Essential University Physics with MasteringPhysics™

1. Doing Physics

Part 1 Mechanics

2. Motion in a Straight Line

3. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

4. Force and Motion

5. Using Newton’s Laws

6. Work, Energy, and Power

7. Conservation of Energy

8. Gravity

9. Systems of Particles

10. Rotational Motion

11. Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum

12. Static Equilibrium

Part 2  Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids

13. Oscillatory Motion

14. Wave Motion

15. Fluid Motion

Part 3  Thermodynamics

16. Temperature and Heat

17. The Thermal Behavior of Matter

18. Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics

19. The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Part 4  Electromagnetism

20. Electric Charge, Force, and Field

21. Gauss’s Law

22. Electric Potential

23. Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors

24. Electric Current

25. Electric Circuits

26. Magnetism

27. Electromagnetic Induction

28. Alternating-Current Circuits

29. Electromagnetic Waves

Part 5 Optics

30. The Behavior of Light

31. Images and Optical Instruments

32. Interference and Diffraction

Part 6 Modern Physics

33. Relativity

34. Particles and Waves

35. Quantum Physics

36. Atomic Physics

37. Molecular and Solid-State Physics

38. Nuclear Physics

39. Quarks to Cosmos