Physics for scientists and engineers : a strategic approach with modern physics / Randall D. Knight.

Includes index.

Part I. Newton's laws -- Concepts of motion -- Kinematics in one dimension -- Vectors and coordinate systems -- Kinematics in two dimensions -- Force and motion -- Dynamics I: motion along a line -- Newton's third law -- Dynamics II: motion in a plane -- Part II. Conservation laws -- Work and kinetic energy -- Interactions and potential energy -- Impulse and momentum -- Part III. Applications of Newtonian mechanics -- Rotation of a rigid body -- Newton's theory of gravity -- Fluids and elasticity -- Part IV. Oscillations and waves -- Oscillations -- Traveling waves -- Superposition -- Part V. Thermodynamics -- A macroscopic description of matter -- Work, heat, and the first law of thermodynamics -- The micro/Macro connection -- Heat engines and refrigerators -- Part VI. Electricity and magnetism -- Electric charges and forces -- The electric field -- Gauss's law -- The electric potential -- Potential and field -- Current and resistance -- Fundamentals of circuits -- The magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction -- Electromagnetic fields and waves -- AC circuits -- Part VII. Optics -- Wave optics -- Ray optics -- Optical instruments -- Part VIII. Relativity and quantum physics -- Relativity -- The foundations of modern physics -- Quantization -- Wave functions and uncertainty -- One-dimensional quantum mechanics -- Atomic physics -- Nuclear physics.

"The first program built from the ground up using Physics Education Research and cognitive science best practices for conceptual development, problem solving skill acquisition and visualization. This textbook stresses qualitative reasoning through principles of physics prior to formalizing physics mathematically and develops student problem solving skills in a systematic manner. These primary themes appeal to instructors who recognize that students benefit from the scaffolded approach to learning physics"-- Provided by publisher