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Sears & Zemansky's college physics.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC23 .S369 2006 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Hugh D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Eighth edition / Hugh D. Young, Robert M. Geller.
- Other Title:
- Sears and Zemansky's college physics
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Pearson/Addison Wesley, c2006-
- Summary:
- For more than five decades, Sears and Zemansky's College Physics has provided the most reliable foundation of physics education for students around the world. For the Eighth Edition, Robert Geller joins Hugh Young to produce a comprehensive update of this benchmark text.
- A broad and thorough introduction to physics, this new edition carefully integrates many solutions from educational research to help you develop deeper conceptual understanding, stronger quantitative-reasoning skills, and greater confidence in solving problems, while helping you connect what you learn with your other courses and the changing world around you.
- Contents:
- Volume 2 Electricity and Magnetism
- Chapter 17 Electric Charge and Electric Field 545
- 17.1 Electric Charge 545
- 17.2 Conductors and Insulators 548
- 17.3 Conservation and Quantization of Charge 551
- 17.4 Coulomb's Law 552
- 17.5 Electric Field and Electric Forces 557
- 17.6 Calculating Electric Fields 560
- 17.7 Electric Field Lines 563
- 17.8 Gauss's Law and Field Calculations 564
- 17.9 Charges on Conductors 569
- Chapter 18 Electric Potential and Capacitance 582
- 18.1 Electric Potential Energy 582
- 18.2 Potential 587
- 18.3 Equipotential Surfaces 591
- 18.4 The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment 594
- 18.5 Capacitors 595
- 18.6 Capacitors in Series and in Parallel 598
- 18.7 Electric Field Energy 601
- 18.8 Dielectrics 603
- 18.9 Molecular Model of Induced Charge 606
- Chapter 19 Current, Resistance, and Direct-Current Circuits 618
- 19.1 Current 618
- 19.2 Resistance and Ohm's Law 620
- 19.3 Electromotive Force and Circuits 624
- 19.4 Energy and Power in Electric Circuits 629
- 19.5 Resistors in Series and in Parallel 632
- 19.6 Kirchhoff's Rules 635
- 19.7 Electrical Measuring Instruments 640
- 19.8 Resistance-Capacitance Circuits 640
- 19.9 Physiological Effects of Currents 642
- 19.10 Power Distribution Systems 643
- Chapter 20 Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces 658
- 20.1 Magnetism 658
- 20.2 Magnetic Field and Magnetic Force 660
- 20.3 Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field 667
- 20.4 Mass Spectrometers 669
- 20.5 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor 670
- 20.6 Force and Torque on a Current Loop 673
- 20.7 Magnetic Field of a Long, Straight Conductor 677
- 20.8 Force between Parallel Conductors 678
- 20.9 Current Loops and Solenoids 680
- 20.10 Magnetic Field Calculations 682
- 20.11 Magnetic Materials 685
- Chapter 21 Electromagnetic Induction 698
- 21.1 Induction Experiments 698
- 21.2 Magnetic Flux 700
- 21.3 Faraday's Law 702
- 21.4 Lenz's Law 706
- 21.5 Motional Electromotive Force 709
- 21.6 Eddy Currents 711
- 21.7 Mutual Inductance 712
- 21.8 Self-Inductance 714
- 21.9 Transformers 716
- 21.10 Magnetic Field Energy 719
- 21.11 The R-L Circuit 721
- 21.12 The L-C Circuit 724
- Chapter 22 Alternating Current 735
- 22.1 Phasors and Alternating Currents 735
- 22.2 Resistance and Reactance 738
- 22.3 The Series R-L-C Circuit 744
- 22.4 Power in Alternating-Current Circuits 748
- 22.5 Series Resonance 751
- 22.6 Parallel Resonance 753
- Chapter 23 Electromagnetic Waves 761
- 23.1 Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves 761
- 23.2 Speed of an Electromagnetic Wave 762
- 23.3 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 764
- 23.4 Sinusoidal Waves 765
- 23.5 Energy in Electromagnetic Waves 768
- 23.6 Nature of Light 772
- 23.7 Reflection and Refraction 774
- 23.8 Total Internal Reflection 780
- 23.9 Dispersion 782
- 23.10 Polarization 783
- 23.11 Huygen's Principle 789
- 23.12 Scattering of Light 791
- Chapter 24 Geometric Optics 803
- 24.1 Reflection at a Plane Surface 803
- 24.2 Reflection at a Spherical Surface 806
- 24.3 Graphical Methods for Mirrors 813
- 24.4 Refraction at a Spherical Surface 815
- 24.5 Thin Lenses 819
- 24.6 Graphical Methods for Lenses 825
- Chapter 25 Optical Instruments 837
- 25.1 The Camera 837
- 25.2 The Projector 840
- 25.3 The Eye 841
- 25.4 The Magnifier 845
- 25.5 The Microscope 847
- 25.6 Telescopes 849
- 25.7 Lens Aberrations 852
- Chapter 26 Interference and Diffraction 862
- 26.1 Interference and Coherent Sources 862
- 26.2 Two-Source Interference of Light 865
- 26.3 Interference in Thin Films 868
- 26.4 Diffraction 873
- 26.5 Diffraction from a Single Slit 875
- 26.6 Multiple Slits and Diffraction Gratings 879
- 26.7 X-Ray Diffraction 882
- 26.8 Circular Apertures and Resolving Power 885
- 26.9 Holography 888
- Chapter 27 Relativity 899
- 27.1 Invariance of Physical Laws 900
- 27.2 Relative Nature of Simultaneity 903
- 27.3 Relativity of Time 905
- 27.4 Relativity of Length 909
- 27.5 The Lorentz Transformation 913
- 27.6 Relativistic Momentum 916
- 27.7 Relativistic Work and Energy 919
- 27.8 Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics 922
- Chapter 28 Photons, Electrons, and Atoms 932
- 28.1 The Photoelectric Effect 933
- 28.2 Line Spectra and Energy Levels 938
- 28.3 The Nuclear Atom and the Bohr Model 943
- 28.4 The Laser 950
- 28.5 X-Ray Production and Scattering 951
- 28.6 The Wave Nature of Particles 954
- 28.7 Wave-Particle Duality 957
- 28.8 The Electron Microscope 961
- Chapter 29 Atoms, Molecules, and Solids 971
- 29.1 Electrons in Atoms 971
- 29.2 Atomic Structure 979
- 29.3 Diatomic Molecules 983
- 29.4 Structure and Properties of Solids 987
- 29.5 Energy Bands 989
- 29.6 Semiconductors 990
- 29.7 Semiconductor Devices 992
- 29.8 Superconductivity 995
- Chapter 30 Nuclear and High-Energy Physics 1003
- 30.1 Properties of Nuclei 1003
- 30.2 Nuclear Stability 1008
- 30.3 Radioactivity 1011
- 30.4 Radiation and the Life Sciences 1017
- 30.5 Nuclear Reactions 1021
- 30.6 Nuclear Fission 1023
- 30.7 Nuclear Fusion 1027
- 30.8 Fundamental Particles 1028
- 30.9 High-Energy Physics 1030
- 30.10 Cosmology 1036
- Appendix A Mathematics Review 1
- Appendix B The International System of Units 10
- Appendix C The Greek Alphabet 12
- Appendix D Periodic Table of Elements 13
- Appendix E Unit Conversion Factors 14
- Appendix F Numerical Constants 15.
- Notes:
- 8th ed. of: College physics.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0805378219
- 0805378227
- 0805378235
- OCLC:
- 61758030
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