Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (February 10, 2016) © 2017

  • Randall D Knight California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers incorporates Physics Education Research and cognitive science best practices that encourage conceptual development, problem-solving skill acquisition and visualization. The author stresses qualitative reasoning through physics principles before formalizing physics mathematically, allowing you to develop problem-solving skills with a systematic, scaffolded approach.

The 4th Edition extends problem-solving guidance to emphasize modeling while more challenging problem sets help you gain confidence and develop problem-solving skills.

Complete version: Chapters 1-42 includes 6 chapters of modern physics. This title is also available as 3 separate volumes:

  • Volume 1: Chapters 1-21
  • Volume 2: Chapters 22-36
  • Volume 3: Chapters 36-42

I. NEWTON’S LAWS

  1. Concepts of Motion
  2. Kinematics in One Dimension
  3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems
  4. Kinematics in Two Dimensions
  5. Force and Motion
  6. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line
  7. Newton’s Third Law
  8. Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane

II.CONSERVATION LAWS

  1. Work and Kinetic Energy
  2. Interactions and Potential Energy
  3. Impulse and Momentum

III. APPLICATIONS OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

  1. Rotation of a Rigid Body
  2. Newton's Theory of Gravity
  3. Fluids and Elasticity

IV. OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES

  1. Oscillations
  2. Traveling Waves
  3. Superposition

V. THERMODYNAMICS

  1. A Macroscopic Description of Matter
  2. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
  3. The Micro/Macro Connection
  4. Heat Engines and Refrigerators

VI. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

  1. Electric Charges and Forces
  2. The Electric Field
  3. Gauss’s Law
  4. The Electric Potential
  5. Potential and Field
  6. Current and Resistance
  7. Fundamentals of Circuits
  8. The Magnetic Field
  9. Electromagnetic Induction
  10. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
  11. AC Circuits

VII. OPTICS

  1. Wave Optics
  2. Ray Optics
  3. Optical Instruments

VIII. RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM PHYSICS

  1. Relativity
  2. The Foundations of Modern Physics
  3. Quantization
  4. Wave Functions and Uncertainty
  5. One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
  6. Atomic Physics
  7. Nuclear Physics

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