Fundamentals of Physics

Name: Fundamentals of Physics
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ISBN: 9780470044766

ISBN-10: 0470044764

ISBN-13: 9780470044766

Edition: 8th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker

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About The Cover The front cover is an image by Eric J. Heller depicting electron flow over a microscopically bumpy surface. The paths of the 100,000 electrons begin at the upper right but branch and fold back on one another in a surprising pattern as they spread toward the lower left. Electron flow is the subject of several chapters in this book and is especially important in the discussion of electric sparks. Some sparks are amusing, such as those generated when someone chomps down on a wintergreen LifeSaver-the brief blue glow that illuminates the mouth can be seen in a dark room (Chapter 21). Other sparks are quite dangerous, such as those in electrostatic discharges that can…

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List price: $79.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Robert J. Shiller is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University. Also the author of the award-winning "Macro Markets" as well as "Market Volatility", he lives in New Haven, Connecticut.







Equilibrium and Elasticity



Gravitation



Fluids



Oscillations



Waves-I



Waves-II



Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics



The Kinetic Theory of Gases



Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics


Appendices


Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems


Index