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Physics for Scientists and Engineers 6th Edition Volume 1 by Paul A. Tipler, ISBN-13: 978-0716789642

Physics for Scientists and Engineers 6th Edition Volume 1 by Paul A. Tipler, ISBN-13: 978-0716789642

Physics for Scientists and Engineers 6th Edition Volume 1 by Paul A. Tipler, ISBN-13: 978-0716789642

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  • Publisher: ‎ W. H. Freeman; 6th edition (January 5, 2007)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1429201320
  • ISBN-13: ‎978-0716789642

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.

Table of Contents:

  • Title Page
  • Contents in Brief
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • KEY FEATURES
  • PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGY
  • INTEGRATED MATH TUTORIAL
  • PEDAGOGY TO ENSURE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
  • PHYSICS SPOTLIGHTS
  • PHYSICS PORTAL
  • All Resources in One Place
  • Flexibility for Teachers and Students
  • Interactive e-Book
  • Physics Resources
  • Assignment Center
  • MEDIA AND PRINT SUPPLEMENTS
  • FOR THE STUDENT
  • FOR THE INSTRUCTOR
  • FLEXIBILITY FOR PHYSICS COURSES
  • Custom-Ready Content and Design
  • Versions Accomodate Common Course Arrangements
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: MEASUREMENT AND VECTORS
  • 1-1: The Nature of Physics
  • 1-2: Units
  • 1-3: Conversion of Units
  • 1-4: Dimensions of Physical Quantities
  • 1-5: Significant Figures and Order of Magnitude
  • 1-6: Vectors
  • 1-7: General Properties of Vectors
  • Physics Spotlight: The 2005 Leap Second
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • PART I: MECHANICS
  • Chapter 2: MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION
  • 2-1: Displacement, Velocity, and Speed
  • 2-2: Acceleration
  • 2-3: Motion with Constant Acceleration
  • 2-4: Integration
  • Physics Spotlight: Linear Accelerators
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 3: MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS
  • 3-1: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
  • 3-2: Special Case 1: Projectile Motion
  • 3-3: Special Case 2: Circular Motion
  • Physics Spotlight: GPS: Vectors Calculated WhileYou Move
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 4: NEWTON’S LAWS
  • 4-1: Newton’s First Law: The Law of Inertia
  • 4-2: Force and Mass
  • 4-3: Newton’s Second Law
  • 4-4: The Force Due to Gravity: Weight
  • 4-5: Contact Forces: Solids, Springs, and Strings
  • 4-6: Problem Solving: Free-Body Diagrams
  • 4-7: Newton’s Third Law
  • 4-8: Problem Solving: Problems with Two or More Objects
  • Physics Spotlight: Roller Coasters and the Need for Speed
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 5: ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON’S LAWS
  • 5-1: Friction
  • 5-2: Drag Forces
  • 5-3: Motion Along a Curved Path
  • *5-4: Numerical Integration: Euler’s Method
  • 5-5: The Center of Mass
  • Physics Spotlight: Accident Reconstruction— Measurements and Forces
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 6: WORK AND KINETIC ENERGY
  • 6-1: Work Done by a Constant Force
  • 6-2: Work Done by a Variable Force–Straight-Line Motion
  • 6-3: The Scalar Product
  • 6-4: Work–Kinetic-Energy Theorem—Curved Paths
  • *6-5: Center-of-Mass Work
  • Physics Spotlight: Coasters and Baggage and Work (Oh My!)
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 7: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
  • 7-1: Potential Energy
  • 7-2: The Conservation of Mechanical Energy
  • 7-3: The Conservation of Energy
  • 7-4: Mass and Energy
  • 7-5: Quantization of Energy
  • Physics Spotlight: Blowing Warmed Air
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 8: CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM
  • 8-1: Conservation of Linear Momentum
  • 8-2: Kinetic Energy of a System
  • 8-3: Collisions
  • *8-4: Collisions in the Center-of-Mass Reference Frame
  • 8-5: Continuously Varying Mass and Rocket Propulsion
  • Physics Spotlight: Pulse Detonation Engines: Faster (and Louder)
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 9: ROTATION
  • 9-1: Rotational Kinematics: Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration
  • 9-2: Rotational Kinetic Energy
  • 9-3: Calculating the Moment of Inertia
  • 9-4: Newton’s Second Law for Rotation
  • 9-5: Applications of Newton’s Second Law for Rotation
  • 9-6: Rolling Objects
  • Physics Spotlight: Spindizzy—Ultracentrifuges
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 10: ANGULAR MOMENTUM
  • 10-1: The Vector Nature of Rotation
  • 10-2: Torque and Angular Momentum
  • 10-3: Conservation of Angular Momentum
  • *10-4: Quantization of Angular Momentum
  • Physics Spotlight: As the World Turns: Atmospheric Angular Momentum
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter R: SPECIAL RELATIVITY
  • R-1: The Principle of Relativity and the Constancy of the Speed of Light
  • R-2: Moving Sticks
  • R-3: Moving Clocks
  • R-4: Moving Sticks Again
  • R-5: Distant Clocks and Simultaneity
  • R-6: Relativistic Momentum, Mass, and Energy
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 11: GRAVITY
  • 11-1: Kepler’s Laws
  • 11-2: Newton’s Law of Gravity
  • 11-3: Gravitational Potential Energy
  • 11-4: The Gravitational Field
  • *11-5: Finding the Gravitational Field of a Spherical Shell by Integration
  • Physics Spotlight: Gravitational Lenses: A Window on the Universe
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 12: STATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND ELASTICITY
  • 12-1: Conditions for Equilibrium
  • 12.2: The Center of Gravity
  • 12-3: Some Examples of Static Equilibrium
  • 12-4: Static Equilibrium in an Accelerated Frame
  • 12-5: Stability of Rotational Equilibrium
  • 12-6: Indeterminate Problem
  • 12-7: Stress and Strain
  • Physics Spotlight: Carbon Nanotubes: Small and Mighty
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 13: FLUIDS
  • 13-1: Density
  • 13-2: Pressure in a Fluid
  • 13-3: Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle
  • 13-4: Fluids in Motion
  • Physics Spotlight: Automotive Aerodynamics: Ride with the Wind
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • PART II: OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
  • Chapter 14: OSCILLATIONS
  • 14-1: Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 14-2: Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 14-3: Some Oscillating Systems
  • 14-4: Damped Oscillations
  • 14-5: Driven Oscillations and Resonance
  • Physics Spotlight: Moving to the Beat: Millennium Bridge
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 15: TRAVELING WAVES
  • 15-1: Simple Wave Motion
  • 15-2: Periodic Waves
  • 15-3: Waves in Three Dimensions
  • 15-4: Waves Encountering Barriers
  • 15-5: The Doppler Effect
  • Physics Spotlight: All Shook Up: Sediment Basins and Earthquake Resonance
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 16: SUPERPOSITION AND STANDING WAVES
  • 16-1: Superposition of Waves
  • 16-2: Standing Waves
  • *16-3: Additional Topics
  • Physics Spotlight: Echoes of Silence: Acoustical Architecture
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • PART III: THERMODYNAMICS
  • Chapter 17: TEMPERATURE AND KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
  • 17-1: Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature
  • 17-2: Gas Thermometers and the Absolute Temperature Scale
  • 17-3: The Ideal-Gas Law
  • 17-4: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
  • Physics Spotlight: Molecular Thermometers
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 18: HEAT AND THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
  • 18-1: Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
  • 18-2: Change of Phase and Latent Heat
  • 18-3: Joule’s Experiment and the First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 18-4: The Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
  • 18-5: Work and the PV Diagram for a Gas
  • 18-6: Heat Capacities of Gases
  • 18-7: Heat Capacities of Solids
  • 18-8: Failure of the Equipartition Theorem
  • 18-9: The Quasi-Static Adiabatic Compression of a Gas
  • Physics Spotlight: Respirometry: Breathing the Heat
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 19: THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
  • 19-1: Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 19-2: Refrigerators and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 19-3: The Carnot Engine
  • *19-4: Heat Pumps
  • 19-5: Irreversibility, Disorder, and Entropy
  • 19-6: Entropy and the Availability of Energy
  • 19-7: Entropy and Probability
  • Physics Spotlight: The Perpetual Battle over Perpetual Motion
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 20: THERMAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES
  • 20-1: Thermal Expansion
  • 20-2: The van der Waals Equation and Liquid–Vapor Isotherms
  • 20-3: Phase Diagrams
  • 20-4: The Transfer of Heat
  • Physics Spotlight: Urban Heat Islands: Hot Nights in the City
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • PART IV: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
  • Chapter 21:THE ELECTRIC FIELD I: DISCRETE CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS
  • 21-1: Charge
  • 21-2: Conductors and Insulators
  • 21-3: Coulomb’s Law
  • 21-4: The Electric Field
  • 21-5: Electric Field Lines
  • 21-6: Action of the Electric Field on Charges
  • Physics Spotlight: Powder Coating—Industrial Static
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 22: THE ELECTRIC FIELD II: CONTINUOUS CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS
  • 22-1: Calculating from Coulomb’s Law
  • 22-2: Gauss’s Law
  • 22-3: Using Symmetry to Calculate with Gauss’s Law
  • 22-4: Discontinuity of En
  • 22-5: Charge and Field at Conductor Surfaces
  • *22-6: The Equivalence of Gauss’s Law and Coulomb’s Law in Electrostatics
  • Physics Spotlight: Charge Distribution—Hot and Cold
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 23: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
  • 23-1: Potential Difference
  • 23-2: Potential Due to a System of Point Charges
  • 23-3: Computing the Electric Field from the Potential
  • 23-4: Calculation of V for Continuous Charge Distributions
  • 23-5: Equipotential Surfaces
  • 23-6: Electrostatic Potential Energy
  • Physics Spotlight: Lightning—Fields of Attraction
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 24: CAPACITANCE
  • 24-1: Capacitance
  • 24-2: The Storage of Electrical Energy
  • 24-3: Capacitors, Batteries, and Circuits
  • 24-4: Dielectrics
  • 24-5: Molecular View of a Dielectric
  • Physics Spotlight: Changes in Capacitors—Charging Ahead
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 25: ELECTRIC CURRENT AND DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUITS
  • 25-1: Current and the Motion of Charges
  • 25-2: Resistance and Ohm’s Law
  • 25-3: Energy in Electric Circuits
  • 25-4: Combinations of Resistors
  • 25-5: Kirchhoff’s Rules
  • 25-6: RC Circuits
  • Physics Spotlight: Vehicle Electrical Systems: Driven to Innovation
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 26: THE MAGNETIC FIELD
  • 26-1: The Force Exerted by a Magnetic Field
  • 26-2: Motion of a Point Charge in a Magnetic Field
  • 26-3: Torques on Current Loops and Magnets
  • 26-4: The Hall Effect
  • Physics Spotlight: Earth and the Sun— Magnetic Changes
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 27: SOURCES OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD
  • 27-1: The Magnetic Field of Moving Point Charges
  • 27-2: The Magnetic Field of Currents: The Biot–Savart Law
  • 27-3: Gauss’s Law for Magnetism
  • 27-4: Ampère’s Law
  • 27-5: Magnetism in Matter
  • Physics Spotlight: Solenoids at Work
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 28: MAGNETIC INDUCTION
  • 28-1: Magnetic Flux
  • 28-2: Induced EMF and Faraday’s Law
  • 28-3: Lenz’s Law
  • 28-4: Motional EMF
  • 28-5: Eddy Currents
  • 28-6: Inductance
  • 28-7: Magnetic Energy
  • *28-8: RL Circuits
  • *28-9: Magnetic Properties of Superconductors
  • Physics Spotlight: The Promise of Superconductors
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 29: ALTERNATING-CURRENT CIRCUITS
  • 29-1: Alternating Current in a Resistor
  • 29-2: Alternating-Current Circuits
  • *29-3: The Transformer
  • *29-4: LC and RLC Circuits withou ta Generator
  • *29-5: Phasors
  • *29-6: Driven RLC Circuits
  • Physics Spotlight: The Electric Grid: Power to the People
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 30: MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
  • 30-1: Maxwell’s Displacement Current
  • 30-2: Maxwell’s Equations
  • 30-3: The Wave Equation for Electromagnetic Waves
  • 30-4: Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Physics Spotlight: Wireless: Sharing the Spectrum
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • PART V: LIGHT
  • Chapter 31: PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
  • 31-1: The Speed of Light
  • 31-2: The Propagation of Light
  • 31-3: Reflection and Refraction
  • 31-4: Polarization
  • 31-5: Derivation of the Laws of Reflection and Refraction
  • 31-6: Wave–Particle Duality
  • 31-7: Light Spectra
  • *31-8: Sources of Light
  • Physics Spotlight: Optical Tweezers and Vortices: Light at Work
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 32: OPTICAL IMAGES
  • 32-1: Mirrors
  • 32-2: Lenses
  • *32-3: Aberrations
  • *32-4: Optical Instruments
  • Physics Spotlight: Eye Surgery: New Lenses for Old
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 33: INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION
  • 33-1: Phase Difference and Coherence
  • 33-2: Interference in Thin Films
  • 33-3: Two-Slit Interference Pattern
  • 33-4: Diffraction Pattern of a Single Slit
  • *33-5: Using Phasors to Add Harmonic Waves
  • 33-6: Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
  • 33-7: Diffraction and Resolution
  • *33-8: Diffraction Gratings
  • Physics Spotlight: Holograms: Guided Interference
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • PART VI: MODERN PHYSICS: QUANTUM MECHANICS, RELATIVITY, AND THESTRUCTURE OF MATTER
  • Chapter 34: WAVE–PARTICLE DUALITY AND QUANTUM PHYSICS
  • 34-1: Waves and Particles
  • 34-2: Light: From Newton to Maxwell
  • 34.3: The Particle Nature of Light: Photons
  • 34-4: Energy Quantization in Atoms
  • 34-5: Electrons and Matter Waves
  • 34-6: The Interpretation of the Wave Function
  • 34-7: Wave–Particle Duality
  • 34-8: A Particle in a Box
  • 34-9: Expectation Values
  • 34-10: Energy Quantization in Other Systems
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 35: APPLICATIONS OF THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION
  • 35-1: The Schrödinger Equation
  • 35-2: A Particle in a Finite Square Well
  • 35-3: The Harmonic Oscillator
  • 35-4: Reflection and Transmission of Electron Waves: Barrier Penetration
  • 35-5: The Schrödinger Equation in Three Dimensions
  • 35-6: The Schrödinger Equation for Two Identical Particles
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 36: ATOMS
  • 36-1: The Atom
  • 36-2: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
  • 36-3: Quantum Theory of Atoms
  • 36-4: Quantum Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
  • 36-5: The Spin–Orbit Effect and Fine Structure
  • 36-6: The Periodic Table
  • 36-7: Optical Spectra and X-Ray Spectra
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 37: MOLECULES
  • 37-1: Bonding
  • *37-2: Polyatomic Molecules
  • 37-3: Energy Levels and Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 38: SOLIDS
  • 38-1: The Structure of Solids
  • 38-2: A Microscopic Picture of Conduction
  • 38-3: Free Electrons in a Solid
  • 38-4: Quantum Theory of Electrical Conduction
  • 38-5: Band Theory of Solids
  • 38-6: Semiconductors
  • *38-7: Semiconductor Junctions and Devices
  • 38-8: Superconductivity
  • 38-9: The Fermi–Dirac Distribution
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 39: RELATIVITY
  • 39-1: Newtonian Relativity
  • 39-2: Einstein’s Postulates
  • 39-3: The Lorentz Transformation
  • 39-4: Clock Synchronization and Simultaneity
  • 39-5: The Velocity Transformation
  • 39-6: Relativistic Momentum
  • 39-7: Relativistic Energy
  • 39-8: General Relativity
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 40: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
  • 40-1: Properties of Nuclei
  • 40-2: Radioactivity
  • 40-3: Nuclear Reactions
  • 40-4: Fission and Fusion
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Chapter 41: ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE
  • 41-1: Hadrons and Leptons
  • 41-2: Spin and Antiparticles
  • 41-3: The Conservation Laws
  • 41-4: Quarks
  • 41-5: Field Particles
  • 41-6: The Electroweak Theory
  • 41-7: The Standard Model
  • 41-8: The Evolution of the Universe
  • Summary
  • Problems
  • Appendix A: SI UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
  • Appendix B: NUMERICAL DATA
  • Appendix C: PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
  • MATH TUTORIAL
  • M-1: SIGNIFICANT DIGITS
  • M-2: EQUATIONS
  • M-3: DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTIONS
  • M-4: LINEAR EQUATIONS
  • M-5: QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND FACTORING
  • M-6: EXPONENTS AND LOGARITHMS
  • M-7: GEOMETRY
  • M-8: TRIGONOMETRY
  • M-9: THE BINOMIAL EXPANSION
  • M-10: COMPLEX NUMBERS
  • M-11: DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
  • M-12: INTEGRAL CALCULUS
  • ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS

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