Giambattista, Alan creator author. text nyu 2020 Fifth edition. monographic eng

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xxvi, 1203 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. "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 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. Alan Giambattista. Includes index. Physics Textbooks QC21.3 .G537 2020 530 G347p 9781260570052 2018055989 DLC 181214 20251126142956.0 20780983 eng