Physics for scientists & engineers with modern physics
By: Douglas C. Giancoli.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 950
ISBN-13: 9780132273589; 9780132273596; 9780321542144
Subjects: Physics -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks.
Other titles: Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, measurement, estimating; title: Describing motion; title: Kinematics in two or three dimensions; title: Dynamics; title: Using Newton's laws; title: Gravitation and Newton's synthesis; title: Work and energy; title: Conservation of energy; title: Linear momentum; title: Rotational motion; title: Angular momentum; title: Static equilibrium; title: Fluids; title: Oscillations; title: Wave motion; title: Sound; title: Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law; title: Kinetic theory of gases; title: Heat and the first law of thermodynamics; title: Second law of thermodynamics; title: Electric charge and electric field; title: Gauss's law; title: Electric potential; title: Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage; title: Electric currents and resistance; title: DC circuits; title: Magnetism; title: Sources of magnetic field; title: Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law; title: Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations, and AC circuits; title: Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves; title: Light; title: Lenses and optical instruments; title: The wave nature of light; title: Diffraction and polarization; title: The special theory of relativity; title: Early quantum theory and models of the atom; title: Quantum mechanics; title: Quantum mechanics of atoms; title: Molecules and solids; title: Nuclear physics and radioactivity; title: Nuclear energy; title: Elementary particles; title: Astrophysics and cosmology.