
Essential University Physics: Volume 2 plus Pearson MasteringPhysics with Pearson eText, Global Edition
Richard Wolfson(Author)
Pearson Education Limited (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 31. October 2020
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Professional and scholarly
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Content
Volume 1 contains Chapters 1-19
Volume 2 contains Chapters 20-39
1?Doing Physics??
1.1 Realms of Physics??
1.2 Measurements and Units??
1.3 Working with Numbers??
1.4 Strategies for Learning Physics??
Part One
Mechanics??
2?Motion in a Straight Line??
2.1 Average Motion??
2.2 Instantaneous Velocity??
2.3 Acceleration??
2.4 Constant Acceleration??
2.5 The Acceleration of Gravity??
2.6 When Acceleration Isn't Constant??
Chapter 3?Motion in Two and Three Dimensions??
3.1 Vectors??
3.2 Velocity and Acceleration Vectors??
3.3 Relative Motion??
3.4 Constant Acceleration??
3.5 Projectile Motion??
3.6 Uniform Circular Motion??
4?Force and Motion??
4.1 The Wrong Question??
4.2 Newton's First and Second Laws??
4.3 Forces??
4.4 The Force of Gravity??
4.5 Using Newton's Second Law??
4.6 Newton's Third Law??
5?Using Newton's Laws??
5.1 Using Newton's Second Law??
5.2 Multiple Objects??
5.3 Circular Motion??
5.4 Friction??
5.5 Drag Forces??
6?Energy, Work, and Power??
6.1 Energy??
6.2 Work??
6.3 Forces That Vary??
6.4 Kinetic Energy??
6.5 Power??
7?Conservation of Energy??
7.1 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces??
7.2 Potential Energy??
7.3 Conservation of Mechanical Energy??
7.4 Nonconservative Forces??
7.5 Conservation of Energy??
7.6 Potential-Energy Curves??
8?Gravity??
8.1 Toward a Law of Gravity??
8.2 Universal Gravitation??
8.3 Orbital Motion??
8.4 Gravitational Energy??
8.5 The Gravitational Field??
9?Systems of Particles??
9.1 Center of Mass??
9.2 Momentum??
9.3 Kinetic Energy of a System??
9.4 Collisions??
9.5 Totally Inelastic Collisions??
9.6 Elastic Collisions??
10?Rotational Motion??
10.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration??
10.2 Torque??
10.3 Rotational Inertia and the Analog of Newton's Law??
10.4 Rotational Energy??
10.5 Rolling Motion??
11?Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum??
11.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration Vectors??
11.2 Torque and the Vector Cross Product??
11.3 Angular Momentum??
11.4 Conservation of Angular Mom
Volume 2 contains Chapters 20-39
1?Doing Physics??
1.1 Realms of Physics??
1.2 Measurements and Units??
1.3 Working with Numbers??
1.4 Strategies for Learning Physics??
Part One
Mechanics??
2?Motion in a Straight Line??
2.1 Average Motion??
2.2 Instantaneous Velocity??
2.3 Acceleration??
2.4 Constant Acceleration??
2.5 The Acceleration of Gravity??
2.6 When Acceleration Isn't Constant??
Chapter 3?Motion in Two and Three Dimensions??
3.1 Vectors??
3.2 Velocity and Acceleration Vectors??
3.3 Relative Motion??
3.4 Constant Acceleration??
3.5 Projectile Motion??
3.6 Uniform Circular Motion??
4?Force and Motion??
4.1 The Wrong Question??
4.2 Newton's First and Second Laws??
4.3 Forces??
4.4 The Force of Gravity??
4.5 Using Newton's Second Law??
4.6 Newton's Third Law??
5?Using Newton's Laws??
5.1 Using Newton's Second Law??
5.2 Multiple Objects??
5.3 Circular Motion??
5.4 Friction??
5.5 Drag Forces??
6?Energy, Work, and Power??
6.1 Energy??
6.2 Work??
6.3 Forces That Vary??
6.4 Kinetic Energy??
6.5 Power??
7?Conservation of Energy??
7.1 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces??
7.2 Potential Energy??
7.3 Conservation of Mechanical Energy??
7.4 Nonconservative Forces??
7.5 Conservation of Energy??
7.6 Potential-Energy Curves??
8?Gravity??
8.1 Toward a Law of Gravity??
8.2 Universal Gravitation??
8.3 Orbital Motion??
8.4 Gravitational Energy??
8.5 The Gravitational Field??
9?Systems of Particles??
9.1 Center of Mass??
9.2 Momentum??
9.3 Kinetic Energy of a System??
9.4 Collisions??
9.5 Totally Inelastic Collisions??
9.6 Elastic Collisions??
10?Rotational Motion??
10.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration??
10.2 Torque??
10.3 Rotational Inertia and the Analog of Newton's Law??
10.4 Rotational Energy??
10.5 Rolling Motion??
11?Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum??
11.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration Vectors??
11.2 Torque and the Vector Cross Product??
11.3 Angular Momentum??
11.4 Conservation of Angular Mom