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Physics, Vol. 2

ISBN: 9780132199285 | 0132199289
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
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Walker uses an integrated "suite" of tools, worked Examples, Active Examples, and Conceptual Checkpoints, to make conceptual understanding an integral part of solving quantitative problems. The pedagogy and approach are based on over 20 years of teaching and reflect the results of physics education research.
Applications in the Textix
Preface: To the Instructorxi
Preface: To the Studentxxiv
PART III ELECTROMAGNETISM
Elect... MORE
625(37)
Electric Charge
626(3)
Insulators and Conductors
629(1)
Coulomb's Law
630(7)
The Electric Field
637(6)
Electric Field Lines
643(3)
Shielding and Charging by Induction
646(3)
Electric Flux and Gauss's Law
649(13)
Chapter Summary
653(1)
Problem-Solving Summary
654(1)
Conceptual Questions
655(1)
Conceptual Exercises
655(2)
Problems
657(5)
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy
662(33)
Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential
663(3)
Energy Conservation
666(3)
The Electric Potential of Point Charges
669(4)
Equipotential Surfaces and the Electric Field
673(4)
Capacitors and Dielectrics
677(6)
Electrical Energy Storage
683(12)
Chapter Summary
685(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
687(1)
Conceptual Questions
687(1)
Conceptual Exercises
688(1)
Problems
689(6)
Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits
695(37)
Electric Current
696(3)
Resistance and Ohm's Law
699(3)
Energy and Power in Electric Circuits
702(3)
Resistors in Series and Parallel
705(6)
Kirchhoff's Rules
711(3)
Circuits Containing Capacitors
714(3)
RC Circuits
717(3)
Ammeters and Voltmeters
720(12)
Chapter Summary
721(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
723(1)
Conceptual Questions
724(1)
Conceptual Exercises
724(2)
Problems
726(6)
Magnetism
732(36)
The Magnetic Field
733(2)
The Magnetic Force on Moving Charges
735(4)
The Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field
739(5)
The Magnetic Force Exerted on a Current-Carrying Wire
744(2)
Loops of Current and Magnetic Torque
746(2)
Electric Currents, Magnetic Fields, and Ampere's Law
748(4)
Current Loops and Solenoids
752(3)
Magnetism in Matter
755(13)
Chapter Summary
757(3)
Problem-Solving Summary
760(1)
Conceptual Questions
760(1)
Conceptual Exercises
760(2)
Problems
762(6)
Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction
768(35)
Induced Electromotive Force
769(1)
Magnetic Flux
770(2)
Faraday's Law of Induction
772(3)
Lenz's Law
775(3)
Mechanical Work and Electrical Energy
778(3)
Generators and Motors
781(3)
Inductance
784(3)
RL Circuits
787(1)
Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field
788(2)
Transformers
790(13)
Chapter Summary
793(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
795(1)
Conceptual Questions
795(1)
Conceptual Exercises
796(1)
Problems
797(6)
Alternating-Current Circuits
803(34)
Alternating Voltages and Currents
804(5)
Capacitors in AC Circuits
809(3)
RC Circuits
812(5)
Inductors in AC Circuits
817(3)
RLC Circuits
820(4)
Resonance in Electrical Circuits
824(13)
Chapter Summary
829(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
831(1)
Conceptual Questions
831(1)
Conceptual Exercises
831(1)
Problems
832(5)
PART IV LIGHT AND OPTICS
Electromagnetic Waves
837(33)
The Production of Electromagnetic Waves
838(3)
The Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves
841(4)
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
845(4)
Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves
849(4)
Polarization
853(17)
Chapter Summary
860(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
862(1)
Conceptual Questions
863(1)
Conceptual Exercises
863(1)
Problems
864(6)
Geometrical Optics
870(39)
The Reflection of Light
871(1)
Forming Images with a Plane Mirror
872(3)
Spherical Mirrors
875(2)
Ray Tracing and the Mirror Equation
877(7)
The Refraction of Light
884(7)
Ray Tracing for Lenses
891(3)
The Thin-Lens Equation
894(2)
Dispersion and the Rainbow
896(13)
Chapter Summary
898(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
900(1)
Conceptual Questions
900(1)
Conceptual Exercises
901(1)
Problems
902(7)
Optical Instruments
909(28)
The Human Eye and the Camera
910(3)
Lenses in Combination and Corrective Optics
913(6)
The Magnifying Glass
919(4)
The Compound Microscope
923(1)
Telescopes
924(3)
Lens Aberrations
927(10)
Chapter Summary
928(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
930(1)
Conceptual Questions
930(1)
Conceptual Exercises
930(1)
Problems
931(6)
Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
937(33)
Superposition and Interference
938(2)
Young's Two-Slit Experiment
940(4)
Interference in Reflected Waves
944(6)
Diffraction
950(4)
Resolution
954(3)
Diffraction Gratings
957(13)
Chapter Summary
961(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
963(1)
Conceptual Questions
963(1)
Conceptual Exercises
964(1)
Problems
964(6)
PART V MODERN PHYSICS
Relativity
970(33)
The Postulates of Special Relativity
971(1)
The Relativity of Time and Time Dilation
972(6)
The Relativity of Length and Length Contraction
978(3)
The Relativistic Addition of Velocities
981(2)
Relativistic Momentum
983(3)
Relativistic Energy and E = mc2
986(5)
The Relativistic Universe
991(1)
General Relativity
991(12)
Chapter Summary
995(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
997(1)
Conceptual Questions
998(1)
Conceptual Exercises
998(1)
Problems
998(5)
Quantum Physics
1003(31)
Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis of Quantized Energy
1004(3)
Photons and the Photoelectric Effect
1007(6)
The Mass and Momentum of a Photon
1013(1)
Photon Scattering and the Compton Effect
1014(3)
The de Broglie Hypothesis and Wave-Particle Duality
1017(4)
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
1021(4)
Quantum Tunneling
1025(9)
Chapter Summary
1026(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
1028(1)
Conceptual Questions
1028(1)
Conceptual Exercises
1029(1)
Problems
1030(4)
Atomic Physics
1034(37)
Early Models of the Atom
1035(1)
The Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen
1036(3)
Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom
1039(7)
de Broglie Waves and the Bohr Model
1046(1)
The Quantum Mechanical Hydrogen Atom
1047(3)
Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table
1050(5)
Atomic Radiation
1055(16)
Chapter Summary
1064(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
1066(1)
Conceptual Questions
1067(1)
Conceptual Exercises
1067(1)
Problems
1067(4)
Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation
1071
The Constituents and Structure of Nuclei
1072(4)
Radioactivity
1076(7)
Half-Life and Radioactive Dating
1083(6)
Nuclear Binding Energy
1089(1)
Nuclear Fission
1090(3)
Nuclear Fusion
1093(2)
Practical Applications of Nuclear Physics
1095(4)
Elementary Particles
1099(3)
Unified Forces and Cosmology
1102
Chapter Summary
1103(2)
Problem-Solving Summary
1105(1)
Conceptual Questions
1106(1)
Conceptual Exercises
1106(1)
Problems
1107
Appendices
Appendix A Basic Mathematical Tools
1(10)
Appendix B Typical Values
11(1)
Appendix C Planetary Data
12(1)
Appendix D Elements of Electrical Circuits
13(1)
Appendix E Periodic Table of the Elements
14(1)
Appendix F Properties of Selected Isotopes
15
Answers to Your Turn Problems1(2)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Conceptual Questions3(4)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Conceptual Exercises7(6)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems13
Photo Credits1(1)
Index1

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