Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics, Global Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (June 30, 2024) © 2024

  • Douglas C. Giancoli
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Table of contents

Complete version: All 3 volumes = 44 Chapters, including 9 Chapters of modern physics.

The 3 Volume version is also available separately.

  • Volume 1: Chapters 1-20 on mechanics, including fluids, oscillations, waves, plus heat and thermodynamics.
  • Volume 2: Chapters 21-35 on electricity and magnetism, plus light and optics.
  • Volume 3: Chapters 36-44 on modern physics: relativity, quantum theory, atomic physics, condensed matter, nuclear physics, elementary particles, cosmology and astrophysics.

  1. Introduction, Measurement, Estimating
  2. Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension
  3. Kinematics in Two or Three Dimensions; Vectors
  4. Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion
  5. Using Newton's Laws: Friction, Circular Motion, Drag Forces
  6. Gravitation and Newton's Synthesis
  7. Work and Energy
  8. Conservation of Energy
  9. Linear Momentum
  10. Rotational Motion
  11. Angular Momentum; General Rotation
  12. Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
  13. Fluids
  14. Oscillations
  15. Wave Motion
  16. Sound
  17. Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and the Ideal Gas Law
  18. Kinetic Theory of Gases
  19. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
  20. Second Law of Thermodynamics
  21. Electric Charge and Electric Field
  22. Gauss's Law
  23. Electric Potential
  24. Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage
  25. Electric Current and Resistance
  26. DC Circuits
  27. Magnetism
  28. Sources of Magnetic Field
  29. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
  30. Inductance, Electromagnetic Oscillations, and AC Circuits
  31. Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
  32. Light: Reflection and Refraction
  33. Lenses and Optical Instruments
  34. The Wave Nature of Light: Interference and Polarization
  35. Diffraction
  36. The Special Theory of Relativity
  37. Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
  38. Quantum Mechanics
  39. Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
  40. Molecules and Solids
  41. Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
  42. Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
  43. Elementary Particles
  44. Astrophysics and Cosmology

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