Physics : principles with applications /
Douglas C. Giancoli.
- 3rd ed.
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1991.
- xxi, 962 p. ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.
includes index
1. Introduction 2. Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension 3. Kinematics in Two or three Dimensions; Vectors 4. Motion and force: dynamics 5. Circular motion: gravitation 6. Work and energy 7. Linear momentum 8. Rotational motion 9. Bodies in equilibrium: elasticity and fracture 10. Vibrations and waves temperature and kinetic theory 11. Heat 12. The first and second laws of thermodynamics 13. Electric charge and electric field 14. Electric potential and electric energy 15. Electric currents 16. Dc circuits and instruments 17. Magnetism 18. Electromagnetic induction and faraday's law: ac circuits 19. Electromagnetic waves 20. Light: geometric optics 21. The wave nature of light 22. Optical instruments 23. Special theory of relativity 24. Early quantum theory and models of the atom 25. Quantum mechanics of atoms 26. Molecules and solids 27. Nuclear physics and radioactivity 28. Nuclear energy: effects and uses of radiation 29. Elementary particles 30. Astrophysics and cosmology