Physics for scientists & engineers : with modern physics /
Physics for scientists and engineers
Douglas C. Giancoli.
- [4th ed.].
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. ; Harlow : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2009.
- 2 v. in 1 (xix, 1228, 70 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 28 cm.
Previous ed.: 2000 (which was rev. ed. of: Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics. 2nd ed. c1988). Rev. ed. of: Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics. 2nd ed. c1988. "Pearson internation edition."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vol. 1: 1. Introduction, measurement, estimating -- 2. Describing motion -- 3. Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- 4. Dynamics -- 5. Using Newton's laws -- 6. Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- 7. Work and energy -- 8. Conservation of energy -- 9. Linear momentum -- 10. Rotational motion -- 11. Angular momentum -- 12. Static equilibrium -- 13. Fluids -- 14. Oscillations -- 15. Wave motion -- 16. Sound -- 17. Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- 18. Kinetic theory of gases -- 19. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- 20. Second law of thermodynamics -- Vol. 2: 21. Electric charge and electric field -- 22. Gauss's law -- 23. Electric potential -- 24. Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- 25. Electric currents and resistance -- 26. DC circuits -- 27. Magnetism -- 28. Sources of magnetic field -- 29. Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law -- 30. Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations, and AC circuits -- 31. Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- 32. Light -- 33. Lenses and optical instruments -- 34. The wave nature of light -- 35. Diffraction and polarization -- 36. The special theory of relativity -- 37. Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- 38. Quantum mechanics -- 39. Quantum mechanics of atoms -- 40. Molecules and solids -- 41. Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- 42. Nuclear energy -- 43. Elementary particles -- 44. Astrophysics and cosmology -- Appendices: A. Mathematical formulas -- B. Derivatives and integrals -- C. More on dimensional analysis -- D. Gravitational force due to spherical mass distribution -- E. Differential form of Maxwell's equations -- F. Selected isoptopes.