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Physics / Alan Giambattista.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, 2020Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxvi, 1203 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781260570052
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530 G347p 23
LOC classification:
  • QC21.3 .G537 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- Part One. Mechanics -- Motion along a line -- Motion in a plane -- Force and Newton's laws of motion -- Circular motion -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Torque and angular momentum -- Fluids -- Elasticity and oscillations -- Waves -- Sound -- Part Two. Thermal physics -- Temperature and the ideal gas -- Heat -- Thermodynamics -- Part Three. Electromagnetism -- Electric forces and fields -- Electric potential -- Electric current and circuits -- Magnetic forces and fields -- Electromagnetic induction -- Alternating current -- Part Four. Electromagnetic waves and optics -- Electromagnetic waves -- Reflection and refraction of light -- Optical instruments -- Interference and diffraction -- Part Five. Quantum and particle physics and relativity -- Relativity -- Early quantum physics and the photon -- Quantum physics -- Nuclear physics -- Particle physics.
Summary: "Physics presents the basic concepts of physics that students need to know for later courses and future careers. This text helps students learn that physics is a tool for understanding the real world, and to teach transferable problem-solving skills, that students can use throughout their entire lives." -- Worldcat
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Includes index.

Introduction -- Part One. Mechanics -- Motion along a line -- Motion in a plane -- Force and Newton's laws of motion -- Circular motion -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Torque and angular momentum -- Fluids -- Elasticity and oscillations -- Waves -- Sound -- Part Two. Thermal physics -- Temperature and the ideal gas -- Heat -- Thermodynamics -- Part Three. Electromagnetism -- Electric forces and fields -- Electric potential -- Electric current and circuits -- Magnetic forces and fields -- Electromagnetic induction -- Alternating current -- Part Four. Electromagnetic waves and optics -- Electromagnetic waves -- Reflection and refraction of light -- Optical instruments -- Interference and diffraction -- Part Five. Quantum and particle physics and relativity -- Relativity -- Early quantum physics and the photon -- Quantum physics -- Nuclear physics -- Particle physics.

"Physics presents the basic concepts of physics that students need to know for later courses and future careers. This text helps students learn that physics is a tool for understanding the real world, and to teach transferable problem-solving skills, that students can use throughout their entire lives." -- Worldcat

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