Contemporary College Physics

Name: Contemporary College Physics
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ISBN: 9780072399110

ISBN-10: 0072399112

ISBN-13: 9780072399110

Edition: 3rd 2001

Authors: Edwin R. Jones, Richard L. Childers

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New edition of a non-calculus general physics text that introduces students to the beauty and usefulness of physics while teaching problem-solving skills applicable to other studies and careers. This update highlights biomedical applications of physics and adds coverage of some recent technologies. The 32 chapters emphasize basic principles and unity of physics. The included CD-ROM contains core simulations of examples and illustrations from the textbook, a library with about 70 browser-based physics animations and simulations, practice problems, important terms, a reference shelf, and a brief overview of useful concepts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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List price: $147.07
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 5.016
Language: English

Measurement, Models, and Analysis	p. 1
Measurements and Models	p. 2
Back to the Future: Echoes of the Big Bang	p. 6
Units and Standards of Measurement	p. 7
Unit Conversions	p. 11
Measurements, Calculations, and Uncertainties	p. 12
Estimates and Order-of-Magnitude Calculations	p. 15
How to Study Physics	p. 18
Problem Solving	p. 19
Motion in One Dimension	p. 25
Reference Frames, Coordinate Systems, and Displacement	p. 26
Average Speed and Average Velocity	p. 29
Graphical Interpretation of Velocity	p. 33
Instantaneous Velocity	p. 36
Acceleration	p. 40
Motion with Constant Acceleration	p. 44
Galileo and Free Fall	p. 48
Back to the Future: Galileo and Experimental Science	p. 53
Solving Quadratic Equations	p. 62
Motion in Two Dimensions	p. 63
Vectors	p. 64
Addition of Vectors	p. 65
Resolution of Vectors	p. 68
Relative Velocity in One Dimension	p. 72
Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions	p. 73
Kinematics in Two Dimensions	p. 78
Projectile Motion	p. 81
Review of Trigonometry	p. 94
Force and Motion	p. 96
Events Leading to Newton's Principia	p. 97
What Is a Force?	p. 98
Back to the Future: The Writing of the Principia	p. 99
Newton's First Law--Inertia	p. 103
Newton's Second Law	p. 105
Weight	p. 109
Newton's Third Law	p. 112
Some Applications of Newton's Laws	p. 116
Friction	p. 123
Physics in Practice: The Friction of Automobile Tires	p. 127
Static Equilibrium	p. 128
The Laws of Motion as a Whole	p. 132
Solving Simultaneous Equations	p. 143
Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation	p. 145
Uniform Circular Motion	p. 146
Force Needed for Circular Motion	p. 152
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion	p. 157
The Law of Universal Gravitation	p. 160
Back to the Future: Johannes Kepler	p. 161
The Universal Gravitational Constant G	p. 164
Gravitational Field Strength	p. 166
Back to the Future: Henry Cavendish and the Density of the Earth	p. 167
Work and Energy	p. 176
Work	p. 177
Work Done by a Varying Force	p. 179
Energy	p. 181
Kinetic Energy	p. 182
Potential Energy	p. 185
Conservation of Mechanical Energy	p. 189
Energy Conservation with Nonconservative Forces	p. 197
Power	p. 199
Physics in Practice: Human Energy	p. 202
Linear Momentum	p. 210
Linear Momentum	p. 211
Impulse	p. 211
Newton's Laws and the Conservation of Momentum	p. 214
Conservation of Momentum in One-Dimensional Collisions	p. 216
Conservation of Momentum in Two- and Three-Dimensional Collisions	p. 221
Changing Mass	p. 225
Applying the Conservation Laws	p. 234
Definition of Elastic Collisions	p. 235
Elastic Collisions in One Dimension	p. 236
Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions	p. 242
General Form of Gravitational Potential Energy	p. 245
Physics in Practice: Symmetry and Conservation Laws	p. 246
Motion in a Gravitational Potential	p. 250
Escape Speed	p. 252
Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion	p. 263
Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration	p. 264
Rotational Kinematics	p. 267
Torque	p. 269
Static Equilibrium	p. 272
Elasticity: Stress and Strain	p. 278
Physics in Practice: Bridges	p. 280
Torque and Moment of Inertia	p. 282
Angular Momentum	p. 286
Conservation of Angular Momentum	p. 287
Rotational Kinetic Energy	p. 291
Conservation of Energy: Translations and Rotations	p. 293
Physics in Practice: The Earth, the Moon, and the Tides	p. 296
Fluids	p. 307
Hydrostatic Pressure	p. 308
Pascal's Principle	p. 312
Archimedes' Principle	p. 315
Physics in Practice: Measuring Blood Pressure	p. 316
Surface Tension	p. 320
Fluid Flow: Streamlines and the Equation of Continuity	p. 322
Physics in Practice: Surface Tension and the Lungs	p. 323
Bernoulli's Equation	p. 324
Viscosity and Poiseuille's Law	p. 327
Stokes's Law and Terminal Speed	p. 329
Physics in Practice: How Airplanes Fly	p. 330
Turbulent Flow	p. 333
Thermal Physics	p. 344
Temperature and States of Matter	p. 345
Thermometry	p. 346
Back to the Future: Fahrenheit's Thermometer	p. 349
Thermal Expansion	p. 350
The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat	p. 354
Calorimetry	p. 356
Change of Phase	p. 360
Heat Transfer	p. 363
Gas Laws and Kinetic Theory	p. 373
The Pressure of Air	p. 374
Boyle's Law	p. 376
Back to the Future: Gas Laws and Balloons	p. 378
The Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac	p. 379
The Ideal Gas Law	p. 381
The Kinetic Theory of Gases	p. 384
The Kinetic-Theory Definition of Temperature	p. 388
Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas	p. 389
The Barometric Formula and the Distribution of Molecular Speeds	p. 390
The Exponential Function	p. 400
Thermodynamics	p. 403
Thermal Equilibrium	p. 404
The First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 405
The Carnot Cycle and the Efficiency of Engines	p. 410
Physics in Practice: Gasoline Engines	p. 416
Refrigerators and Heat Pumps	p. 417
The Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 421
Entropy and the Second Law	p. 422
Energy and Thermal Pollution	p. 426
Periodic Motion	p. 434
Hooke's Law	p. 435
The Simple Harmonic Oscillator	p. 438
Energy of a Harmonic Oscillator	p. 442
Period of a Harmonic Oscillator	p. 444
The Simple Pendulum	p. 447
Damped Harmonic Motion	p. 449
Physics in Practice: Walking and Running	p. 450
Forced Harmonic Motion and Resonance	p. 453
Waves and Sound	p. 463
Pulses on a Rope	p. 464
Harmonic Waves	p. 465
Energy and Information Transfer by Waves	p. 467
Sound Waves	p. 468
Measuring Sound Levels	p. 472
The Doppler Effect	p. 474
Physics in Practice: Room Acoustics	p. 475
Formation of a Shock Wave	p. 478
Reflection of a Wave Pulse	p. 479
Standing Waves on a String	p. 480
Waves in a Vibrating Column of Air	p. 486
Beats	p. 487
Physics in Practice: Hearing and the Ear	p. 488
Electric Charge and Electric Field	p. 495
Electric Charge	p. 496
Coulomb's Law	p. 499
Superposition of Electric Forces	p. 503
The Electric Field	p. 505
Superposition of Electric Fields	p. 508
Electric Flux and Gauss's Law	p. 510
A Quantitative Approach to Gauss's Law	p. 513
The Electric Dipole	p. 516
Physics in Practice: Dipoles and Microwave Ovens	p. 519
Electric Potential and Capacitance	p. 526
Electric Potential	p. 527
The Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator	p. 533
The Electron Volt	p. 535
Equipotential Surfaces	p. 536
Back to the Future: The Leyden Jar and Franklin's Kite	p. 538
Capacitors	p. 539
The Parallel-Plate Capacitor	p. 540
Electric Field of a Parallel-Plate Capacitor	p. 542
Dielectrics	p. 545
Energy Storage in a Capacitor	p. 548
Electric Current and Resistance	p. 557
Electric Current and Electromotive Force	p. 558
Electric Resistance and Ohm's Law	p. 561
Resistivity	p. 563
Power and Energy in Electric Circuits	p. 565
Physics in Practice: Superconductivity	p. 566
Short Circuits and Open Circuits	p. 571
Kirchhoff's Rules and Simple Resistive Circuits	p. 572
Applications of Kirchhoff's Rules	p. 576
Capacitors in Combination	p. 578
Internal Resistance of a Battery	p. 581
Home Power Distribution	p. 583
Physics in Practice: Electric Shock	p. 586
Magnetism	p. 594
Magnets and Magnetic Fields	p. 595
Oersted's Discovery: Electric Current Produces Magnetism	p. 597
Physics in Practice: Magnetic Resonance Imaging	p. 601
Magnetic Forces on Electric Currents	p. 602
Magnetic Forces on Moving Charged Particles	p. 603
The Cyclotron	p. 607
Magnetic Field Due to a Current-Carrying Wire	p. 609
Torque on a Current Loop	p. 612
Galvanometers, Ammeters, and Voltmeters	p. 614
Ampere's Law	p. 616
Magnetic Materials	p. 618
Electromagnetic Induction	p. 628
Faraday's Law	p. 629
Motional Emf	p. 633
Generators and Motors	p. 635
The Transformer	p. 640
Inductance	p. 642
Energy Storage in a Magnetic Field	p. 644
The Experimental Laws of Electromagnetism	p. 645
Maxwell's Equations	p. 647
Physics in Practice: Linear Accelerators for Radiation Therapy	p. 649
Electromagnetic Waves	p. 650
Alternating-Current Circuits	p. 661
The RL Circuit	p. 662
The RC Circuit	p. 664
Effective Values of Alternating Current	p. 667
Physics in Practice: Electrocardiography	p. 669
Reactance	p. 670
The RLC Series Circuit	p. 673
Resonant Circuits	p. 676
Geometrical Optics	p. 683
Models of Light: Rays and Waves	p. 684
Reflection and Refraction	p. 685
Back to the Future: The Speed of Light	p. 686
Total Internal Reflection	p. 691
Fiber Optics	p. 693
Thin Lenses	p. 694
Locating Images by Ray Tracing	p. 696
The Thin-Lens Equation	p. 701
Spherical Mirrors	p. 707
Lens Aberrations	p. 711
Optical Instruments	p. 721
The Eye	p. 722
The Magnifying Glass	p. 725
Cameras and Projectors	p. 728
Compound Microscopes	p. 732
Telescopes	p. 734
Other Lenses	p. 736
Back to the Future: Development of the Telescope	p. 737
Wave Optics	p. 745
Huygens' Principle	p. 746
Reflection and Refraction of Light Waves	p. 747
Interference of Light	p. 749
Interference of Thin Films	p. 755
Diffraction by a Single Slit	p. 759
Multiple-Slit Diffraction and Gratings	p. 762
Resolution and the Rayleigh Criterion	p. 764
Dispersion	p. 768
Spectroscopes and Spectra	p. 770
Polarization	p. 772
Scattering	p. 775
Relativity	p. 784
Principle of Relativity	p. 785
Einstein's Postulates of Special Relativity	p. 786
Velocity Addition	p. 787
Back to the Future: Albert Einstein	p. 788
Simultaneity	p. 791
Time Dilation	p. 794
Length Contraction	p. 797
Physics in Practice: The Twin Paradox	p. 798
Mass and Energy	p. 799
Physics in Practice: The Appearance of Moving Objects	p. 800
Relativistic Momentum	p. 802
Relativisitic Kinetic Energy	p. 805
The Relativistic Doppler Effect	p. 807
The Principle of Equivalence	p. 809
General Relativity	p. 813
The Discovery of Atomic Structure	p. 822
Evidence of Atoms from Solids and Gases	p. 823
Electrolysis and the Quantization of Charge	p. 826
Avogadro's Number and the Periodic Table	p. 827
The Size of Atoms	p. 830
Crystals and X-Ray Diffraction	p. 832
Discovery of the Electron	p. 835
Back to the Future: Seeing Atoms	p. 839
Radioactivity	p. 840
Radioactive Decay	p. 841
Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus	p. 844
Origins of the Quantum Theory	p. 852
Spectroscopy	p. 853
Balmer's Series	p. 855
Back to the Future: Fraunhofer and the Solar Spectrum	p. 856
Blackbody Radiation	p. 858
The Photoelectric Effect	p. 861
Physics in Practice: Photons and Vision	p. 866
Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom	p. 867
Successes of the Bohr Theory	p. 870
Moseley and the Periodic Table	p. 872
Quantum Mechanics	p. 879
Classical and Quantum Mechanics	p. 880
The Compton Effect	p. 882
De Broglie Waves	p. 885
Back to the Future: Electron Microscopes	p. 888
Schrodinger's Equation	p. 889
The Uncertainty Principle	p. 890
Interpretation of the Wave Function	p. 893
The Particle in a Box	p. 896
Tunneling or Barrier Penetration	p. 897
Wave Theory of the Hydrogen Atom	p. 898
The Zeeman Effect and Space Quantization	p. 901
The Pauli Exclusion Principle	p. 904
Understanding the Periodic Table	p. 905
The Nucleus	p. 912
Radioactivity	p. 913
Chadwick's Discovery of the Neutron	p. 913
Composition and Size of the Nucleus	p. 916
Nuclear Forces and Binding Energy	p. 918
Conservation Rules: Radioactive and Nuclear Stability	p. 921
Natural Radioactive Decay Series	p. 924
Models for Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay	p. 924
Detectors of Radiation	p. 928
Radiation Measurement and Biological Effects	p. 931
Induced Transmutation and Reactions	p. 935
Nuclear Fission	p. 938
Back to the Future: Lisa Meitner and Nuclear Fission	p. 942
Nuclear Fusion	p. 943
Lasers, Holography, and Color	p. 949
Stimulated Emission of Light	p. 950
Lasers	p. 951
The Helium-Neon Laser	p. 953
Properties of Laser Light	p. 955
Holography	p. 957
Light and Color	p. 962
Physics in Practice: White-Light Holograms	p. 963
Color by Addition and Subtraction	p. 965
Condensed Matter	p. 973
Types of Condensed Matter	p. 974
The Free-Electron Model of Metals	p. 977
Physics in Practice: Liquid Crystal Displays	p. 978
Electrical Conductivity and Ohm's Law	p. 981
Band Theory of Solids	p. 984
Pure Semiconductors	p. 987
The Hall Effect	p. 988
Impure Semiconductors	p. 990
The pnJunction	p. 991
Rectifier Circuits	p. 993
Solar Cells and Light-Emitting Diodes	p. 996
Elementary Particle Physics	p. 1003
Particles and Antiparticles	p. 1004
Pions and the Strong Nuclear Force	p. 1006
Back to the Future: Cosmic Rays	p. 1007
More and More Particles	p. 1009
Accelerators and Detectors	p. 1011
Classification of Elementary Particles	p. 1013
The Quark Model of Matter	p. 1015
Unified Theories	p. 1018
Cosmology	p. 1019
Appendices
Formulas from Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry	p. 1
The International System of Units	p. 4
Alphabetical List of Elements	p. 5
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	p. 6
Photo Credits	p. 1
Index	p. 1
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