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Sears and Zemansky's university physics : with modern physics / Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, University of California, Santa Barbara ; contributing author, A. Lewis Ford, Texas A & M University.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC21.3 .Y68 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Hugh D., author.
- Freedman, Roger A., author.
- Ford, A. Lewis (Albert Lewis), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Textbooks.
- Physics.
- Physics--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Fourteenth edition.
- Books à la carte edition; binder-ready edition.
- Other Title:
- University physics
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Pearson, [2016]
- 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 and dielectrics ; Current, resistance, and electromotive force ; Direct-current circuits ; Magnetic field and magnetic forces ; Sources of magnetic field ; Electromagnetic induction ; Inductance ; Alternating current ; Electromagnetic waves
- Optics. The nature and propagation of light ; Geometric optics ; Interference ; Diffraction
- Modern physics. Relativity ; 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
- Appendices. A: The international system of units ; B: Useful mathematical relations ; C: The Greek alphabet ; D: Periodic table of the elements ; E: Unit conversion factors ; F: Numerical constants
- Answers to odd-numbered problems.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780321973610
- 0321973615
- 9780133977981
- 0133977986
- 9780321997753
- 0321997751
- OCLC:
- 897436903
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