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Physics With Infotrac: A World View

ISBN: 9780534408244 | 0534408249
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 4/8/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
In this edition, Larry Kirkpatrick is joined by new co-author, Gregory E. Francis (Montana State University) whose love of teaching has led him to experiment with active learning approaches in large introductory classes. This Fifth Edition retains the text's hallmark clear and logical conceptual presentation of physics concepts and principles (using a story line about the development of the current physics world view) written at the appropriate level for the liberal arts student Francis' subtle integration of physics education principles throug... MORE
Prefacexix
A World View
1(13)
First Grade
2(1)
On B... MORE
2(3)
Bode's Law
5(1)
Measurements
6(2)
Sizes: Large and Small
8(3)
Summary
11(3)
Describing Motion
14(20)
Average Speed
15(1)
Images of Speed
16(2)
Instantaneous Speed
18(2)
Speed with Direction
20(2)
Acceleration
22(2)
A First Look at Falling Objects
24(2)
Free Fall: Making a Rule of Nature
26(2)
Starting with an Initial Velocity
28(1)
A Subtle Point
28(1)
Summary
29
Fastest and Slowest
19(6)
Galileo: Immoderate Genius
25(9)
Explaining Motion
34(24)
An Early Explanation
35(1)
The Beginnings of Our Modern Explanation
36(2)
Newton's First Law
38(2)
Adding Vectors
40(1)
Newton's Second Law
41(3)
Mass and Weight
44(1)
Weight
45(1)
Free-Body Diagrams
46(1)
Free Fall Revisited
47(1)
Galileo versus Aristotle
47(2)
Friction
49(1)
Newton's Third Law
50(2)
Summary
52
Newton: Diversified Brilliance
38(10)
Terminal Speeds
48(10)
Motions in Space
58(18)
Circular Motion
59(1)
Acceleration Revisited
60(2)
Acceleration in Circular Motion
62(3)
Projectile Motion
65(3)
Launching an Apple into Orbit
68(2)
Rotational Motion
70(1)
Summary
71
Banking Corners
64(6)
Floating in Defiance of Gravity
70(6)
Gravity
76(21)
The Concept of Gravity
77(2)
Newton's Gravity
79(2)
The Law of Universal Gravitation
81(1)
The Value of G
82(2)
Gravity Near Earth's Surface
84(2)
Satellites
86(1)
Tides
87(2)
How Far Does Gravity Reach?
89(1)
The Field Concept
90(2)
Summary
92
Kepler: Music of the Spheres
78(7)
How Much Do You Weigh?
85(12)
INTERLUDE THE DISCOVERY OF INVARIANTS
97(60)
Momentum
99(15)
Linear Momentum
100(1)
Changing an Object's Momentum
100(2)
Conservation of Linear Momentum
102(2)
Collisions
104(2)
Investigating Accidents
106(2)
Airplanes, Balloons, and Rockets
108(1)
Summary
109
Landing the Hard Way: No Parachute!
102(7)
Noether: The Grammar of Physics
109(5)
Energy
114(24)
What Is Energy?
115(1)
Energy of Motion
116(1)
Conservation of Kinetic Energy
117(2)
Changing Kinetic Energy
119(1)
Forces That Do No Work
119(2)
Gravitational Energy
121(2)
Conservation of Mechanical Energy
123(1)
Roller Coasters
124(2)
Other Forms of Energy
126(3)
Is Conservation of Energy a Hoax?
129(2)
Power
131(1)
Summary
132
Stopping Distances for Cars
120(8)
Exponential Growth
128(2)
Human Power
130(8)
Rotation
138(19)
Rotational Motion
139(1)
Torque
139(3)
Rotational Inertia
142(1)
Center of Mass
143(2)
Stability
145(1)
Rotational Kinetic Energy
146(1)
Angular Momentum
146(1)
Conservation of Angular Momentum
147(1)
Angular Momentum: A Vector
148(2)
Summary
150(7)
INTERLUDE UNIVERSALITY OF MOTION
157(54)
Classical Relativity
158(23)
A Reference System
159(1)
Motions Viewed in Different Reference Systems
160(1)
Comparing Velocities
161(2)
Accelerating Reference Systems
163(1)
Realistic Inertial Forces
164(3)
Centrifugal Forces
167(2)
Earth: A Nearly Inertial System
169(2)
Noninertial Effects of Earth's Motion
171(4)
Summary
175
Living in Zero G
166(8)
Planetary Cyclones
174(7)
Einstein's Relativity
181(30)
The First Postulate
182(1)
Searching for the Medium of Light
183(1)
The Second Postulate
183(1)
Simultaneous Events
184(2)
Synchronizing Clocks
186(4)
Time Varies
190(1)
Experimental Evidence for Time Dilation
191(2)
Length Contraction
193(2)
Spacetime
195(2)
Relativistic Laws of Motion
197(1)
General Relativity
198(2)
Warped Spacetime
200(3)
Summary
203
The Twin Paradox
193(3)
Einstein: ``Person of the Century''
196(4)
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
200(2)
Black Holes
202(9)
INTERLUDE THE SEARCH FOR ATOMS
211(85)
Structure of Matter
213(20)
Building Models
214(1)
Early Chemistry
215(2)
Chemical Evidence of Atoms
217(1)
Masses and Sizes of Atoms
218(2)
The Ideal Gas Model
220(1)
Pressure
221(1)
Atomic Speeds and Temperature
222(2)
Temperature
224(3)
The Ideal Gas Law
227(1)
Summary
228
Evaporative Cooling
227(6)
States of Matter
233(20)
Atoms
234(1)
Density
234(2)
Solids
236(2)
Liquids
238(1)
Gases
238(1)
Plasmas
239(1)
Pressure
240(2)
Sink and Float
242(2)
Bernoulli's Effect
244(3)
Summary
247
Density Extremes
236(3)
Solid Liquids and Liquid Solids
239(6)
How Fatty Are You?
245(1)
The Curve Ball
246(7)
Thermal Energy
253(23)
The Nature of Heat
254(1)
Mechanical Work and Heat
255(1)
Temperature Revisited
256(2)
Heat, Temperature, and Internal Energy
258(1)
Absolute Zero
258(1)
Specific Heat
259(2)
Change of State
261(2)
Conduction
263(2)
Convection
265(1)
Radiation
266(1)
Wind Chill
267(2)
Thermal Expansion
269(1)
Summary
270
Joule: A New View of Energy
257(13)
Freezing Lakes
270(6)
Available Energy
276(20)
Heat Engines
277(2)
Ideal Heat Engines
279(1)
Perpetual Motion Machines
280(1)
Real Engines
281(1)
Refrigerators
282(2)
Order and Disorder
284(2)
Entropy
286(1)
Decreasing Entropy
287(1)
Entropy and Our Energy Crisis
287(3)
Summary
290
Arrow of Time
288(1)
Quality of Energy
289(7)
INTERLUDE WAVES---SOMETHING ELSE THAT MOVES
296(49)
Vibrations and Waves
297(26)
Simple Vibrations
298(3)
The Pendulum
301(1)
Clocks
302(1)
Resonance
303(1)
Waves: Vibrations That Move
304(3)
One-Dimensional Waves
307(1)
Superposition
308(2)
Periodic Waves
310(2)
Standing Waves
312(2)
Interference
314(2)
Diffraction
316(1)
Summary
317
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
305(4)
Probing the Earth
309(14)
Sound and Music
323(22)
Sound
324(1)
Speed of Sound
325(1)
Hearing Sounds
326(2)
The Recipe of Sounds
328(2)
Stringed Instruments
330(2)
Wind Instruments
332(2)
Percussion Instruments
334(1)
Beats
334(2)
Doppler Effect
336(2)
Shock Waves
338(1)
Summary
339
Animal Hearing
327(2)
Loudest and Softest Sounds
329(9)
Breaking the Sound Barrier
338(7)
INTERLUDE THE MYSTERY OF LIGHT
345(70)
Light
347(23)
Shadows
348(2)
Pinhole Cameras
350(1)
Reflections
351(1)
Flat Mirrors
352(1)
Multiple Reflections
353(2)
Curved Mirrors
355(2)
Images Produced by Mirrors
357(1)
Locating the Images
357(3)
Speed of Light
360(1)
Color
361(4)
Summary
365
Eclipses
349(6)
Retroreflectors
355(15)
Refraction of Light
370(25)
Index of Refraction
371(3)
Total Internal Reflection
374(1)
Atmospheric Refraction
375(1)
Dispersion
376(1)
Rainbows
377(2)
Halos
379(1)
Lenses
379(2)
Images Produced by Lenses
381(3)
Cameras
384(1)
Our Eyes
384(3)
Magnifiers
387(1)
Telescopes
388(2)
Summary
390
Mirages
376(10)
Eyeglasses
386(3)
The Hubble Space Telescope
389(6)
A Model for Light
395(20)
Reflection
396(1)
Refraction
397(1)
Interference
398(2)
Diffraction
400(3)
Thin Films
403(2)
Polarization
405(3)
Looking Ahead
408(2)
Summary
410
Diffraction Limits
402(6)
Holography
408(7)
INTERLUDE AN ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC WORLD
415(66)
Electricity
416(20)
Electrical Properties
417(1)
Two Kinds of Charge
418(1)
Conservation of Charge
419(1)
Induced Attractions
420(2)
The Electroscope
422(2)
The Electric Force
424(2)
Electricity and Gravity
426(2)
The Electric Field
428(1)
Electric Potential
429(2)
Summary
431
Franklin: The American Newton
420(10)
Lightning
430(6)
Electric Charges in Motion
436(18)
An Accidental Discovery
437(1)
Batteries
437(2)
Pathways
439(1)
A Water Model
440(1)
Resistance
441(2)
The Danger of Electricity
443(1)
Batteries and Bulbs
443(3)
Electric Power
446(3)
Summary
449
The Real Cost of Electricity
448(6)
Electromagnetism
454(27)
Magnets
455(2)
Electric Currents and Magnetism
457(1)
Making Magnets
458(1)
The Ampere
459(2)
The Magnetic Earth
461(1)
Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields
462(1)
Magnetism and Electric Currents
463(2)
Transformers
465(1)
Generators and Motors
466(1)
A Question of Symmetry
467(2)
Electromagnetic Waves
469(3)
Radio and TV
472(2)
Summary
474
Superconductivity
460(12)
Maxwell: Unifying the Electromagnetic Spectrum
472(2)
Stereo Broadcasts
474(7)
INTERLUDE THE STORY OF THE QUANTUM
481(53)
The Early Atom
482(26)
Periodic Properties
483(1)
Atomic Spectra
483(3)
Cathode Rays
486(1)
The Discovery of the Electron
487(1)
Thomson's Model
488(1)
Rutherford's Model
488(2)
Radiating Objects
490(3)
The Photoelectric Effect
493(2)
Bohr's Model
495(2)
Atomic Spectra Explained
497(3)
The Periodic Table
500(2)
X Rays
502(1)
Summary
503
Rutherford: At the Crest of the Wave
491(2)
Planck: Founder of Quantum Mechanics
493(5)
Bohr: Creating the Atomic World
498(10)
The Modern Atom
508(26)
Successes and Failures
509(1)
De Broglie's Waves
509(3)
Waves and Particles
512(3)
Probability Waves
515(1)
A Particle in a Box
516(1)
The Quantum-Mechanical Atom
517(3)
The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table
520(1)
The Uncertainty Principle
521(3)
The Complementarity Principle
524(1)
Determinism
524(1)
Lasers
525(2)
Summary
527
Seeing Atoms
512(7)
Psychedelic Colors
519(15)
INTERLUDE THE SUBATOMIC WORLD
534
The Nucleus
535(26)
The Discovery of Radioactivity
536(1)
Types of Radiation
537(2)
The Nucleus
539(1)
The Discovery of Neutrons
540(1)
Isotopes
541(1)
The Alchemists' Dream
542(3)
Radioactive Decay
545(2)
Radioactive Clocks
547(1)
Radiation and Matter
548(2)
Biological Effects of Radiation
550(1)
Radiation Around Us
551(3)
Radiation Detectors
554(2)
Summary
556
Curie: Eight Tons of Ore
538(10)
Smoke Detectors
548(5)
Radon
553(8)
Nuclear Energy
561(24)
Nuclear Probes
562(1)
Accelerators
563(1)
The Nuclear Glue
563(2)
Nuclear Binding Energy
565(2)
Stability
567(2)
Nuclear Fission
569(3)
Chain Reactions
572(3)
Nuclear Reactors
575(2)
Breeding Fuel
577(1)
Fusion Reactors
577(2)
Solar Power
579(2)
Summary
581
Goeppert-Mayer: Magic Numbers
568(3)
Fermi: A Man for All Seasons
571(3)
Meitner: A Physicist Who Never Lost Her Humanity
574(4)
Natural Nuclear Reactors
578(7)
Elementary Particles
585(20)
Antimatter
586(3)
The Puzzle of Beta Decay
589(1)
Exchange Forces
590(2)
Exchange Particles
592(2)
The Elementary Particle Zoo
594(2)
Conservation Laws
596(2)
Quarks
598(2)
Gluons and Color
600(1)
Summary
601
Feynman: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
591(14)
Frontiers
605
Gravitational Waves
606(2)
Unified Theories
608(1)
Cosmology
609(2)
Cosmic Background Radiation
611(1)
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
612(1)
Neutrinos
613(2)
Quarks, the Universe, and Love
615(1)
The Search Goes On
616
Appendix Nobel Laureates in Physics1(4)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions and Exercises5
Figure Credits1(1)
Glossary1(1)
Index1

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