Physics
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Physics
Wiley, c2001
5th ed
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Clear concepts, sound reasoning skills, and real-world applications! Cutnell and Johnson offer numerous learning tools, problems, and real-life applications that will involve readers and make difficult concepts easier to understand.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Mathematical Concepts.Kinematics in One Dimension.Kinematics in Two Dimensions.Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion.Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion.Work and Energy.Impulse and Momentum.Rotational Kinematics.Rotational Dynamics.Simple Harmonic Motion and Elasticity.Fluids.Temperature and Heat.The Transfer of Heat.The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory.Thermodynamics.Waves and Sound.The Principle of Linear Superposition and Interference Phenomena.Electric Forces and Electric Fields.Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential.Electric Circuits.Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields.Electromagnetic Induction.Alternating Current Circuits.Electromagnetic Waves.The Reflection of Light: Mirrors.The Refraction of Light: Lenses and Optical Instruments.Interference and the Wave Nature of Light.Special Relativity.Particles and Waves.The Nature of the Atom.Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity.Ionizing Radiation, Nuclear Energy, and Elementary Particles.Appendices.Answers to Odd--Numbered Problems.Photo Credits.Index.
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