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Tables of Contents for Physics With Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contents
viii
Preface
xiv
A Visual Guide to the Book
xix
The Authors
xxiii
Color Key for Figures
xxiv
Credits
xxv
Doing Physics
1
20
Part 1 Mechanics
21
340
Motion in a Straight Line
22
24
The Vector Description of Motion
46
21
Motion in More Than One Dimension
67
25
Force and Motion
92
30
Using Newton's Laws
122
41
Work, Energy, and Power
163
24
Conservation of Energy
187
26
Gravitation
213
25
Systems of Particles
238
24
Collisions
262
21
Rotational Motion
283
30
Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
313
23
Static Equilibrium
336
25
Part 2 Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids
361
110
Oscillatory Motion
362
29
Wave Motion
391
24
Sound and Other Wave Phenomena
415
26
Fluid Motion
441
30
Part 3 Thermodynamics
471
98
Temperature and Heat
472
24
The Thermal Behavior of Matter
496
21
Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
517
26
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
543
26
Part 4 Electromagnetism
569
346
Electric Charge, Force, and Field
570
30
Gauss's Law
600
30
Electric Potential
630
28
Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors
658
26
Electric Current
684
25
Electric Circuits
709
33
The Magnetic Field
742
28
Sources of the Magnetic Field
770
33
Electromagnetic Induction
803
30
Inductance and Magnetic Energy
833
19
Alternating-Current Circuits
852
30
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
882
33
Part 5 Optics
915
92
Reflection and Refraction
916
22
Image Formation and Optical Instruments
938
33
Interference and Diffraction
971
36
Part 6 Modern Physics
1007
Relativity
1008
36
Light and Matter: Waves or Particles?
1044
30
Quantum Mechanics
1074
26
Atomic Physics
1100
33
Molecular and Solid-State Physics
1133
28
Nuclear Physics
1161
31
Nuclear Energy: Fission and Fusion
1192
33
From Quarks to the Cosmos
1225
Appendixes
Appendix A Mathematics
A-1
1
Appendix B The International System of Units (SI)
A-12
1
Appendix C Conversion Factors
A-14
1
Appendix D The Elements
A-17
1
Appendix E Astrophysical Data
A-20
1
Got It! Answers
A-21
1
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
A-23
1
Index
I-1