Research Catalog

Title

Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics / Raymond A. Serway, Robert J. Beichner ; John W. Jewett, Jr., contributing author.

Author

Serway, Raymond A.

Publication

Fort Worth, Tex. : Saunders College Publishing, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Beichner, Robert J.
• Jewett, John W.

Description

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; ports (some col.); 27 cm. +

Subject

Physics

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs.

Note

• Previous ed.: by Raymond A. Serway. c1996.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for IBM PC or compatible computer: 486/66-based PC or higher (Pentium processor recommended); 12 MB RAM; 11 MB of free disk space; Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0; 256 color capable VGA video board that is MPC Level II Compliant, and a color VGA display; CD-ROM drive.
• System requirements for Macintosh: 68020-based processors or above, including PowerPC-based systems; 12 MB RAM; 11 MB of free disk space; MacOS System 7.1 or above; 256 color display at 640 x 480 pixels; CD-ROM drive.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part 1. Mechanics: Physics and measurement -- Motion in one dimension -- Vectors -- Motion in two directions -- The laws of motion -- Circular motion and other applications of Newton's laws -- Work and kinetic energy -- Potential energy and conservation of energy -- Linear momentum and collisions -- Rotation of a rigid object about a fixed axis -- Rolling motion and angular momentum -- Static equilibrium and elasticity -- Oscillatory motion -- The law of gravity -- Fluid mechanics -- Part 2. Mechanical waves: Wave motion -- Sound waves -- Superposition and standing waves -- Part 3. Thermodynamics: Temperature -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- The kinetic theory of gases -- Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics -- Part 4. Electricity and magnetism: Electric fields -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capicitance and dielectrics -- Current and resistance -- Direct current circuits -- Magnetic fields -- Sources of the magnetic field -- Faraday's laws -- Inductance -- Alternating current circuits -- Electromagnetic waves -- Part 5. Light and optics: The nature of light and the laws of geometric optics -- Geometric optics -- Interference of light waves -- Diffraction and polarization -- Part 6. Modern physics: Relativity -- Introduction to quantum physics -- Quantum mechanics -- Atomic physics -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear structure -- Nuclear fission and fusion -- Particle physics and cosmology -- Appendix A. Tables -- Appendix B. Mathematics review -- Appendix C. Periodic table of the elements -- Appendix D. SI units -- Appendix E. Nobel prizes.
• The CD-ROM contents: Interactive physics software -- 100 interactive physics simulations -- Quick quizzes -- Selected end-of-chapter problems as marked in the text.

ISBN

0030226570

LCCN

^^^99061821^

OCLC

826997163

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library