Physics

Subjects:

Science Electromagnetism. Forces and motion. Gravity. Kinetic molecular theory. Light. Magnetism. Physical Science. Physics. Sound. Thermodynamics. Work.

Resource Type:
Textbooks.

Abstract:
This textbook, developed for grade 11 and up, covers basic physics principles with an emphasis on developing students' problem solving skills. The text features a suggested seven-step problem solving procedure along with an overview of problem solving strategies and examples. Example sections include a discussion about how a correct answer can be identified as well as why other answers are wrong, and follow up exercises. Additional features include Integrated Learning Objectives at the beginning of every chapter, 17 sequential photographs of physics demonstrations, and Learn by Drawing sections which show students how visualization can provide key insights into a variety of physical situations. Each chapter begins with chapter opening photos along with extended captions, which emphasize the connection between real world and physics concepts. In a sample chapter on Work and Energy, students are encouraged to learn how work and energy are defined in physics, and explore the close relationship between these concepts. In addition, in a Learn by Drawing exercise, students investigate the energy exchange between gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and spring potential energy. Each chapter ends with a chapter review and additional exercises in which students find paired problems that deal with similar situations. Answers to odd numbered problems are provided at the back of the book. A glossary is included at the conclusion of the text. (Author/YK/KSR)

Table of Contents:
About the authors
How to use this text
Preface
Chapter 1. Units and problem solving
     Why and how we measure
     Insight: A 2000-year-old calculation: the Earth's circumference
     SI units for length, mass, and time
     Insight: Replacing LE GRAND K?
     More about the metric system
     Dimensional analysis
     Unit conversions
     Significant figures
     Problem solving
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 2. Kinematics: description of motion
     Change of position: distance and displacement
     Speed and velocity
     Acceleration
     Kinematic equations
     Free fall
     Insight: Galileo Galilei and the Leaning Tower of Pisa
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 3. Motion in two dimensions
     Components of motion
     Vector addition and subtraction
     Relative velocity
     Projectile motion
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 4. Force and motion
     The concept of force and net force
     Inertia and Newton's first law of motion
     Newton's second law of motion
     Applications of Newton's second law
     Newton's third law of motion
     Friction
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 5. Work and energy
     Work done by a constant force
     Work done by a variable force
     The work-energy theorem: kinetic energy
     Potential energy
     The conservation of energy
     Power
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 6. Momentum and collisions
     Linear momentum
     The conservation of linear momentum
     Impulse
     Insight: The automobile air bag
     Elastic and inelastic collisions
     Center of mass
     Jet propulsion and rockets
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 7. Circular motion and gravitation
     Angular measure
     Angular speed and velocity
     Uniform circular motion and centripetal acceleration
     Insight: The centrifuge: separating blood components
     Angular acceleration
     Newton's law of gravitation
     Insight: Gravitational and inertial mass
     Insight: G's of force
     Kepler's laws and Earth satellites
     Insight: Space colonies and artificial gravity
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 8. Rotational motion and equilibrium
     Rigid bodies, translations, and rotations
     Torque, equilibrium, and stability
     Rotational dynamics
     Insight: Stability in action
     Rotational work and kinetic energy
     Insight: Slide or roll to a stop? Antilock brakes
     Angular momentum
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 9. Solids and fluids
     Solids and elastic moduli
     Insight: Feat of strength or knowledge of materials?
     Fluids: pressure and Pascal's principle
     Buoyancy and Archimedes' principle
     Surface tension and capillary action
     Fluid dynamics and Bernoulli's equation
     Viscosity, Poiseuille's law, and Reynolds number
     Insight: Throwing a curve
     Insight: Blood pressure
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 10. Temperature
     Temperature and heat
     The Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales
     Insight: Galileo's thermometers
     Gas laws and absolute temperature
     Thermal expansion
     The kinetic theory of gases
     Insight: Distribution of molecular speeds
     Insight: Physiological diffusion
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 11. Heat
     Units of heat
     Specific heat
     Phase changes and latent heat
     Insight: Phase changes and ice skating
     Heat transfer
     Insight: The greenhouse effect
     Insight: Heat transfer by radiation: the microwave oven
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 12. Thermodynamics
     Thermodynamics systems, states, and processes
     The first law of thermodynamics
     The second law of thermodynamics and entropy
     Insight: Aspects of entropy
     Heat engines and heat pumps
     Insight: Life, order, and the second law
     Insight: The Otto cycle
     The Carnot cycle and ideal heat engines
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 13. Vibrations and waves
     Simple harmonic motion
     Equations of motion
     Wave motion
     Insight: Earthquakes and seismology
     Wave phenomena
     Standing waves and resonance
     Insight: Desirable and undesirable resonances
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 14. Sound
     Sound waves
     The speed of sound
     Insight: Speech and hearing
     Sound intensity
     Sound phenomena
     The Doppler effect
     Musical instruments and sound characteristics
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 15. Electric charge, forces, and fields
     Electric charge
     Electrostatic charging
     Electric force
     Insight: Xerography, electrostatic copiers, and laser printers
     Electric field
     Conductors and electric fields
     Insight: Lightning and lightning rods
     Gauss's law for electric fields: a qualitative approach
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 16. Electric potential, energy, and capacitance
     Electric potential energy and potential difference
     Insight: The van de Graaff generator
     Equipotential surfaces and the electric field
     Capacitance
     Dielectrics
     Capacitors in series and parallel
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 17. Electric current and resistance
     Batteries and direct current
     Current and drift velocity
     Resistance and Ohm's law
     Insight: Superconductivity
     Electric power
     Insight: Joule heat and battery testing
     Insight: The cost of portable electricity
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 18. Basic electric circuits
     Resistance in series, parallel, and series: parallel combinations
     Multiloop circuits and Kirchhoff's rules
     RC circuits
     Ammeters and voltmeters
     Insight: An RC circuit in action
     Household circuits and electrical safety
     Insight: Electricity and personal safety
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 19. Magnetism
     Magnets and magnetic poles
     Electromagnetism, magnetic forces, and the source of magnetic fields
     Insight: MHD: magnetohydrodynamics
     Magnetic materials
     Magnetic forces on current-carrying wires
     Applications of electromagnetism
     The Earth's magnetic field
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 20. Electromagnetic induction
     Enduced emf's: Faraday's law and Lenz's law
     Insight: Electromagnetic induction in action
     Generators and back emf
     Transformers and power transmission
     Electromagnetic waves
     Insight: CFCs and ozone layer depletion
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 21. AC circuits
     Resistance in an AC circuit
     Capacitive reactance
     Inductive reactance
     Impedance: RLC circuits
     Circuit resonance
     Insight: Oscillator circuits: broadcasters of electromagnetic radiation
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 22. Geometrical optics: reflection and refraction of light
     Wave fronts and rays
     Reflections
     Refraction
     Insight: Understanding refraction: a marching analogy
     Total internal reflection and fiber optics
     Dispersion
     Insight: Fiber optics
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 23. Mirrors and lenses
     Plane mirrors
     Insight: Right, left or front, back reversal?
     Spherical mirrors
     Lenses
     Lens aberrations
     The lens maker's equation
     Insight: Fresnel lenses
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 24. Physical optics: the wave nature of light
     Young's double-slit experiment
     Thin-film interference
     Insight: Nonreflecting lenses
     Diffraction
     Polarization
     Insight: LCDs and polarized light
     Atmospheric scattering of light
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 25. Optical instruments
     The human eye
     Microscopes
     Telescopes
     Diffraction and resolution
     Insight: Telescopes using nonvisible radiation
     Color and optical illusions
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 26. Relativity
     Classical relativity
     The Michelson-Morley experiment
     The postulates of special relativity and the relativity of simultaneity
     The relativity of length and time: length contraction and time dilation
     Relativistic kinetic energy, mass, momentum, and total energy
     The general theory of relativity
     Insight: Black holes
     Relativistic velocity
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 27. Quantum physics
     Quantization: Planck's hypothesis
     Quanta of light: photons and the photoelectric effect
     Quantum particles: the Compton effect
     The Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom
     A quantum success: the laser
     Insight: The compact disc
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 28. Quantum mechanics
     Matter waves: the de Broglie hypothesis
     The Schrodinger wave equation
     Insight: The electron microscope
     Insight: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
     The Heisenberg uncertainty principle
     Particles and antiparticles
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 29. The nucleus
     Nuclear structure and the nuclear force
     Radioactivity
     Decay rate and half-life
     Insight: Radon in the home
     Nuclear stability and binding energy
     Radiation detection and applications
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Chapter 30. Nuclear reactions and elementary particles
     Nuclear reactions
     Nuclear fission
     Nuclear fusion
     Beta decay and the neutrino
     Fundamental forces and exchange particles
     Elementary particles
     Chapter review
     Exercises
Appendices
     1. Mathematical relationships, Algebraic relationships, Geometric and trigonometric relationships
     2. Kinetic theory of gases
     3. Planetary data
     4. Alphabetical listing of the chemical elements
     5. Properties of selected isotopes
Answers to follow-up exercises
Answers to odd-numbered exercises
Index
Photo credits

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Pricing Information:

Description: 1 student text (hardcover)

Cost: $48.47

ISBN: 978-0-13-632951-0

Publisher:
Prentice-Hall, Inc

Contributor(s):

Authors: Anthony J Buffa; Jerry D Wilson.

Specifications:
1 textbook (approximately 1024 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.)

Record Created: 03/19/1999 Last Modified: 07/26/2005