Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics and MasteringPhysics
ISBN: 9780136139225 | 0136139221
Edition: 4thFormat: Package
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 8/27/2008
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For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors).This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics. The new edition also features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics.T... MORE
| Applications List | p. xii |
| Preface | p. xiv |
| Available Supplements and Media | p. xxii |
| Notes to Students (and Instructors) on the Format | p. xxiv |
| Color Use: Vectors, Fields, and Symbols | p. xxv |
| Introduction, Measurement, Estimating | |
| The Nature of Science | |
| Models, Theories, and Laws | |
| Measurement and Uncertainty; Significant Figures | ... MORE |
| Units, Standards, and the SI System | |
| Converting Units | |
| Order of Magnitude: Rapid Estimating | |
| Dimensions and Dimensional Analysis | |
| Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| General Problems | |
| Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension | |
| Reference Frames and Displacement | |
| Average Velocity | |
| Instantaneous Velocity | |
| Acceleration | |
| Motion at Constant Acceleration | |
| Solving Problems | |
| Freely Falling Objects | |
| Variable Acceleration; Integral Calculus | |
| Graphical Analysis and Numerical Integration | |
| Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| General Problems | |
| Kinematics in Two or Three Dimensions; Vectors | |
| Vectors and Scalars | |
| Addition of Vectors-Graphical Methods | |
| Subtraction of Vectors, and Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar | |
| Adding Vectors by Components | |
| Unit Vectors | |
| Vector Kinematics | |
| Projectile Motion | |
| Solving Problems Involving Projectile Motion | |
| Relative Velocity | |
| Summary | |
| Questions | |
| Problems | |
| General Problems | |
| Dynamics: Newtonrsquo;s Laws of Motion | |
| Force | |
| Newtonrsquo;s First Law of Motion | |
| Mass | |
| Newtonrsquo;s Second Law of Motion | |
| Newtonrsquo;s Third Law of Motion | |
| Weight-the Force of Gravity; and the Normal Force | |
| Solving Problems with Newtonrsquo;s Laws: Free-Body Diagrams | |
| Problem Solving-A General Approach | |
| Summary | |
| Questions | |
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