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Physics for scientists & engineers / Douglas C. Giancoli

By: Giancoli, Douglas CMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008 Edition: 4th edDescription: xix, 1016, A63 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm + 1 student access kitISBN: 9780132275590; 0132275597Other title: Physics for scientists and engineers | [Chapters 1-37]Subject(s): Physics -- TextbooksDDC classification: 530 LOC classification: QC21.3 | .G539 2008
Contents:
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
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Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
QC21.2 .G52 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 01578

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

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