University Physics with Modern Physics (Chapters 1-40)

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-07-131366-7
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 222 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 2982 g

University Physics, 1e by Bauer and Westfall is a comprehensive text with enhanced calculus coverage incorporating a consistently used 7-step problem solving method. The authors include a wide variety of everyday contemporary topics as well as research-based discussions. Both are designed to help students appreciate the beauty of physics and how physics concepts are related to the development of new technologies in the fields of engineering, medicine, astronomy and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauer, Wolfgang

Westfall, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0The Big Picture: Modern Physics Frontiers1Overview2Motion in a Straight Line3Motion in Two and Three Dimensions4Force5Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power6Potential Energy and Energy Conservation7Momentum and Collisions8Systems of Particles and Extended Objects9Circular Motion10Rotation11Static Equilibrium12Gravitation13Solids and Fluids14Oscillations15Waves16Sound17Temperature18Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics19Ideal Gases20The Second Law of Thermodynamics21Electrostatics22Electric Fields and Gauss’s Law23Electric Potential24Capacitors25Current and Resistance26Direct Current Circuits27Magnetism28Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges29Electromagnetic Induction30Electromagnetic Oscillations and Currents31Electromagnetic Waves32Geometric Optics33Lenses and Optical Instruments34Wave Optics35Relativity36Quantum Physics37Quantum Mechanics38Atomic Physics39Elementary Particle Physics40Nuclear Physics Appendix A: Mathematical Primer Appendix B: Isotope Masses, Binding Energies, and Half-Lives Appendix C: Element Properties Answers to Selected Questions and Problems

Über Autor(innen)

Bauer, Wolfgang
Dr. Wolfgang Bauer is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University and has a joint appointment at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. His research is in theoretical and computational physics, with emphasis areas in nuclear and astrophysics, chaos and non-linear dynamics, and renewable energies. He also serves as Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is Director of the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research.

Westfall, Gary
Dr. Gary Westfall is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He is conducting his research in experimental nuclear physics at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), where he has a joint appointment. He also does research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory as a member the STAR Collaboration.