Physics for scientist and engineers / Raymond A. Serway and John W. Jewett, Jr.

Includes index.

Mechanics -- Physics and measurement -- Motion in one dimension -- Vectors -- Motion in two dimensions -- The laws of motion -- Circular motion and other applications of Newton's laws -- Energy of a system -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum and collisions -- Rotation of a rigid object about a fixed axis -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium and elasticity -- Universal gravitation -- Fluid mechanics -- Oscillations and mechanical waves -- Oscillatory motion -- Wave motion -- Superposition and standing waves -- Thermodynamics -- Temperature -- The first law of thermodynamics -- The kinetic theory of gases -- Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Electric fields -- Continuous charge distributions and Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance and dielectrics -- Current and resistance -- Direct current circuits -- Magnetic fields -- Sources of the magnetic field -- Faraday's law -- Inductance -- Alternating - current circuits -- Electromagnetic waves -- Light and optics -- The nature of light and the principles of ray optics -- Image formation -- Wave optics -- Diffraction patterns and polarization -- Modern physics -- Relativity.