University physics
Subtitle: models and applications
By: William P. Crummett, Arthur B. Western.
Contributors: Western, Arthur B. 1944-
Publisher: Wm. C. Brown
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dubuque, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1224
Subjects: Physics
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Physics and measurement --; title: Vector algebra --; title: Motion along a straight line --; title: Motion in two dimensions -- Forces, Newton's three laws of motion --; title: Additional force models and circular motion --; title: Work and Kinetic energy --; title: Conservation of energy --; title: Impulse and linear momentum --; title: Momentum, energy, and the center of mass --; title: Rotation about a fixed axis --; title: Static equilibrium and rolling objects --; title: Vector descriptions of rotational motion --; title: Oscillations --; title: One-dimensional waves --; title: Solids, liquids, and gases --; title: Sound --; title: Temperature, heat, and the equation of state --; title: Thermodynamics I: processes and the first law --; title: Thermodynamics II: the second law --; title: Microscopic connections to thermodynamics --; title: Stationary charges and the electric field --; title: Gauss's law --; title: Electric potential --; title: Capacitors and dielectrics --; title: Electric current and resistance --; title: Direct-current circuits --; title: Magnetic field --; title: Sources of magnetic fields --; title: Faraday's law and induction --; title: Inductance --; title: Magnetic properties of materials (optional) --; title: Alternating-current circuits --; title: Electromagnetic waves; title: Reflection, refraction, and polarization of light --; title: Geometrical optics --; title: Interference of light --; title: Diffraction of light --; title: Special theory of relativity --; title: Birth of quantum physics.