Understanding Physics
Published on 6. April 2004
Book
Hardback
1224 pages
978-0-471-37099-4 (ISBN)
Description
Built on the foundations of Halliday, Resnick, and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics Sixth Edition, this text is designed to work with interactive learning strategies that are increasingly being used in physics instruction (for example, microcomputer-based labs, interactive lectures, etc. ). In doing so, it incorporates new approaches based upon Physics Education Research (PER), aligns with courses that use computer-based laboratory tools, and promotes Activity Based Physics in lectures, labs, and recitations.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Thickness: 4.4 cm
Weight
2992 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-37099-4 (9780471370994)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part One
Introduction
* Measurement
* Motion Along a Straight Line
* Forces and Motion Along a Line
* Vectors
* Forces and Motion in Two Dimensions
* Combined Forces
* Translational Momentum
* Extended Systems
* Kinetic Energy and Work
* Potential Energy and the Conservation of Energy
* Rotation
* Complex Rotations
Part Two
* Equilibrium and Elasticity
* Gravitation
* Fluids
* Oscillations
* Waves-I
* Waves-II
* Temperature, Heat Energy, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
* The Kinetic Theory of Gases
* Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Part Three
* Electricity
* Electric Fields
* Gauss' Law
* Electric Potential
* Current and Resistance
* Circuits
* Capacitors
* Magnetic Fields
* Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
* Induction and Inductance
* Magnetism of Matter: Maxwell's Equations
* Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current
Part Four
* Electromagnetic Waves
* Images
* Interference
* Diffraction
* Special Relativity