Physics

Name: Physics
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ISBN: 9780201565188

ISBN-10: 0201565188

ISBN-13: 9780201565188

Edition: 1992 (Revised)

Authors: Marcelo Alonso, Edward Finn

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Description:

Approaches the subject of physics from a contemporary viewpoint, integrating the Newtonian, relativistic and quantum description of nature. The text covers all the traditional topics of physics with greater emphasis on the conservation laws, the concepts of field and waves and the atomic view of matter.

Book details

List price: $144.60
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Publication date: 5/31/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1156
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 2.25" tall
Weight: 3.894
Language: English




Introduction



The structure of matter



Measurement and units



Rectilinear motion



Curvilinear motion



Circulation motion



Force and momentum



Application of the laws of motion



Torque and angular momentum



Work and energy



Oscillatory motion



Gravitational interaction



Space exploration



Systems of particles I: Linear and angular motion



Systems of particles II: Energy



Gases



Thermodynamics



Statistical mechanics



Transport phenomena



The principle of relativity



High energy processes



Electric interaction



Magnetic interaction



Electric structure of matter



Electric currents



The electric field



The magnetic field



The electromagnetic field



Wave motion



Electromagnetic waves



Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter: Photons



Radiative transitions



Reflection, refraction and polarization



Wave geometry



Interference



Diffraction



Quantum mechanics



Quantum mechanics: applications



Atoms, molecules and solids



Nuclear structure



Nuclear processes



The ultimate structure of matter