University physics with modern physics /

Young, Hugh D.,

University physics with modern physics / Some previous editions have title: Sears and Zemansky's university physics with modern physics Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman. - 15th edition. - volumes cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mechanics. Units, physical quantities, and vectors -- Motion along a straight line -- Motion in two or three dimensions -- Newton's laws of motion -- Applying Newton's laws -- Work and kinetic energy -- Potential energy and energy conservation -- Momentum, impulse, and collisions -- Rotation of rigid bodies -- Dynamics of rotational motion -- Equilibrium and elasticity -- Fluid mechanics -- Gravitation -- Periodic motion -- Waves, acoustics. Mechanical waves -- Sound and hearing -- Thermodynamics. Temperature and heat -- Thermal properties of matter -- The first law of thermodynamics -- The second law of thermodynamics. Electromagnetism. Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance and dielectrics -- Current, resistance, and electromotive force -- Direct-current circuits -- Magnetic field and magnetic forces -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction -- Inductance -- Alternating current -- Electromagnetic waves -- Optics. The nature and propagation of light -- Geometric optics -- Interference -- Diffraction -- Modern physics. Relativity -- Photons : light waves behaving as particles -- Particles behaving as waves -- Quantum mechanics I : wave functions -- Quantum mechanics II : atomic structure -- Molecules and condensed matter -- Nuclear physics -- Particle physics and cosmology.

9780135159552 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2018042240


Physics--Textbooks.
Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)

QC21.3 / .Y68 2020

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