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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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ISBN-10: 0130215171

ISBN-13: 9780130215178

Edition: 3rd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Prentice-Hall Staff, Douglas C. Giancoli

List price: $185.20
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the reader into the physics. The new edition features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics.Many new topics have been incorporated such as: the Otto cycle, lens combinations, three-phase alternating current, and many more. New developments and discoveries in physics have been added including the Hubble space telescope, age and inflation of the universe, and distant planets. Modern physics topics are often discussed within the framework of classical physics where appropriate.For scientists and engineers who are…    
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Book details

List price: $185.20
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/5/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1172
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 5.984
Language: English

Electric Charge and Electric Field
Gauss's Law
Electric Potential
Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage
Electric Currents and Resistance
DC Circuits
Magnetism
Sources of Magnetic Field
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
Inductance; and Electromagnetic Oscillations
AC Circuits
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
Light: Reflection and Refraction
Lenses and Optical Instruments
Wave Nature of Light; Interference
Diffraction and Polarization
Special Theory of Relativity
Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
Molecules and Solids
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
Nuclear Energy: Effects and Uses of Radiation
Elementary Particles
Astrophysics and Cosmology