Young, Hugh D. creator Freedman, Roger A. text xxu England Pearson 2016 14th ed. monographic eng

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1593p.: ill.; 27cm. Contents: Mechanics: Units, physical quantities, and vectors -- Motion along a straight line -- Motion in two or three dimensions -- Newton's laws of motion -- Applying newton's laws -- Work and kinetic energy -- Potential energy and energy conservation -- Momentum, impulse, and collisions -- Rotation of rigid bodies -- Dynamics of rotational motion -- Equilibrium and elasticity -- Fluid mechanics -- Gravitation -- Periodic motion -- Waves/Acoustics: Mechanical waves -- Sound and hearing -- Thermodynamics: Temperature and heat -- Thermal properties of matter -- The First law of thermodynamics -- The Second law of thermodynamics -- Electromagnetism: Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance an dielectrics -- Current, resistance, and electromotive force -- Direct-current circuits -- Magnetic field and magnetic forces -- Electromagnetic waves -- Optics: The Nature and propagation of light -- Geometric optics -- Interference -- Diffraction -- Modern physics: Photons: light waves behaving as particles -- Particles behaving as waves -- Quantum mechanics I: Wave functions -- Quantum mechanics II: Atomic structure -- Molecules and condensed matter -- Nuclear physics -- Particle physics and cosmology. Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman. Includes index. QC21.2.Y67 1292100311 170608