Physics for scientists and engineers : a strategic approach : with modern physics / Randall D. Knight.

Author
Knight, Randall Dewey [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Third edition.
Published/​Created
  • Boston ; London : Pearson, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
xxxi, 1279, 38, 3, 13 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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        From the publisher: As the most widely adopted new physics book in more than 50 years, Knight's Physics for Scientists and Engineers was published to widespread critical acclaim from professors and students. In the Third Edition, Knight builds on the research-proven instructional techniques he introduced in the first and second editions, as well as national data of student performance, to take student learning even further. Knight's unparalleled insight into student learning difficulties, and his impeccably skillful crafting of text and figures at every level -- from macro to micro -- to address these difficulties, results in a uniquely effective and accessible book, leading students to a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts and more proficient problem-solving skills.
        Bibliographic references
        Includes bibliographical references and index.
        Contents
        • Part I Newton's Laws
        • 1. Concepts of Motion
        • 2. Kinematics in One Dimension
        • 3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems
        • 4. Kinematics in Two Dimensions
        • 5. Force and Motion
        • 6. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line
        • 7. Newton's Third Law
        • 8. Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane
        • Part II Conservation Laws
        • 9. Impulse and Momentum
        • 10. Energy
        • 11. Work
        • Part III Applications of Newtonian Mechanics
        • 12. Rotation of a Rigid Body
        • 13. Newton's Theory of Gravity
        • 14. Oscillations
        • 15. Fluids and Elasticity
        • Part IV Thermodynamics
        • 16. A Macroscopic Description of Matter --17. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
        • 18. The Micro/Macro Connection
        • 19. Heat Engines and Refrigerators
        • Part V Waves and Optics
        • 20. Traveling Waves
        • 21. Superposition
        • 22. Wave Optics
        • 23. Ray Optics
        • 24. Optical Instruments
        • Part VI Electricity and Magnetism
        • 25. Electric Charges and Forces
        • 26. The Electric Field
        • 27. Gauss's Law
        • 28. The Electric Potential
        • 29. Potential and Field
        • 30. Current and Conductivity
        • 31. Fundamentals of Circuits
        • 32. The Magnetic Field
        • 33. Electromagnetic Induction
        • 34. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
        • 35. AC Circuits
        • Part VII Relativity and Quantum Physics
        • 36. Relativity
        • 37. The End of Classical Physics
        • 38. Quantization
        • 39. Wave Functions and Probabilities
        • 40. One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
        • 41. Atomic Physics
        • 42. Nuclear Physics.
        ISBN
        • 9780321740908 ((hbk.))
        • 0321740904 ((hbk.))
        • 9780321765192 ((instructor's review copy))
        • 0321765192 ((instructor's review copy))
        • 9780321824080 ((pbk.))
        • 0321824083 ((pbk.))
        • 9780132832120 ((NASTA ed.))
        • 0132832127 ((NASTA ed.))
        • 0321752945
        • 9780321752949
        SuDoc no.
        SUG3045
        OCLC
        756279784
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