Physics for scientists & engineers /
Giancoli, Douglas C
Physics for scientists & engineers / Physics for scientists and engineers [Chapters 1-37] Douglas C. Giancoli - 4th ed - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008 - xix, 1016, A63 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm + 1 student access kit
Previous ed.: 2000 Title of student access kit: Mastering physics : required for access to online materials Includes indexes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Describing motion -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- Dynamics -- Using Newton's laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law -- Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations, and AC circuits -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Lenses and optical instruments -- The wave nature of light -- Diffraction and polarization -- The special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Appendices
9780132275590 0132275597
GBA704126 bnb
Physics--Textbooks
QC21.3 / .G539 2008
530
Physics for scientists & engineers / Physics for scientists and engineers [Chapters 1-37] Douglas C. Giancoli - 4th ed - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008 - xix, 1016, A63 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm + 1 student access kit
Previous ed.: 2000 Title of student access kit: Mastering physics : required for access to online materials Includes indexes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Describing motion -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- Dynamics -- Using Newton's laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law -- Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations, and AC circuits -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Lenses and optical instruments -- The wave nature of light -- Diffraction and polarization -- The special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Appendices
9780132275590 0132275597
GBA704126 bnb
Physics--Textbooks
QC21.3 / .G539 2008
530