Essential University Physics, 4th edition

Essential University Physics, 4th Edition is available in 3 versions:

• Full Version, All Chapters: Chs 1-39
• Volume 1: Chs 1-19
• Volume 2: Chs 20-39

1. Doing Physics
2. • 1.1 Realms of Physics
   • 1.2 Measurements and Units
   • 1.3 Working with Numbers
   • 1.4 Strategies for Learning Physics

PART ONE: MECHANICS

1. Motion in a Straight Line
2. • 2.1 Average Motion
   • 2.2 Instantaneous Velocity
   • 2.3 Acceleration
   • 2.4 Constant Acceleration
   • 2.5 The Acceleration of Gravity
   • 2.6 When Acceleration Isn't Constant

1. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
2. • 3.1 Vectors
   • 3.2 Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
   • 3.3 Relative Motion
   • 3.4 Constant Acceleration
   • 3.5 Projectile Motion
   • 3.6 Uniform Circular Motion

1. Force and Motion
2. • 4.1 The Wrong Question
   • 4.2 Newton's First and Second Laws
   • 4.3 Forces
   • 4.4 The Force of Gravity
   • 4.5 Using Newton's Second Law
   • 4.6 Newton's Third Law

1. Using Newton's Laws
2. • 5.1 Using Newton's Second Law
   • 5.2 Multiple Objects
   • 5.3 Circular Motion
   • 5.4 Friction
   • 5.5 Drag Forces

1. Energy, Work, and Power
2. • 6.1 Energy
   • 6.2 Work
   • 6.3 Forces That Vary
   • 6.4 Kinetic Energy
   • 6.5 Power

1. Conservation of Energy
2. • 7.1 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
   • 7.2 Potential Energy
   • 7.3 Conservation of Mechanical Energy
   • 7.4 Nonconservative Forces
   • 7.5 Conservation of Energy
   • 7.6 Potential-Energy Curves

1. Gravity
2. • 8.1 Toward a Law of Gravity
   • 8.2 Universal Gravitation
   • 8.3 Orbital Motion
   • 8.4 Gravitational Energy
   • 8.5 The Gravitational Field

1. Systems of Particles
2. • 9.1 Center of Mass
   • 9.2 Momentum
   • 9.3 Kinetic Energy of a System
   • 9.4 Collisions
   • 9.5 Totally Inelastic Collisions
   • 9.6 Elastic Collisions

1. Rotational Motion
2. • 10.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration
   • 10.2 Torque
   • 10.3 Rotational Inertia and the Analog of Newton's Law
   • 10.4 Rotational Energy
   • 10.5 Rolling Motion

1. Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
2. • 11.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
   • 11.2 Torque and the Vector Cross Product
   • 11.3 Angular Momentum
   • 11.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
   • 11.5 Gyroscopes and Precession

1. Static Equilibrium
2. • 12.1 Conditions for Equilibrium
   • 12.2 Center of Gravity
   • 12.3 Examples of Static Equilibrium
   • 12.4 Stability

PART TWO: OSCILLATIONS, WAVES, AND FLUIDS

1. Oscillatory Motion
2. • 13.1 Describing Oscillatory Motion
   • 13.2 Simple Harmonic Motion
   • 13.3 Applications of Simple Harmonic Motion
   • 13.4 Circular Motion and Harmonic Motion
   • 13.5 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
   • 13.6 Damped Harmonic Motion
   • 13.7 Driven Oscillations and Resonance

1. 14. Wave Motion
2. • 14.1 Waves and Their Properties
   • 14.2 Wave Math
   • 14.3 Waves on a String
   • 14.4 Wave Energy
   • 14.5 Sound Waves
   • 14.6 Interference
   • 14.7 Reflection and Refraction
   • 14.8 Standing Waves
   • 14.9 The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves

1. Fluid Motion
2. • 15.1 Density and Pressure
   • 15.2 Hydrostatic Equilibrium
   • 15.3 Archimedes' Principle and Buoyancy
   • 15.4 Fluid Dynamics
   • 15.5 Applications of Fluid Dynamics
   • 15.6 Viscosity and Turbulence

PART THREE: THERMODYNAMICS

1. Temperature and Heat
2. • 16.1 Heat, Temperature, and Thermodynamic Equilibrium
   • 16.2 Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
   • 16.3 Heat Transfer
   • 16.4 Thermal-Energy Balance

1. The Thermal Behavior of Matter
2. • 17.1 Gases
   • 17.2 Phase Changes
   • 17.3 Thermal Expansion

1. Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
2. • 18.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics
   • 18.2 Thermodynamic Processes
   • 18.3 Specific Heats of an Ideal Gas

1. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
2. • 19.1 Reversibility and Irreversibility
   • 19.2 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
   • 19.3 Applications of the Second Law
   • 19.4 Entropy and Energy Quality

PART FOUR: ELECTROMAGNETISM

1. Electric Charge, Force, and Field
2. • 20.1 Electric Charge
   • 20.2 Coulomb's Law
   • 20.3 The Electric Field
   • 20.4 Fields of Charge Distributions
   • 20.5 Matter in Electric Fields

1. Gauss's Law
2. • 21.1 Electric Field Lines
   • 21.2 Electric Field and Electric Flux
   • 21.3 Gauss's Law
   • 21.4 Using Gauss's Law
   • 21.5 Fields of Arbitrary Charge Distributions
   • 21.6 Gauss's Law and Conductors

1. Electric Potential
2. • 22.1 Electric Potential Difference
   • 22.2 Calculating Potential Difference
   • 22.3 Potential Difference and the Electric Field
   • 22.4 Charged Conductors

1. Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors
2. • 23.1 Electrostatic Energy
   • 23.2 Capacitors
   • 23.3 Using Capacitors
   • 23.4 Energy in the Electric Field

1. Electric Current
2. • 24.1 Electric Current
   • 24.2 Conduction Mechanisms
   • 24.3 Resistance and Ohm's Law
   • 24.4 Electric Power
   • 24.5 Electrical Safety

1. Electric Circuits
2. • 25.1 Circuits, Symbols, and Electromotive Force
   • 25.2 Series and Parallel Resistors
   • 25.3 Kirchhoff's Laws and Multiloop Circuits
   • 25.4 Electrical Measurements
   • 25.5 Capacitors in Circuits

1. Magnetism: Force and Field
2. • 26.1 What Is Magnetism?
   • 26.2 Magnetic Force and Field
   • 26.3 Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields
   • 26.4 The Magnetic Force on a Current
   • 26.5 Origin of the Magnetic Field
   • 26.6 Magnetic Dipoles
   • 26.7 Magnetic Matter
   • 26.8 Ampère's Law

1. Electromagnetic Induction
2. • 27.1 Induced Currents
   • 27.2 Faraday's Law
   • 27.3 Induction and Energy
   • 27.4 Inductance
   • 27.5 Magnetic Energy
   • 27.6 Induced Electric Fields

1. Alternating-Current Circuits
2. • 28.1 Alternating Current
   • 28.2 Circuit Elements in AC Circuits
   • 28.3 LC Circuits
   • 28.4 Driven RLC Circuits and Resonance
   • 28.5 Power in AC Circuits
   • 28.6 Transformers and Power Supplies

1. Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
2. • 29.1 The Four Laws of Electromagnetism
   • 29.2 Ambiguity in Ampère's Law
   • 29.3 Maxwell's Equations
   • 29.4 Electromagnetic Waves
   • 29.5 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
   • 29.6 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
   • 29.7 Producing Electromagnetic Waves
   • 29.8 Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves

PART FIVE: OPTICS

1. Reflection and Refraction
2. • 30.1 Reflection
   • 30.2 Refraction
   • 30.3 Total Internal Reflection
   • 30.4 Dispersion

1. Images and Optical Instruments
2. • 31.1 Images with Mirrors
   • 31.2 Images with Lenses
   • 31.3 Refraction in Lenses: The Details
   • 31.4 Optical Instruments

1. Interference and Diffraction
2. • 32.1 Coherence and Interference
   • 32.2 Double-Slit Interference
   • 32.3 Multiple-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings
   • 32.4 Interferometry
   • 32.5 Huygens' Principle and Diffraction
   • 32.6 The Diffraction Limit

PART SIX: MODERN PHYSICS

1. Relativity
2. • 33.1 Speed c Relative to What?
   • 33.2 Matter, Motion, and the Ether
   • 33.3 Special Relativity
   • 33.4 Space and Time in Relativity
   • 33.5 Simultaneity Is Relative
   • 33.6 The Lorentz Transformations
   • 33.7 Energy and Momentum in Relativity
   • 33.8 Electromagnetism and Relativity
   • 33.9 General Relativity

1. Particles and Waves
2. • 34.1 Toward Quantum Theory
   • 34.2 Blackbody Radiation
   • 34.3 Photons
   • 34.4 Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Atom
   • 34.5 Matter Waves
   • 34.6 The Uncertainty Principle
   • 34.7 Complementarity

1. Quantum Mechanics
2. • 35.1 Particles, Waves, and Probability
   • 35.2 The Schrödinger Equation
   • 35.3 Particles and Potentials
   • 35.4 Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions
   • 35.5 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

1. Atomic Physics
2. • 36.1 The Hydrogen Atom
   • 36.2 Electron Spin
   • 36.3 The Exclusion Principle
   • 36.4 Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table
   • 36.5 Transitions and Atomic Spectra

1. Molecules and Solids
2. • 37.1 Molecular Bonding
   • 37.2 Molecular Energy Levels
   • 37.3 Solids
   • 37.4 Superconductivity

1. Nuclear Physics
2. • 38.1 Elements, Isotopes, and Nuclear Structure
   • 38.2 Radioactivity
   • 38.3 Binding Energy and Nucleosynthesis
   • 38.4 Nuclear Fission 38.5 Nuclear Fusion\

1. From Quarks to the Cosmos
2. • 39.1 Particles and Forces
   • 39.2 Particles and More Particles
   • 39.3 Quarks and the Standard Model
   • 39.4 Unification
   • 39.5 The Evolving Universe

APPENDICES

• A. Mathematics
• B. The International System of Units (SI)
• C. Conversion Factors
• D. The Elements
• E. Astrophysical Data
• Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems