Physics for scientists and engineers /

Serway, Raymond A.

Physics for scientists and engineers / Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett, Jr. ; with contributions from Vahé Peroomian. - Eighth edition. - 2 volumes (xxxi, 1440, 38, 22 pages) : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm

Vol. 2 has title: Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics. Includes indexes.

Mechanics. Physics and measurement ; Motion in one dimension ; Vectors ; Motion in two dimensions ; The laws of motion ; Circular motion and other applications of Newton's laws ; Energy of a system ; Conservation of energy ; Linear momentum and collisions ; Rotation of a rigid object about a fixed axis ; Angular momentum ; Static equilibrium and elasticity ; Universal gravitation ; Fluid mechanics -- Oscillations and mechanical waves. Oscillatory motion ; Wave motion ; Sound waves ; Superposition and standing waves -- Thermodynamics. Temperature ; The First Law of Thermodynamics ; The kinetic theory of gases ; Heat engines, entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- v. 1. pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. Electricity and magnetism. Electric fields ; Gauss's Law ; Electric potential ; Capacitance and dielectrics ; Current and resistance ; Direct-current circuits ; Magnetic fields ; Sources of the magnetic field ; Faraday's Law ; Inductance ; Alternating-current circuits ; Electromagnetic waves -- Light and optics. The nature of light and the principles of ray optics ; Image formation ; Wave optics ; Diffraction patterns and polarization -- Modern physics. Relativity ; Introduction to quantum physics ; Quantum mechanics ; Atomic physics ; Molecules and solids ; Nuclear structure ; Applications of nuclear physics ; Particle physics and cosmology. v. 2. pt. 4. pt. 5. pt. 6.

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