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The Fifth Edition maintains these strengths and brings a conceptual emphasis and real-world flavor to the examples, problems, and art program. In addition, the new edition features an unparalleled suite of media and on-line resources to enhance the physics classroom.
| Notes to Students and Instructors on the Format | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension | |
| Kinematics in Two or Three Dimensions; Vectors | |
| Motion and Force: Dynamics | |
| Circular Motion; Gravitation | |
| Work and Energy | |
| Linear Momentum | |
| Rotational Motion | |
| Bodies... MORE | |
| Fluids | |
| Vibrations and Waves | |
| Sound | |
| Temperature and Kinetic Theory | |
| Heat | |
| The Laws of Thermodynamics | |
| Electric Charge and Electric Field | |
| Electric Potential and Electric Energy; Capacitance | |
| Electric Currents | |
| DC Circuits and Instruments | |
| Magnetism | |
| Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law; AC Circuits | |
| Electromagnetic Waves | |
| Light: Geometric Optics | |
| The Wave Nature of Light | |
| Optical Instruments | |
| Special Theory of Relativity | |
| Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom | |
| Quantum Mechanics of Atoms | |
| Molecules and Solids | |
| Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity | |
| Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation | |
| Elementary Particles | |
| Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
| Mathematical Review | |
| Dimensional Analysis | |
| Gauss's Law | |
| Galilean and Lorentz Transformations | |
| Selected Isotopes | |
| Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems | |
| Index | |
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