Research Catalog

Title

Sears and Zemansky's university physics.

Author

Young, Hugh D.

Publication

San Francisco : Addison-Wesley, ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Freedman, Roger A.
• Young, Hugh D.
• Sears, Francis Weston, 1898-1975.

Description

xxi, 1274 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.

Series Statement

Addison-Wesley series in physics

Uniform Title

Addison-Wesley series in physics

Alternative Title

University physics

Subject

• Physics
• Physics
• physics
• 33.00 physics: general
• Natuurkunde

Genre/Form

Educational tools (form)

Note

• Rev. ed. of: University physics. 9th ed. c1996.
• Includes index.

Credits (note)

• Contributing authors, T.R. Sandin, A. Lewis Ford.

Contents

Units, physical quantities, and vectors -- Motion along a straight line -- Motion in two or three dimensions -- Newton's laws of motion -- Application of 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 -- Gravitation -- Periodic motion -- Fluid mechanics -- Temperature and heat -- Thermal properties of matter -- The first law of thermodynamics -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Mechanical waves -- Wave interference and normal modes -- Sound and hearing -- 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 -- The nature and propagation of light -- Geometric optics -- Optical instruments -- Interference -- Diffraction -- Relativity.

ISBN

• 0201603225
• 9780201603224
• 0805385398
• 9780805385397

LCCN

00268299

OCLC

• ocm44049529
• 44049529
• SCSB-1139531

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library