College Physics – Alan Giambattista – 3rd Edition

PART ONE: MECHANICS

1: Introduction

2: Force

3: Acceleration and Newtons Second Law of Motion

4: Motion with a Changing Velocity

5: Circular Motion

6: Conservation of Energy

7: Linear Momentum

8: Torque and Angular Momentum

9: Fluids

10: Elasticity and Oscillations

11: Waves

12: Sound

PART TWO: THERMAL PHYSICS

13: Temperature and the Ideal Gas

14: Heat

15: Thermodynamics

PART THREE: ELECTROMAGNETISM

16: Electric Forces and Fields

17: Electric Potential

18: Electric Current and Circuits

19: Magnetic Forces and Fields

20: Electromagnetic Induction

21: Alternating Current

PART FOUR: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND OPTICS

22: Electromagnetic Waves

23: Reflection and Refraction of Light

24: Optical Instruments

25: Interference and Diffraction

PART FIVE: QUANTUM AND PARTICLE PHYSICS

26: Relativity

27: Early Quantum Physics and the Photon

28: Quantum Physics

29: Nuclear Physics

30: Particle Physics

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Mathematics Review

A.1 Algebra

A.2 Solving equations

A.3 Exponents and logarithms

A.4 Proportions and ratios

A.5 Geometry

A.6 Trigonometry

A.7 Approximations

A.8 Vectors

Appendix B: Table of Selected Isotopes

Answers to Selected Questions and Problems