Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics – Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett Jr. – 10th Edition

Preface

To the Student

PART 1: Mechanics

1: Physics and Measurement

2: Motion in One Dimension

3: Vectors

4: Motion in Two Dimensions

5: The Laws of Motion

6: Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton’s Laws

7: Energy of a System

8: Conservation of Energy

9: Linear Momentum and Collisions

10: Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis

11: Angular Momentum

12: Static Equilibrium and Elasticity

13: Universal Gravitation

14: Fluid Mechanics

PART 2: Oscillations and Mechanical Waves

15: Oscillatory Motion

16: Wave Motion

17: Superposition and Standing Waves

PART 3: Thermodynamics

18: Temperature

19: The First Law of Thermodynamics

20: The Kinetic Theory of Gases

21: Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

PART 4: Electricity and Magnetism

22: Electric Fields

23: Continuous Charge Distributions and Gauss’s Law

24: Electric Potential

25: Capacitance and Dielectrics

26: Current and Resistance

27: Direct-Current Circuits

28: Magnetic Fields

29: Sources of the Magnetic Field

30: Faraday’s Law

31: Inductance

32: Alternating-Current Circuits

33: Electromagnetic Waves

PART 5: Light and Optics

34: The Nature of Light and the Principles of Ray Optics

35: Image Formation

36: Wave Optics

37: Diffraction Patterns and Polarization

PART 6: Modern Physics

38: Relativity

Appendices

A: Tables

B: Mathematics Review

C: Periodic Table of the Elements

D: SI Units

Answers to Quick Quizzes and Odd-Numbered Problems

Index

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