University Physics with Modern Physics, 16th edition

Published by Pearson (March 12, 2026) © 2027

  • Hugh D. Young Carnegie Mellon University
  • Roger A Freedman University of California, Santa Barbara
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University Physics with Modern Physics focuses on how students like you learn physics and how you study. It addresses the difficulty students often have in connecting worked examples in the text to problems on homework and exams. Emphasizing the big picture in what each worked example demonstrates, the authors provide practice opportunities using sets of related problems that help identify repeating patterns and strategies.

The 16th Edition features extensively revised and updated homework problems, with more than 500 new to this revision. Multiple new features help you check your understanding and anticipate common misconceptions, including Caution Cartoons that use a comic-book format. Application sidebars offer real-world examples. “Meet the People Who Use Physics” essays in each chapter feature the personal story of a present-day practitioner; each essayist tells their personal story and offers advice.

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. Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure
  • 43. Molecules and Condensed Matter
  • 44. Nuclear Physics
  • 45. Particle Physics and Cosmology

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