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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, James S., 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2007]
Edition:3rd ed., instructor's ed.
Subjects:
Physics.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to physics
  • One-dimensional kinematics
  • Vectors in physics
  • Two-dimensional kinematics
  • Newton's laws of motion
  • Applications of Newton's laws
  • Work and kinetic energy
  • Potential energy and conservation of energy
  • Linear momentum and collisions
  • Rotational kinematics and energy
  • Rotational dynamics and static equilibrium
  • Gravity
  • Oscillations about equilibrium
  • Waves and sound
  • Fluids
  • Temperature and heat
  • Phases and phase changes
  • The laws of thermodynamics
  • Electric charges, forces, and fields
  • Electric potential and electric potential energy
  • Electric current and direct-current circuits
  • Magnetism
  • Magnetic flux and Farady's law of induction
  • Alternating-current circuits
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Geometrical optics
  • Optical instruments
  • Physical optics: interference and diffraction
  • Relativity
  • Quantum physics
  • Atomic physics
  • Nuclear physics and nuclear radiation.