Physics for Scientists and Engineers

Serway

Table of contents :
Part 1 – Mechanics
……Page 1
1 – Physics and Measurement
……Page 2
2 – Motion in One Dimension
……Page 23
3 – Vectors
……Page 58
4 – Motion in Two Dimensions
……Page 77
5 – The Laws of Motion
……Page 111
6 – Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton’s Laws
……Page 150
7 – Energy and Energy Transfer
……Page 181
8 – Potential Energy
……Page 217
9 – Linear Momentum and Collisions
……Page 251
10 – Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis
……Page 292
11 – Angular Momentum
……Page 336
12 – Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
……Page 362
13 – Universal Gravitation
……Page 389
14 – Fluid Mechanics
……Page 420
Part 2 – Oscillations and Mechanical Waves
……Page 451
15 – Oscillatory Motion
……Page 452
16 – Wave Motion
……Page 486
17 – Sound Waves
……Page 512
18 – Superposition and Standing Waves
……Page 543
Part 3 – Thermodynamics
……Page 579
19 – Temperature
……Page 580
20 – Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
……Page 604
21 – The Kinetic Theory of Gases
……Page 640
22 – Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
……Page 667
Part 4 – Electricity and Magnetism
……Page 705
23 – Electric Fields
……Page 706
24 – Gauss’s Law
……Page 739
25 – Electric Potential
……Page 762
26 – Capacitance and Dielectrics
……Page 795
27 – Current and Resistance
……Page 831
28 – Direct Current Circuits
……Page 858
29 – Magnetic Fields
……Page 894
30 – Sources of the Magnetic Field
……Page 926
31 – Faraday’s Law
……Page 967
32 – Inductance
……Page 1003
33 – Alternating Current Circuits
……Page 1033
34 – Electromagnetic Waves
……Page 1066
Part 5 – Light and Optics
……Page 1093
35 – The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics
……Page 1094
36 – Image Formation
……Page 1126
37 – Interference of Light Waves
……Page 1176
38 – Diffraction Patterns and Polarization
……Page 1205
Part 6 – Modern Physics
……Page 1243
39 – Relativity
……Page 1244
Appendix A – Tables
……Page 1284
Appendix B – Mathematics Review
……Page 1297
Appendix C – Periodic Table of the Elements
……Page 1313
Appendix D – SI Units
……Page 1315
Appendix E – Nobel Prizes
……Page 1316
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
……Page 1320
Credits
……Page 1344
Index
……Page 1348
Extra tables and charts
……Page 1371