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Physics: Principles with Applications with MasteringPhysics, 6th Edition

By Douglas C. Giancoli

ISBN-10: 0-321-56983-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-321-56983-7What's this?

Published by Addison-Wesley

© 2009

Pub. Date: Jul 6, 2008

Format: Cloth Package

Table of Contents

(NOTE: also available in Split Volumes: Volume I contains Chs. 1-15; and Volume II contains Chs. 16-33.)

 1. Introduction 
 2. Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension 
 3. Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors 
 4. Motion and Force: Dynamics 
 5. Circular Motion; Gravitation 
 6. Work and Energy 
 7. Linear Momentum 
 8. Rotational Motion 
 9. Bodies in Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
10. Fluids
11. Vibrations and Waves
12. Sound
13. Temperature and Kinetic Theory
14. Heat
15. The Laws of Thermodynamics
16. Electric Charge and Electric Field
17. Electric Potential and Electric Energy; Capacitance
18. Electric Currents
19. DC Circuits
20. Magnetism
21. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law; AC Circuits
22. Electromagnetic Waves
23. Light: Geometric Optics
24. The Wave Nature of Light
25. Optical Instruments
26. Special Theory of Relativity
27. Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
28. Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
29. Molecules and Solids
30. Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
31. Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
32. Elementary Particles
33. Astrophysics and Cosmology
Appendix A: Mathematical Review
Appendix B: Dimensional Analysis
Appendix C: Rotating Frames of Reference; Inertial Forces; Coriolis Effect
Appendix D: Gauss's Law
Appendix E: Galilean and Lorentz Transformations
Appendix F: Selected Isotopes
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
Index

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