Research Catalog
Physics for scientists and engineers.
- Title
- Physics for scientists and engineers.
- Author
- Serway, Raymond A.
- Publication
- Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, ©2010.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| vol.2 | Text | Use in library | QC23.2 .S47 2010 vol.2 | Off-site | |
| vol.1 | Text | Use in library | QC23.2 .S47 2010 vol.1 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxxii, 1184, 50, 25 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- John Jewett reveals the beauty and simplicity of physics while highlighting its essential role in other disciplines, from engineering to medicine.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Textbooks.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Earlier edition published 2008.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Mechanics. Physics and measurement -- Motion in one dimension -- Vectors -- Motion in two dimensions -- Laws of motion -- Circular motion and other applications of Newton's laws -- Energy of a system -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum and collisions -- Rotation of a rigid object about a fixed axis -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium and elasticity -- Universal gravitation -- Fluid mechanics.
- Pt. 2. Oscillations and mechanical waves. Oscillatory motion -- Wave motion -- Sound waves -- Superposition and standing waves.
- Pt. 3. Thermodynamics. Temperature -- First law of thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat engines, entropy, and the Second law of thermodynamics.
- Pt. 4. Electricity and magnetism. Electric fields -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance and dielectrics -- Current and resistance -- Direct current circuits -- Magnetic fields -- Sources of the magnetic field -- Faraday's law -- Inductance -- Alternating current circuits -- Electromagnetic waves.
- Pt. 5. Light and optics. The nature of light and the principles of ray optics -- Image formation -- Wave optics -- Diffraction patterns and polarization.
- Pt. 6. Modern physics. Relativity -- Introduction to quantum physics -- Quantum mechanics -- Atomic physics -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear structure -- Applications of nuclear physics -- Particle physics and cosmology.
- ISBN
- 9780495827818
- 0495827819
- 9781439048283
- 1439048282
- 9781439048382
- 143904838X
- 9781439048399
- 1439048398
- 9781439048443
- 1439048444
- 9781439048757
- 1439048754
- 1439048290
- 9781439048290
- 1439048304
- 9781439048306
- 1439048312
- 9781439048313
- 9780538497220
- 053849722X
- LCCN
- 2009923972
- OCLC
- ocn500920961
- 500920961
- SCSB-1547943
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library