College physics / Eugene Hecht.

Author
Hecht, Eugene [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Eleventh edition.
Published/​Created
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2012]
Description
x, 513 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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    Series
    Schaum's outline series [More in this series]
    Summary note
    More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum's Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice. Outline format facilitates quick and easy review of college physics 984 solved problems.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Speed, Displacemnent, and Velocity: An Introduction to Vectors
    • 2. Uniformly Accelerated Motion
    • 3. Newton's Laws
    • 4. Equilibrium Under the Action of Concurrent Forces
    • 5. Equilibrium of a Rigid Body Under Coplanar Forces
    • 6. Work, Energy, and Power
    • 7. Simple Machines
    • 8. Impulse and Momentum
    • 9. Angular Motion in a Plane
    • 10. Rigid-Body Rotation
    • 11. Simple Harmonic Motion and Springs
    • 12. Density; Elasticity
    • 13. Fluids at Rest
    • 14. Fluids in Motion
    • 15. Thermal Expansion
    • 16. Ideal Gases
    • 17. Kinetic Theory
    • 18. Heat Quantities
    • 19. Transfer of Thermal Energy
    • 20. First Law of Thermodynamics
    • 21. Entropy and the Second Law
    • 22. Wave Motion
    • 23. Sound
    • 24. Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields
    • 25. Electric Potential; Capacitance
    • 26. Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
    • 27. Electrical Power
    • 28. Equivalent Resistance; Simple Circuits
    • 29. Kirchhoff's Laws
    • 30. Forces in Magnetic Fields
    • 31. Sources of Magnetic Fields
    • 32. Induced EMF; Magnetic Flux
    • 33. Electric Generators and Motors
    • 34. Inductance; R-C and R-L Time Constants
    • 35. Alternating Current
    • 36. Reflection of Light
    • 37. Refraction of Light
    • 38. Thin Lenses
    • 39. Optical Instruments
    • 40. Interference and Diffraction of Light
    • 41. Relativity
    • 42. Quantum Physics and Wave Mechanics
    • 43. The Hydrogen Atom
    • 44. Multielectron Atoms
    • 45. Nuclei and Radioactivity
    • 46. Applied Nuclear Physics.
    Other title(s)
    Schaum's outlines college physics
    At head of title
    • Schaum's outlines
    ISBN
    • 9780071754873 ((paperback))
    • 0071754873 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    756754160
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