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Giambattista, Alan

College physics / Alan Giambattista, Betty McCarthy Richardson, Robert C. Richardson - 2nd ed. - Boston : McGraw Hill, 2007 - xxxii, 1104 p.

IncludesMathematics review A-I, Tables of selected nuclides, answers to selected questions and problems, credits and index

Part 1 Mechanics 1 Introduction 2 Force 3 Acceleration and Newton's Second Law of Motion 4 Motion with a Changing Velocity 5 Circular Motion 6 Conservation of Energy 7 Linear Momentum 8 Torque and Angular Momentum 9 Fluids 10 Elasticity and Oscillations 11 Waves 12 Sound Part 2 Thermal Physics 13 Temperature and the Ideal Gas 14 Heat 15 Thermodynamics Part 3 Electromagnetism 16 Electric Forces and Fields 17 Electric Potential 18 Electric Current and Circuits 19 Magnetic Forces and Fields 20 Electromagnetic Induction 21 Alternating Current Part 4 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics 22 Electromagnetic Waves 23 Reflection and Refraction 24 Optical Instruments 25 Interference and Diffraction Part 5 Quantum and Particle Physics and Relativity 26 Relativity 27 Early Quantum Physics and the Photon 28 Quantum Physics 29 Nuclear Physics 30 Particle Physics Appendix A Mathematical Review Appendix B Table of Selected Nuclides

ISBN: 9780071106085 (pbk)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physics

Dewey Class. No.: 530 / G347