Physics : principles with applications /
Douglas C. Giancoli
- Global ed.
- Harlow, England ; Boston, MA : Pearson Education, 2016.
- xix, 983, 71 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
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Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Describing motion : kinematics in one dimension -- Kinematics in two dimensions : vectors -- Dynamics : Newton's laws of motion -- Circular motion : gravitation -- Work and energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Static equilibrium : elasticity and fracture -- Fluids -- Oscillations and waves -- Sound -- Temperature and kinetic theory -- Heat -- The laws of thermodynamics -- Electric charge and electric field -- Electric potential -- Electric currents -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law -- Electromagnetic waves -- Light : geometric optics -- The wave nature of light -- Optical instruments -- The special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum mechanics of atoms -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- Nuclear energy; effects and uses of radiation -- Elementary particles -- Astrophysics and cosmology