Physics / Edition 4

by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Kenneth S. Krane, Kenneth Krane

Overview

Teacher's Manual, Test Bank, Computerized Test Bank for IBM and Mac, Answer Manual, Transparencies, Study Guide, Solutions Manual available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471804574
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/28/1992
Series:	Physics Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	8.78(w) x 11.34(h) x 0.87(d)
Age Range:	16 - 17 Years

About the Author

David Halliday was an American physicist known for his physics textbooks, Physics and Fundamentals of Physics, which he wrote with Robert Resnick. Both textbooks have been in continuous use since 1960 and are available in more than 47 languages.

Robert Resnick was a physics educator and author of physics textbooks. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 11, 1923 and graduated from the Baltimore City College high school in 1939. He received his B.A. in 1943 and his Ph.D. in 1949, both in physics from Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

PART 1.
Measurement.
Motion Along a Straight Line.
Vectors.
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions.
Force and Motion--I.
Force and Motion--II.
Kinetic Energy and Work.
Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy.
Systems of Particles.
Collisions.
Rotation.
Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum.
PART 2.
Equilibrium and Elasticity.
Gravitation.
Fluids.
Oscillations.
Waves--I.
Waves--II.
Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics.
The Kinetic Theoryof Gases.
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
PART III.
Electric Charge.
Electric Fields.
Gauss' Law.
Electric Potential.
Capacitance.
Current and Resistance.
Circuits.
Magnetic Fields.
Magnetic Fields Due to Currents.
Induction and Inductance.
Magnetism of Matter; Maxwell's Equation.
Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current.
PART IV.
Electromagnetic Waves.
Images.
Interference.
Diffraction.
Special Theory of Relativity.
PART V.
Photons and Matter Waves.
More About Matter Waves.
All About Atoms.
Conduction of Electricity in Solids.
Nuclear Physics.
Energy from the Nucleus.
Quarks, leptons, and the Big Bang.
Appendices.
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions, Exercises, and Problems.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

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