Essential university physics / Richard Wolfson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfson, Richard.

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Textbooks.

Physics.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Pearson Addison-Wesley, [2007]

Summary:

KEY MESSAGE: Richard Wolfson's "Essential University Physics" is a concise and progressive calculus-based physics textbook that offers clear writing, great problems, and interesting real-life applications. At nearly half the length and half the price of other physics texts on the market, "Essential University Physics" is a compelling alternative for professors who want to focus on the fundamentals. Doing Physics Part; 1 Mechanics: Motion in a Straight Line, Motion in Two and Three Dimensions, Force and Motion, Using Newton's Laws, Work, Energy, and Power, Conservation of Energy, Gravity, Systems of Particles, Rotational Motion, Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum, Static Equilibrium; Part 2 Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids: Oscillatory Motion, Wave Motion, Fluid Motion, Thermodynamics, Temperature and Heat, The Thermal Behavior of Matter, Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics, The Second Law of Thermodynamics For all readers interested in calculus-based physic.

Contents:

Part 4 Electromagnetism 327

Chapter 20 Electric Charge, Force, and Field 328

20.1 Electric Charge 328

20.2 Coulomb's Law 329

20.3 The Electric Field 332

20.4 Fields of Charge Distributions 334

20.5 Matter in Electric Fields 338

Chapter 21 Gauss's Law 347

21.1 Electric Field Lines 347

21.2 Electric Flux and Field 349

21.3 Gauss's Law 351

21.4 Using Gauss's Law 352

21.5 Fields of Arbitrary Charge Distributions 358

21.6 Gauss's Law and Conductors 359

Chapter 22 Electric Potential 367

22.1 Electric Potential Difference 367

22.2 Calculating Potential Difference 370

22.3 Potential Difference and the Electric Field 376

22.4 Charged Conductors 378

Chapter 23 Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors 384

23.1 Electrostatic Energy 385

23.2 Capacitors 385

23.3 Using Capacitors 387

23.4 Energy in the Electric Field 391

Chapter 24 Electric Current 398

24.1 Electric Current 398

24.2 Conduction Mechanisms 400

24.3 Resistance and Ohm's Law 405

24.4 Electric Power 407

24.5 Electrical Safety 408

Chapter 25 Electric Circuits 415

25.1 Circuits, Symbols, and Electromotive Force 415

25.2 Series and Parallel Resistors 417

25.3 Kirchhoff's Laws and Multiloop Circuits 423

25.4 Electrical Measurements 425

25.5 Capacitors in Circuits 426

Chapter 26 Magnetism: Force and Field 436

26.1 What Is Magnetism? 436

26.2 Magnetic Force and Field 437

26.3 Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields 438

26.4 The Magnetic Force on a Current 441

26.5 Origin of the Magnetic Field 442

26.6 Magnetic Dipoles 446

26.7 Magnetic Matter 449

26.8 Ampere's Law 451

Chapter 27 Electromagnetic Induction 464

27.1 Induced Currents 464

27.2 Faraday's Law 466

27.3 Induction and Energy 469

27.4 Inductance 474

27.5 Magnetic Energy 479

27.6 Induced Electric Fields 481

Chapter 28 Alternating-Current Circuits 489

28.1 Alternating Current 489

28.2 Circuit Elements in AC Circuits 490

28.3 LC Circuits 495

28.4 Driven RLC Circuits and Resonance 497

28.5 Power in AC Circuits 500

28.6 Transformers and Power Supplies 500

Chapter 29 Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves 508

29.1 The Four Laws of Electromagnetism 509

29.2 Ambiguity in Ampere's Law 509

29.3 Maxwell's Equations 511

29.4 Electromagnetic Waves 512

29.5 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 515

29.6 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 519

29.7 Producing Electromagnetic Waves 520

29.8 Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves 521

Part 5 Optics 529

Chapter 30 Reflection and Refraction 530

30.1 Reflection 530

30.2 Refraction 532

30.3 Total Internal Reflection 534

30.4 Dispersion 536

Chapter 31 Images and Optical Instruments 542

31.1 Images with Mirrors 543

31.2 Images with Lenses 548

31.3 Refraction in Lenses: The Details 551

31.4 Optical Instruments 554

Chapter 32 Interference and Diffraction 563

32.1 Coherence and Interference 563

32.2 Double-Slit Interference 565

32.3 Multiple-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings 567

32.4 Interferometry 570

32.5 Huygens' Principle and Diffraction 573

32.6 The Diffraction Limit 577

Part 6 Modern Physics 585

Chapter 33 Relativity 586

33.1 Speed c Relative to What? 587

33.2 Matter, Motion, and the Ether 587

33.3 Special Relativity 589

33.4 Space and Time in Relativity 590

33.5 Simultaneity Is Relative 595

33.6 The Lorentz Trasformations 596

33.7 Energy and Momentum in Relativity 599

33.8 Electromagnetism and Relativity 602

33.9 General Relativity 604

Chapter 34 Particles and Waves 609

34.1 Toward Quantum Theory 609

34.2 Blackbody Radiation 610

34.3 Photons 613

34.4 Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Atom 616

34.5 Matter Waves 619

34.6 The Uncertainty Principle 621

34.7 Complementarity 624

Chapter 35 Quantum Mechanics 629

35.1 Particles, Waves, and Probability 630

35.2 The Schrodinger Equation 631

35.3 Particles and Potentials 633

35.4 Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions 640

35.5 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 641

Chapter 36 Atomic Physics 646

36.1 The Hydrogen Atom 646

36.2 Electron Spin 651

36.3 The Exclusion Principle 654

36.4 Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table 655

36.5 Transitions and Atomic Spectra 658

Chapter 37 Molecules and Solids 666

37.1 Molecular Bonding 666

37.2 Molecular Energy Levels 668

37.3 Solids 671

37.4 Superconductivity 677

Chapter 38 Nuclear Physics 684

38.1 Elements, Isotopes, and Nuclear Structure 684

38.2 Radioactivity 689

38.3 Binding Energy and Nucleosynthesis 695

38.4 Nuclear Fission 697

38.5 Nuclear Fusion 702

Chapter 39 From Quarks to the Cosmos 709

39.1 Particles and Forces 709

39.2 Particles and More Particles 710

39.3 Quarks and the Standard Model 714

39.4 Unification 717

39.5 The Evolving Universe 719

Appendix A Mathematics A-1

Appendix B The International System of Units (SI) A-9

Appendix D The Elements A-13

Appendix E Astrophysical Data A-16.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

0805392122

9780805392128

0805338292

9780805338294

0805338381

9780805338386

OCLC:

64688914