Physics for engineering and science

1. Review Of Mathematics -- Symbols, Scientific Notation, And Significant Figures -- Algebra -- Geometry And Trigonometry -- Vectors -- Series And Approximations -- Calculus -- 2. Measurement And Physics -- Units -- Unit Conversion -- Order-of-magnitude Estimates -- 3. Motion In One Dimension -- Displacement And Velocity -- Instantaneous Velocity And Acceleration -- Constant Acceleration -- Freely Falling Bodies -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 4. Motion In A Plane -- Position, Velocity, And Acceleration -- Constant Acceleration -- Projectiles -- Uniform Circular Motion -- Relative Motion -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 5. Newton's Laws Of Motion -- Applications Of Newton's Laws -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 6. Circular Motion -- Centripetal Force -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 7. Work And Energy -- Work -- Kinetic Energy -- Power -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 8. Potential Energy And Conservation Of Energy -- Potential Energy -- Energy Conservation And Friction -- Potential Energy Of A Spring -- Machines -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 9. Linear Momentum And Collisions -- Linear Momentum -- Impulse -- Collisions In One Dimension -- The Center Of Mass -- Rockets -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 10. Rotational Motion -- Angular Variables -- Rotational Kinetic Energy -- Moment Of Inertia Calculations -- Torque -- Rolling -- Rotational Work And Power -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 11. Angular Momentum -- Angular Momentum And Torque -- Precession -- 12. Statics And Elasticity -- Rotational Equilibrium -- Elasticity -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 13. Oscillations -- Simple Harmonic Motion -- Energy And Shm -- Shm And Circular Motion -- Pendulum -- Damped Oscillations And Forced Oscillations -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 14. Gravity -- The Law Of Gravity -- Gravitational Potential Energy -- The Motion Of Planets -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 15. Fluids -- Pressure In A Fluid -- Buoyancy -- Fluid Flow -- Bernoulli's Equation -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 16. Waves And Sounds -- Transverse Mechanical Waves -- Speed And Energy Transfer For String Waves -- Superposition Of Waves -- Standing Waves -- Sound Waves -- Standing Sound Waves -- Beats -- The Doppler Effect -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 17. Temperature, Heat, And Heat Transfer -- Temperature -- Thermal Expansion -- Heat And Thermal Energy -- Heat Capacity And Latent Heat -- Heat Transfer -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 18. The Kinetic Theory Of Gases -- The Ideal Gas Law -- Molecular Basis Of Pressure And Temperature -- The Maxwell-boltzmann Distribution --^ Molar Specific Heat And Adiabatic Process -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 19. The First And Second Laws Of Thermodynamics -- The Carnot Engine -- The Gasoline Engine -- Refrigerators And Heat Pumps -- Entropy -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 20. Electric Fields -- Properties Of Electric Charge -- The Electric Field -- Motion Of A Charged Particle In A Uniform Electric Field -- Electric Field Of A Continuous Charge Distribution -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 21. Gauss' Law -- Electric Flux And Gauss' Law -- Applications Of Gauss' Law -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 22. Electric Potential -- Electric Potential And Potential Energy -- Electric Potential Of A Point Charge -- Finding The Field From The Potential -- Potential Of Continuous Charge Distributions -- Potential Of A Charged Conductor -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 23. Capacitance -- Calculation Of Capacitance -- Combinations Of Capacitors -- Energy Storage In Capacitors -- Dielectrics -- Summary Of Key Equations --^ 24. Current And Resistance -- Electric Current -- Resistance, Resistivity, And Ohm's Law -- Electric Power And Joule Heating -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 25. Direct Current Circuits -- Resistors In Series And Parallel -- Multiloop Circuits -- Rc Circuits -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 26. Magnetic Fields -- The Magnetic Field -- Motion Of A Charged Particle In A Magnetic Field -- Magnetic Force On A Current-carrying Wire -- Torque On A Current Loop -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 27. Sources Of The Magnetic Field -- Magnetic Fields Due To Currents -- Ampere's Law -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 28. Electromagnetic Induction And Inductance -- Faraday's Law -- Motional Emf -- Inductance -- Energy Storage In A Magnetic Field -- Magnetic Materials -- Rlc Circuits -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 29. Alternating Current Circuits -- Transformers -- Single Elements In Ac Circuits -- Resonance In Ac Circuits -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 30. Electromagnetic Waves -- Maxwell's Equations And The Wave Equation -- Energy And Radiation Pressure -- Polarization -- Reflection And Refraction Of Light -- Total Internal Reflection --^ Summary Of Key Equations -- 31. Mirrors And Lenses -- Plane Mirrors -- Spherical Mirrors -- Thin Lenses -- Optical Instruments -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 32. Interference -- Double Slit Interference -- Multiple Slit Interference And Phasors -- Interference In Thin Films -- The Michelson Interferometer -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 33. Diffraction -- Single Slit Diffraction -- Resolution And Diffraction -- The Diffraction Grating -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 34. Special Relativity -- The Basic Postulates -- Simultaneity -- The Lorentz Transformation Equations -- Time Dilation -- Length Contraction -- Relativistic Velocity Transformation -- Relativistic Momentum And Force -- Relativistic Energy -- The Doppler Effect For Light -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 35. Atoms And Photons -- The Photoelectric Effect -- The Compton Effect -- Atomic Spectra And Bohr's Model Of The Atom -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 36. Quantum Mechanics -- De Broglie Waves -- Electron Diffraction --^ The Schrödinger Equation -- A Particle In A Box -- A Particle In A Finite Well And Tunneling -- The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle -- Spin Angular Momentum -- The Quantum Theory Of Hydrogen -- The Pauli Exclusion Principle -- The Periodic Table -- Summary Of Key Equations -- 37. Nuclear Physics -- Properties Of The Nucleus -- Nuclear Stability And Binding Energy -- Radioactivity -- Radioactive Decay Processes -- Nuclear Reactions -- Fission -- Nuclear Fusion -- Summary Of Key Equations. Michael E. Browne, Phd, Professor Of Physics, University Of Idaho. Includes Index.