Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 9780470547922 | 0470547928
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date: 1/7/2010
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| Equilibrium and Elasticity | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Equilibrium | |
| The Requirements of Equilibrium | |
| The Center of Gravity | |
| Some Examples of Static Equilibrium | |
| Indeterminate Structures | |
| Elasticity | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Gravitation | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Newton's Law of Gravitation | |
| Gravitation and the Principle of Superposition | |
| Gravitation Near Earth's Surface | |
| Gravitation Inside Earth | |
| Gravitational Potential Energy | |
| Planets and Satellites: Kepler's Laws | |
| Satellites: Orbits and Energy | |
| Einstein and Gravitation | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Fluids | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| What Is a Fluid? | |
| Density and Pressure | |
| Fluids at Rest | |
| Measuring Pressure | |
| Pascal's Principle | |
| Archimedes' Principle | |
| Ideal Fluids in Motion | |
| The Equation of Continuity | |
| Bernoulli's Equation | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Oscillations | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| The Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| An Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator | |
| Pendulums | |
| Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion | |
| Damped Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| Forced Oscillations and Resonance | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Waves-I | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Types of Waves | |
| Transverse and Longitudinal Waves | |
| Wavelength and Frequency | |
| The Speed of a Traveling Wave | |
| Wave Speed on a Stretched String | |
| Energy and Power of a Wave Traveling Along a String | |
| The Wave Equation | |
| The Principle of Superposition for Waves | |
| Interference of Waves | |
| Phasors | |
| Standing Waves | |
| Standing Waves and Resonance | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Waves-II | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Sound Waves | |
| The Speed of Sound | |
| Traveling Sound Waves | |
| Interference | |
| Intensity and Sound Level | |
| Sources of Musical Sound | |
| Beats | |
| The Doppler Effect | |
| Supersonic Speeds, Shock Waves | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Temperature, Heat, and The First Law of Thermodynamics | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Temperature | |
| The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Measuring Temperature | |
| The Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales | |
| Thermal Expansion | |
| Temperature and Heat | |
| The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids | |
| A Closer Look at Heat and Work | |
| The First Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Some Special Cases of the First Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Heat Transfer Mechanisms | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| The Kinetic Theory of Gases | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Avogadro's Number | |
| Ideal Gases | |
| Pressure, Temperature, and RMS Speed | |
| Translational Kinetic Energy | |
| Mean Free Path | |
| The Distribution of Molecular Speeds | |
| The Molar Specific Heats of an Ideal Gas | |
| Degrees of Freedom and Molar Specific Heats | |
| A Hint of Quantum Theory | |
| The Adiabatic Expansion of an Ideal Gas | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Entropy and The Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
| What Is Physics? | |
| Irreversible Processes and Entropy | |
| Change in Entropy | |
| The Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Entropy in the Real World: Engines | |
| Entropy in the Real World: Refrigerators | |
| The Efficiencies of Real Engines | |
| A Statistical View of Entropy | |
| Review & Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| Appendices | |
| The International System of Units (SI) | |
| Some Fundamental Constants of Physics | |
| Some Astronomical Data | |
| Conversion Factors | |
| Mathematical Formulas | |
| Properties of the Elements | |
| Periodic Table of the Elements | |
| Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems | |
| Index | |
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