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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Table of contents

  • 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
  • 15. Mechanical Waves
  • 16. Sound and Hearing
  • THERMODYNAMICS
  • 17. Temperature and Heat
  • 18. Thermal Properties of Matter
  • 19. The First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 20. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • ELECTROMAGNETISM
  • 21. Electric Charge and Electric Field
  • 22. Gauss's Law
  • 23. Electric Potential
  • 24. Capacitance and Dielectrics
  • 25. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force
  • 26. Direct-Current Circuits
  • 27. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
  • 28. Sources of Magnetic Field
  • 29. Electromagnetic Induction
  • 30. Inductance
  • 31. Alternating Current
  • 32. Electromagnetic Waves
  • OPTICS
  • 33. The Nature and Propagation of Light
  • 34. Geometric Optics
  • 35. Interference
  • 36. Diffraction
  • MODERN PHYSICS
  • 37. Relativity
  • 38. Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles
  • 39. Particles Behaving as Waves
  • 40. Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions
  • 41. Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure
  • 42. Molecules and Condensed Matter
  • 43. Nuclear Physics
  • 44. Particle Physics and Cosmology

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