part 2: Extended Objects, Matter, and Circular Motion
8 Systems of Particles and Extended Objects
9 Circular Motion
10 Rotation
11 Static Equilibrium
12 Gravitation
13 Solids and Fluids
Part 3: Oscillations and Waves
14 Oscillations
15 Waves
16 Sound
Part 4: Thermal Physics
17 Temperature
18 Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
19 Ideal Gases
20 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Part 5: Electricity
21 Electrostatics
22 Electric Fields and Gauss’s Law
23 Electric Potential
24 Capacitors
25 Current and Resistance
26 Direct Current Circuits
Part 6: Magnetism
27 Magnetism
28 Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges
29 Electromagnetic Induction
30 Alternating Current Circuits
31 Electromagnetic Waves
Part 7: Optics
32 Geometric Optics
33 Lenses and Optical Instruments
34 Wave Optics
Part 8: Relativity and Quantum Physics
35 Relativity
36 Quantum Physics
37 Quantum Mechanics
38 Atomic Physics
39 Elementary Particle Physics
40 Nuclear Physics
Appendix A: Mathematics Primer
Appendix B: Element Properties
Answers to Selected Questions and Problems
Index
