Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Vol. 1 » (6th Edition)

The Sixth Edition of Physics for Scientists and Engineers offers a completely integrated text and media solution that will help students learn most effectively and will enable professors to customize their classrooms so that they teach most efficiently. The text includes a new strategic problem-solving approach, an integrated Math Tutorial, and new tools to improve conceptual understanding.

To simplify the review and use of the text, Physics for Scientists and Engineers is available in these versions:
Volume 1 Mechanics/Oscillations and Waves/Thermodynamics (Chapters 1–20, R) 1-4292-0132-0
Volume 2 Electricity and Magnetism/Light (Chapters 21–33) 1-4292-0133-9
Volume 3 Elementary Modern Physics (Chapters 34–41) 1-4292-0134-7
Standard Version (Chapters 1-33, R) 1-4292-0124-X
Extended Version (Chapters 1-41, R) 0-7167-8964-7

1. Measurement and Vectors

PART I MECHANICS
2. Motion in One Dimension

3. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

4. Newton’s Laws

5. Additional Applications of Newton’s Laws

6. Work and Kinetic Energy

7. Conservation of Energy

8. Conservation of Linear Momentum

9. Rotation

10 Angular Momentum R Special Relativity

11. Gravity
12. Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
13. Fluids

PART II OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
14. Oscillations
15. Traveling Waves

16. Superposition and Standing Waves

PART III THERMODYNAMICS
17. Temperature and Kinetic Theory of Gases
18. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
19. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
20. Thermal Properties and Processes

PART IV ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
21. The Electric Field I: Discrete Charge Distributions
22. The Electric Field II: Continuous Charge Distributions
23. Electric Potential
24. Capacitance
25. Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits
26. The Magnetic Field
27. Sources of the Magnetic Field
28. Magnetic Induction
29. Alternating-Current Circuits
30. Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves

PART V LIGHT
31. Properties of Light
32. Optical Images
33. Interference and Diffraction

PART VI MODERN PHYSICS: QUANTUM MECHANICS, RELATIVITY, AND THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER
34. Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Physics
35. Applications of the Schršdinger Equation
36. Atoms
37. Molecules
38. Solids
39. Relativity
40. Nuclear Physics
41. Elementary Particles and the Beginning of the Universe

Appendices

A. SI Units and Conversion Factors / AP-1
B. Numerical Data / AP-3
C. Periodic Table of Elements / AP-6

Math Tutorial / M-1
Answers to Odd-Numbered End-of-Chapter Problems / A-1
Index / I-1