Principles of physics/

Walker, Jearl

Principles of physics/ by Jearl Walker, Robert Resnick and David Halliday - 9th - New York: Wiley, 2011. - xxii, 1248, p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

VOLUME 1. PART 1. Measurement. 2 Motion Along a Straight Line. 3 Vectors. 4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions. 5 Force and Motion - I. 6 Force and Motion - II. 7 Kinetic Energy and Work. 8 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy. 9 Center of Mass and Linear Momentum. 10 Rotation. 11 Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum. PART 2. 12 Equilibrium and Elasticity. 13 Gravitation. 14 Fluids. 15 Oscillations. 16 Waves - I. 17 Waves - II. 18 Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of. Thermodynamics. 19 The Kinetic Theory of Gases. 20 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. VOLUME 2. PART 3. 21 Electric Charge. 22 Electric Fields. 23 Gauss' Law. 24 Electric Potential. 25 Capacitance. 26 Current and Resistance. 27 Circuits. 28 Magnetic Fields. 29 Magnetic Fields Due to Currents. 30 Induction and Inductance. 31 Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating. Current. 32 Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter. PART 4. 33 Electromagnetic Waves. 34 Images. 35 Interference. 36 Diffraction. 37 Relativity. PART 5. 38 Photons and Matter Waves. 39 More About Matter Waves. 40 All About Atoms. 41 Conduction of Electricity in Solids. 42 Nuclear Physics. 43 Energy from the Nucleus. 44 Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang. Appendices. Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems. Index.

This book arms engineers with the tools to apply key physics concepts in the field. A number of the key figures in the new edition are revised to provide a more inviting and informative treatment.

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