College Physics 2nd edition

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• Chapter 1: Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics
  • 1.1: Physics: An Introduction
  • 1.2: Physical Quantities and Units
  • 1.3: Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures
  • 1.4: Approximation
  • 1: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 1: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 2: Kinematics
  • 2.1: Displacement
  • 2.2: Vectors, Scalars, and Coordinate Systems
  • 2.3: Time, Velocity, and Speed
  • 2.4: Acceleration
  • 2.5: Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension
  • 2.6: Problem-Solving Basics for One-Dimensional Kinematics
  • 2.7: Falling Objects
  • 2.8: Graphical Analysis of One-Dimensional Motion
  • 2: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 2: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 3: Two-Dimensional Kinematics
  • 3.1: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: An Introduction
  • 3.2: Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods
  • 3.3: Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods
  • 3.4: Projectile Motion
  • 3.5: Addition of Velocities
  • 3: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 3: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion
  • 4.1: Development of Force Concept
  • 4.2: Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia
  • 4.3: Newton's Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System
  • 4.4: Newton's Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces
  • 4.5: Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces
  • 4.6: Problem-Solving Strategies
  • 4.7: Further Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion
  • 4.8: Extended Topic: The Four Basic Forces—An Introduction
  • 4: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 4: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 5: Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity
  • 5.1: Friction
  • 5.2: Drag Forces
  • 5.3: Elasticity: Stress and Strain
  • 5: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 5: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 6: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
  • 6.1: Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
  • 6.2: Centripetal Acceleration
  • 6.3: Centripetal Force
  • 6.4: Fictitious Forces and Non-inertial Frames: The Coriolis Force
  • 6.5: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
  • 6.6: Satellites and Kepler's Laws: An Argument for Simplicity
  • 6: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 6: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 7: Work, Energy, and Energy Resources
  • 7.1: Work: The Scientific Definition
  • 7.2: Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem
  • 7.3: Gravitational Potential Energy
  • 7.4: Conservative Forces and Potential Energy
  • 7.5: Nonconservative Forces
  • 7.6: Conservation of Energy
  • 7.7: Power
  • 7.8: Work, Energy, and Power in Humans
  • 7.9: World Energy Use
  • 7: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 7: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 8: Linear Momentum and Collisions
  • 8.1: Linear Momentum and Force
  • 8.2: Impulse
  • 8.3: Conservation of Momentum
  • 8.4: Elastic Collisions in One Dimension
  • 8.5: Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension
  • 8.6: Collisions of Point Masses in Two Dimensions
  • 8.7: Introduction to Rocket Propulsion
  • 8: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 8: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 9: Statics and Torque
  • 9.1: The First Condition for Equilibrium
  • 9.2: The Second Condition for Equilibrium
  • 9.3: Stability
  • 9.4: Applications of Statistics, Including Problem-Solving Strategies
  • 9.5: Simple Machines
  • 9.6: Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints
  • 9: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 9: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 10: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum
  • 10.1: Angular Acceleration
  • 10.2: Kinematics of Rotational Motion
  • 10.3: Dynamics of Rotational Motion: Rotational Inertia
  • 10.4: Rotational Kinetic Energy: Work and Energy Revisited
  • 10.5: Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
  • 10.6: Collisions of Extended Bodies in Two Dimensions
  • 10.7: Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum
  • 10: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 10: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 11: Fluid Statics
  • 11.1: What Is a Fluid?
  • 11.2: Density
  • 11.3: Pressure
  • 11.4: Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid
  • 11.5: Pascal's Principle
  • 11.6: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
  • 11.7: Archimedes' Principle
  • 11.8: Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action
  • 11.9: Pressures in the Body
  • 11: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 11: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 12: Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological and Medical Applications
  • 12.1: Flow Rate and Its Relation to Velocity
  • 12.2: Bernoulli's Equation
  • 12.3: The Most General Applications of Bernoulli's Equation
  • 12.4: Viscosity and Laminar Flow; Poiseuille's Law
  • 12.5: The Onset of Turbulence
  • 12.6: Motion of an Object in a Viscous Fluid
  • 12.7: Molecular Transport Phenomena: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Related Processes
  • 12: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 12: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 13: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws
  • 13.1: Temperature
  • 13.2: Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids
  • 13.3: The Ideal Gas Law
  • 13.4: Kinetic Theory: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature
  • 13.5: Phase Changes
  • 13.6: Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling
  • 13: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 13: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 14: Heat and Heat Transfer Methods
  • 14.1: Heat
  • 14.2: Temperature Change and Heat Capacity
  • 14.3: Phase Change and Latent Heat
  • 14.4: Heat Transfer Methods
  • 14.5: Conduction
  • 14.6: Convection
  • 14.7: Radiation
  • 14: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 14: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 15: Thermodynamics
  • 15.1: The First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 15.2: The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
  • 15.3: Introduction to the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Engines and Their Efficiency
  • 15.4: Carnot's Perfect Heat Engine: The Second Law of Thermodynamics Restated
  • 15.5: Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Pumps and Refrigerators
  • 15.6: Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the Unavailability of Energy
  • 15.7: Statistical Interpretation of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: The Underlying Explanation
  • 15: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 15: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves
  • 16.1: Hooke's Law: Stress and Strain Revisited
  • 16.2: Period and Frequency in Oscillations
  • 16.3: Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion
  • 16.4: The Simple Pendulum
  • 16.5: Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
  • 16.6 : Uniform Circular Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 16.7: Damped Harmonic Motion
  • 16.8: Forced Oscillations and Resonance
  • 16.9: Waves
  • 16.10: Superposition and Interference
  • 16.11: Energy in Waves: Intensity
  • 16: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 16: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 17: Physics of Hearing
  • 17.1: Sound
  • 17.2: Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength
  • 17.3: Sound Intensity and Sound Level
  • 17.4: Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
  • 17.5: Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns
  • 17.6: Hearing
  • 17.7: Ultrasound
  • 17: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 17: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 18: Electric Charge and Electric Field
  • 18.1: Static Electricity and Charge: Conservation of Charge
  • 18.2: Conductors and Insulators
  • 18.3: Coulomb's Law
  • 18.4: Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited
  • 18.5: Electric Field Lines: Multiple Charges
  • 18.6: Electric Forces in Biology
  • 18.7: Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium
  • 18.8: Applications of Electrostatics
  • 18: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 18: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 19: Electric Potential and Electric Field
  • 19.1: Electric Potential Energy: Potential Difference
  • 19.2: Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field
  • 19.3: Electrical Potential Due to a Point Change
  • 19.4: Equipotential Lines
  • 19.5: Capacitors and Dielectrics
  • 19.6: Capacitors in Series and Parallel
  • 19.7: Energy Stored in Capacitors
  • 19: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 19: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 20: Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
  • 20.1: Current
  • 20.2: Ohm's Law: Resistance and Simple Circuits
  • 20.3: Resistance and Resistivity
  • 20.4: Electric Power and Energy
  • 20.5: Alternating Current versus Direct Current
  • 20.6: Electric Hazards and the Human Body
  • 20.7: Nerve Conduction–Electrocardiograms
  • 20: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 20: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 21: Circuits and DC Instruments
  • 21.1: Resistors in Series and Parallel
  • 21.2: Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage
  • 21.3: Kirchhoff's Rules
  • 21.4: DC Voltmeters and Ammeters
  • 21.5: Null Measurements
  • 21.6: DC Circuits Containing Resistors and Capacitors
  • 21: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 21: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 22: Magnetism
  • 22.1: Magnets
  • 22.2: Ferromagnets and Electromagnets
  • 22.3: Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Field Lines
  • 22.4: Magnetic Field Strength: Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
  • 22.5: Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field: Examples and Applications
  • 22.6: The Hall Effect
  • 22.7: Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
  • 22.8: Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters
  • 22.9: Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents: Ampere's Law
  • 22.10: Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors
  • 22.11: More Applications of Magnetism
  • 22: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 22: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 23: Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies
  • 23.1: Induced Emf and Magnetic Flux
  • 23.2: Faraday's Law of Induction: Lenz's Law
  • 23.3: Motional Emf
  • 23.4: Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping
  • 23.5: Electric Generators
  • 23.6: Back Emf
  • 23.7: Transformers
  • 23.8: Electrical Safety: Systems and Devices
  • 23.9: Inductance
  • 23.10: RL Circuits
  • 23.11: Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive
  • 23.12: RLC Series AC Circuits
  • 23: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 23: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 24: Electromagnetic Waves
  • 24.1: Maxwell's Equations: Electromagnetic Waves Predicted and Observed
  • 24.2: Production of Electromagnetic Waves
  • 24.3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • 24.4: Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
  • 24: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 24: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 25: Geometric Optics
  • 25.1: The Ray Aspect of Light
  • 25.2: The Law of Reflection
  • 25.3: The Law of Refraction
  • 25.4: Total Internal Reflection
  • 25.5: Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms
  • 25.6: Image Formation by Lenses
  • 25.7: Image Formation by Mirrors
  • 25: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 25: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 26: Vision and Optical Instruments
  • 26.1: Physics of the Eye
  • 26.2: Vision Correction
  • 26.3: Color and Color Vision
  • 26.4: Microscopes
  • 26.5: Telescopes
  • 26.6: Aberrations
  • 26: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 26: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 27: Wave Optics
  • 27.1: The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference
  • 27.2: Huygens's Principle: Diffraction
  • 27.3: Young's Double Slit Experiment
  • 27.4: Multiple Slit Diffraction
  • 27.5: Single Slit Diffraction
  • 27.6: Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion
  • 27.7: Thin Film Interference
  • 27.8: Polarization
  • 27.9: *Extended Topic* Microscopy Enhanced by the Wave Characteristics of Light
  • 27: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 27: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 28: Special Relativity
  • 28.1: Einstein's Postulates
  • 28.2: Simultaneity and Time Dilation
  • 28.3: Length Contraction
  • 28.4: Relativistic Addition of Velocities
  • 28.5: Relativistic Momentum
  • 28.6: Relativistic Energy
  • 28: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 28: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 29: Quantum Physics
  • 29.1: Quantization of Energy
  • 29.2: The Photoelectric Effect
  • 29.3: Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • 29.4: Photon Momentum
  • 29.5: The Particle-Wave Duality
  • 29.6: The Wave Nature of Matter
  • 29.7: Probability: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  • 29.8: The Particle-Wave Duality Reviewed
  • 29: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 29: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 30: Atomic Physics
  • 30.1: Discovery of the Atom
  • 30.2: Discovery of the Parts of the Atom: Electrons and Nuclei
  • 30.3: Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
  • 30.4: X Rays: Atomic Origins and Applications
  • 30.5: Applications of Atomic Excitations and De-Excitations
  • 30.6: The Wave Nature of Matter Causes Quantization
  • 30.7: Patterns in Spectra Reveal More Quantization
  • 30.8: Quantum Numbers and Rules
  • 30.9: The Pauli Exclusion Principle
  • 30: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 30: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 31: Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
  • 31.1: Nuclear Radioactivity
  • 31.2: Radiation Detection and Detectors
  • 31.3: Substructure of the Nucleus
  • 31.4: Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws
  • 31.5: Half-Life and Activity
  • 31.6: Binding Energy
  • 31.7: Tunneling
  • 31: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 31: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 32: Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
  • 32.1: Diagnostics and Medical Imaging
  • 32.2: Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
  • 32.3: Therapeutic Uses of Ionizing Radiation
  • 32.4: Food Irradiation
  • 32.5: Fusion
  • 32.6: Fission
  • 32.7: Nuclear Weapons
  • 32: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 32: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 33: Particle Physics
  • 33.1: The Yukawa Particle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Revisited
  • 33.2: The Four Basic Forces
  • 33.3: Accelerators Create Matter from Energy
  • 33.4: Particles, Patterns, and Conservation Laws
  • 33.5: Quarks: Is That All There Is?
  • 33.6: GUTs: The Unification of Forces
  • 33: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 33: Digital Workbooks
  
  
• Chapter 34: Frontiers of Physics
  • 34.1: Cosmology and Particle Physics
  • 34.2: General Relativity and Quantum Gravity
  • 34.3: Superstrings
  • 34.4: Dark Matter and Closure
  • 34.5: Complexity and Chaos
  • 34.6: High-temperature Superconductors
  • 34.7: Some Questions We Know to Ask
  • 34: Interactive Video Vignettes
  • 34: Digital Workbooks