Physics : principles with applications /

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Main Author: Giancoli, Douglas C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston Pearson 2016
Edition:Seventh edition, Global edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, measurements, estimating
  • Describing motion: kinematics in one dimension
  • Kinematics in two dimensions; vectors
  • Dynamics: Newton's laws of motion
  • Circular motion; gravitation
  • Work and energy
  • Linear momentum
  • Rotational motion
  • Static equilibrium; elasticity and fracture
  • Fluids
  • Oscillations and waves
  • Sound
  • Temperature and kinetic theory
  • Heat
  • The laws of thermodynamics
  • Electric charge and electric field
  • Electric potential
  • Electric currents
  • DC circuits
  • Magnetism
  • Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Light: geometric optics
  • The wave nature of light
  • Optical instruments
  • The special theory of relativity
  • Early quantum theory and models of the atom
  • Quantum mechanics of atoms
  • Molecules and solids
  • Nuclear physics and radioactivity
  • Nuclear energy; effects and uses of radiation
  • Elementary particles
  • Astrophysics and cosmology.