Physics
University Physics with Modern Physics
Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2007, 1632pp, 12th ed.
Refining the most widely adopted and enduring physics textbook available, University Physics with Modern Physics, Twelfth Edition continues an unmatched history of innovation and careful execution that was established by the best selling Eleventh Edition. Assimilating the best ideas from education research, this textbook provides enhanced problem-solving instruction, pioneering visual and conceptual pedagogy, the first systematically enhanced problems, and the most pedagogically proven and widely used homework and tutorial system available.
Table of contents
Mechanics
- Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
- Motion Along a Straight Line
- Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Applying Newton's Laws
- Work and Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
- Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
- Rotation of Rigid Bodies
- Dynamics of Rotational Motion
- Equilibrium and Elasticity
- Gravitation
- Periodic Motion
- Fluid Mechanics
Waves/Acoustics - Mechanical Waves
- Sound and Hearing
Thermodynamics - Temperature and Heat
- Thermal Properties of Matter
- The First Law of Thermodynamics
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Electromagnetism - Electric Charge and Electric Field
- Gauss's Law
- Electric Potential
- Capacitance and Dielectrics
- Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force
- Direct-Current Circuits
- Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
- Sources of Magnetic Field
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Inductance
- Alternating Current
- Electromagnetic Waves
Optics - The Nature and Propagation of Light
- Geometric Optics and Optical Instruments
- Interference
- Diffraction
Modern Physics - Relativity
- Photons, Electrons, and Atoms
- The Wave Nature of Particles
- Quantum Mechanics
- Atomic Structure
- Molecules and Condensed Matter
- Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics and Cosmology