Young, Hugh D. creator author. Freedman, Roger A. author. text bibliography nju 2020 15th edition. monographic eng

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volumes cm 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. Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Physics Textbooks Physics Study and teaching (Higher) QC21.3 .Y68 2020 530 Young, Hugh D. 9780135159552 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2018042240 DLC 201063 20201026141024.0 20711787 eng