University Physics with Modern Physics, Global Edition, 15th edition

Published by Pearson (24 October 2024) © 2024

  • Hugh D. Young Carnegie Mellon University
  • Roger A Freedman University of California, Santa Barbara
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Title overview

For courses in calculus-based physics

The 15th Edition of University Physics with Modern Physics, now in SI Units, draws on insights from several users to help students see patterns and make connections between problem types. Students learn to recognise when to use similar steps in solving the same problem type and develop an understanding for problem solving approaches, rather than simply plugging values into an equation.

This edition addresses students' tendency to focus on the objects and situations posed in a problem, rather than recognising the underlying principle or the problem type. New Key Concept statements identify the main idea used in examples to help students recognise the underlying concepts and strategy. New Key Example Variation Problems within new Guided Practice sections group problems by type so students recognise when problems can be solved in similar ways, regardless of wording or numbers.

Table of contents

  • Volume 1 contains Chapters 1–20
  • Volume 2 contains Chapters 21–37
  • Volume 3 contains Chapters 37–44

CHAPTER 1: MECHANICS

  1. Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
  2. Motion Along a Straight Line
  3. Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
  4. Newton's Laws of Motion
  5. Applying Newton's Laws
  6. Work and Kinetic Energy
  7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
  8. Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
  9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies
  10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion
  11. Equilibrium and Elasticity
  12. Fluid Mechanics
  13. Gravitation
  14. Periodic Motion

WAVES/ACOUSTICS

  1. Mechanical Waves
  2. Sound and Hearing

THERMODYNAMICS

  1. Temperature and Heat
  2. Thermal Properties of Matter
  3. The First Law of Thermodynamics
  4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics

ELECTROMAGNETISM

  1. Electric Charge and Electric Field
  2. Gauss's Law
  3. Electric Potential
  4. Capacitance and Dielectrics
  5. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force
  6. Direct-Current Circuits
  7. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
  8. Sources of Magnetic Field
  9. Electromagnetic Induction
  10. Inductance
  11. Alternating Current
  12. Electromagnetic Waves

OPTICS

  1. The Nature and Propagation of Light
  2. Geometric Optics
  3. Interference
  4. Diffraction

MODERN PHYSICS

  1. Relativity
  2. Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles
  3. Particles Behaving as Waves
  4. Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions
  5. Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure
  6. Molecules and Condensed Matter
  7. Nuclear Physics
  8. Particle Physics and Cosmology

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