University Physics with Modern Physics Technology Update, 13th Edition

University Physics with Modern Physics, Technology Update, Thirteenth Edition continues to set the benchmark for clarity and rigor combined with effective teaching and research-based innovation.  

 

The Thirteenth Edition Technology Update contains QR codes throughout the textbook, enabling you to use your smartphone or tablet to instantly watch interactive videos about relevant demonstrations or problem-solving strategies.

University Physics is known for its uniquely broad, deep, and thoughtful set of worked examples—key tools for developing both physical understanding and problem-solving skills. The Thirteenth Edition revises all the Examples and Problem-solving Strategies to be more concise and direct while maintaining the Twelfth Edition's consistent, structured approach and strong focus on modeling as well as math. To help you tackle challenging as well as routine problems, the Thirteenth Edition adds Bridging Problems to each chapter, which pose a difficult, multiconcept problem and provide a skeleton solution guide in the form of questions and hints.

 

The text's rich problem sets—developed and refined over six decades—are upgraded to include larger numbers of problems that are biomedically oriented or require calculus. The problem-set revision is driven by detailed student-performance data gathered nationally through MasteringPhysics^®, making it possible to fine-tune the reliability, effectiveness, and difficulty of individual problems.

 

Complementing the clear and accessible text, the figures use a simple graphic style that focuses on the physics. They also incorporate explanatory annotations–a technique demonstrated to enhance learning.

 

 

MECHANICS

1.  Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors

2.  Motion Along a Straight Line

3.  Motion in Two or Three Dimensions

4.  Newton’s Laws of Motion

5.  Applying Newton’s Laws

6.  Work and Kinetic Energy

7.  Potential Energy and Energy Conservation

8.  Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions

9.  Rotation of Rigid Bodies

10.  Dynamics of Rotational Motion

11.  Equilibrium and Elasticity

12.  Fluid Mechanics

13.  Gravitation

14.  Periodic Motion

 

WAVES/ACOUSTICS

15.  Mechanical Waves

16.  Sound and Hearing

 

THERMODYNAMICS

17.  Temperature and Heat

18.  Thermal Properties of Matter

19.  The First Law of Thermodynamics

20.  The Second Law of Thermodynamics

 

ELECTROMAGNETISM

21.  Electric Charge and Electric Field

22.  Gauss’s Law

23.  Electric Potential

24.  Capacitance and Dielectrics

25.  Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force

26.  Direct-Current Circuits

27.  Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces

28.  Sources of Magnetic Field

29.  Electromagnetic Induction

30.  Inductance

31.  Alternating Current

32.  Electromagnetic Waves

 

OPTICS

33.  The Nature and Propagation of Light

34.  Geometric Optics and Optical Instruments

35.  Interference

36.  Diffraction

 

MODERN PHYSICS

37.  Relativity

38.  Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles

39.  Particles Behaving as Waves

40.  Quantum Mechanics

41.  Atomic Structure

42.  Molecules and Condensed Matter

43.  Nuclear Physics

44.  Particle Physics and Cosmology