Nantucket Stylebook

Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
ISBN:
Size: 19.97 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1169
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Student text: An Introduction to Physics -- Measurement -- The Language of Physics -- Kinematics: Speed & Velocity -- Speed -- Velocity -- Relative Motion -- Kinematics: Acceleration -- The Concept of Acceleration -- Uniformly Accelerated Motion -- Free-Fall -- Newton's Three Laws -- The Three Laws -- Dynamics & Statics -- Centripetal Force & Gravity -- Centripetal Force -- Gravity -- The Cosmic Force -- Energy -- The Transfer of Energy -- Mechanical Energy -- Conservation of Mechanical Energy -- Momentum & Collisions -- Linear Momentum -- Rotational Motion -- The Kinematics of Rotation -- Rotational Equilibrium -- The Dynamics of Rotation -- Solids, Liquids, & Gases -- Atoms & Matter -- Fluid Statics -- Fluid Dynamics -- Elasticity & Oscillations -- Elasticity -- Harmonic Motion -- Waves & Sound -- Mechanical Waves -- Sound -- Thermal Properties of Matter -- Temperature -- Thermal Expansion -- The Gas Laws -- Heat & Thermal Energy -- Thermal Energy -- Change of State -- The Transfer of Thermal Energy -- Thermodynamics -- The First Law of Thermodynamics -- Cyclic Processes: Engines & Refrigerators -- The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- Electrostatics: Forces -- Electromagnetic Charge -- The Electric Force -- The Electric Field -- Electrostatics: Energy -- Electric Potential -- Capacitance -- Direct Current -- Flowing Electricity -- Resistance -- Circuits -- Circuit Principles -- Network Analysis (Optional) -- Magnetism -- Magnets & the Magnetic Field -- Electrodynamics -- Magnetic Force -- Electromagnetic Induction -- Electromagnetically Induced emf -- Generators -- Self-Induction -- AC & Electronics -- Alternating Current -- R-L-C AC Networks (Optional) -- Electronics (Optional) -- Radiant Energy: Light -- The Nature of Light -- The Electromagnetic-Photon Spectrum -- The Propagation of Light: Scattering -- Scattering -- Reflection -- Refraction -- The World of Color -- Geometrical Optics & Instruments -- Lenses -- Mirrors -- Physical Optics -- Polarization -- Interference -- Diffraction -- Special Relativity -- Before the Special Theory -- The Special Theory of Relativity -- Relativistic Dynamics -- The Origins of Modern Physics -- Subatomic Particles -- The Nuclear Atom -- The Evolution of Quantum Theory -- The Old Quantum Theory -- Atomic Theory -- Quantum Mechanics -- The Conceptual Basis of Quantum Mechanics -- Quantum Physics -- Nuclear Physics -- Nuclear Structure -- Nuclear Transformation -- High-Energy Physics -- Elementary Particles -- Quantum Field Theory -- A Brief Mathematical Review -- Algebra -- Geometry -- Trigonometry -- Vectors -- Dimensions.