Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics, Global Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (July 18, 2023) © 2023

  • Randall D Knight California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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For courses in introductory calculus-based physics.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics incorporates Physics Education Research and cognitive science best practices that encourage conceptual development, problem-solving skill acquisition, and visualisation. Knight stresses qualitative reasoning through physics principles before formalising physics mathematically, developing student problem-solving skills with a systematic, scaffolded approach. The text presents a finely tuned, practical introduction to physics with problems that relate physics to everyday life and includes models, modeling, and advanced topics.

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics: (Chapters 1-42)

  • Part 1: 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 2: Conservation Laws
  • Work and Kinetic Energy
  • Interactions and Potential Energy
  • Impulse and Momentum
  • Part 3: Applications of Newtonian Mechanics
  • Rotation of a Rigid Body
  • Newton's Theory of Gravity
  • Fluids and Elasticity
  • Part 4: Oscillations and Waves
  • Oscillations
  • Traveling Waves
  • Superposition
  • Part 5: Thermodynamics
  • A Macroscopic Description of Matter
  • Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
  • The Micro/Macro Connection
  • Heat Engines and Refrigerators
  • Part 6: 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 7: Optics
  • Wave Optics
  • Ray Optics
  • Optical Instruments
  • Part 8: Relativity and Quantum Physics
  • Relativity
  • The Foundations of Modern Physics
  • Quantization
  • Wave Functions and Uncertainty
  • One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Appendix A Mathematics Review
  • Appendix B Periodic Table of Elements
  • Appendix C Atomic and Nuclear Data
  • Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

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