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Bauer & Westfall’s University Physics with Modern Physics, second edition, teaches students the fundamentals of physics through interesting, timely examples, a logical and consistent approach to problem solving, and an outstanding suite of online tools and exercises. Bauer & Westfall, University Physics with Modern Physics, second edition, weaves exciting, contemporary physics throughout the text with coverage of the most recent research by the authors and others in areas such as energy, medicine, and the environment. These contemporary topics are explained in a way that your students will find real, interesting, and motivating. Bauer & Westfall’s University Physics with Modern Physics, second edition, includes the power of McGraw-Hill’s LearnSmart--a proven adaptive learning program that helps students learn faster, study more efficiently, and retain more knowledge for greater success. LearnSmart is included in Connect which features more than 2,500 automatically-graded exercises delivered in an easy-to-use, accurate, and reliable system. Bauer & Westfall’s University Physics with Modern Physics is designed for the calculus-based introductory physics course and is well suited for students in Physics, Engineering, and the Life and Physical Sciences. The text acknowledges the latest advances in physics education with a traditional table of contents.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 0, The Big Picture: Modern Physics Frontiers
Part 1: Mechanics of Point Particles
Chapter 1, Overview
1.1, Why Study Physics?
1.2, Working with Numbers
1.3, SI Unit System
1.4, The Scales of Our World
1.5, General Problem-Solving Strategy
1.6, Vectors
Chapter 2, Motion in a Straight Line
2.1, Introduction to Kinematics
2.2, Position Vector, Displacement Vector, and Distance
2.3, Velocity Vector, Average Velocity, and Speed
2.4, Acceleration Vector
2.5, Computer Solutions and Difference Formulas
2.6, Finding Displacement and Velocity from Acceleration
2.7, Motion with constant Acceleration
2.8, Free Fall
2.9, Reducing Motion in More than One Dimension to One Dimension
Chapter 3, Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
3.1, Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems
3.2, Velocity and Acceleration in Two or Three Dimensions
3.3, Ideal Projectile Motion
3.4, Maximum Height and Range of a Projectile
3.5, Realistic Projectile Motion
3.6, Relative Motion
Chapter 4, Force
4.1, Types of Forces
4.2, Gravitational Force Vector, Weight, and mass
4.3, Net Force
4.4, Newton's Laws
4.5, Ropes and Pulleys
4.6, Applying Newton's Laws
4.7, Friction Force
4.8, Applications of the Friction Force
Chapter 5, Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power]
5.1, Energy in Our Daily Lives
5.2, Kinetic Energy
5.3, Work
5.4, Work Done by a Constant Force
5.5, Work Done by a Variable Force
5.6, Spring Force
5.7, Power
Chapter 6, Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
6.1, Potential Energy
6.2, Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
6.3, Work and Potential Energy
6.4, Potential Energy and Force
6.5, Conservation of Mechanical Energy
6.6, Work and Energy for the Spring Force
6.7, Nonconservative Forces and the Work-Energy Theorem
6.8, Potential Energy and Stability
Chapter 7, Momentum and Collisions
7.1, Linear Momentum
7.2, Impulse
7.3, Conservation of Linear Momentum
7.4, Elastic Collisions in One Dimension
7.5, Elastic Collisions in Two or Three Dimensions
7.6, Totally Inelastic Collisions
7.7, Partially Inelastic Collisions
7.8, Billiards and Chaos
Part 2: Extended Objects, Matter and Circular Motion
Chapter 8, Systems of Particles and Extended Objects
8.1, Center of Mass and Center of Gravity
8.2, Center-of-Mass Momentum
8.3, Rocket Motion
8.4, Calculating the Center of Mass
Chapter 9, Circular Motion
9.1, Polar Coordinates
9.2, Angular Coordinates and Angular Velocity
9.3, Angular Velocity, Angular Frequency, and Period
9.4, Angular and Centripetal Acceleration
9.5, Centripetal Force
9.6, Circular and Linear Motion
9.7, More Examples for Circular Motion
Chapter 10, Rotation
10.1, Kinetic Energy and Rotation
10.2, Calculation of Moment of inertia
10.3, Rolling without Slipping
10.4, Torque
10.5, Newton's Second Law for Rotation
10.6, Work done by a Torque
10.7, Angular Momentum
10.8, Precession
10.9, Quantized Angular Momentum
Chapter 11, Static Equilibrium
11.1, Equilibrium Conditions
11.2, Examples Involving Static Equilibrium
11.3, Stability of Structures
Chapter 12, Gravitation
12.1, Newton's Law of Gravity
12.2, Gravitation near the Surface of the Earth
12.3, Gravitation inside the Earth
12.4, Gravitational Potential Energy
12.5, Kepler's Laws and Planetary Motion
12.6, Satellite Orbits
12.7, Dark Matter
Chapter 13, Solids and Fluids
13.1, Atoms and the Composition of matter
13.2, States of Matter
13.3, Tension, Compression, and Shear
13.4, Pressure
13.5, Archemedes' Principle
13.6, Ideal Fluid Motion
13.7, Viscosity
13.8, Turbulence and Research Frontiers in Fluid Flow
Part 3: Oscillations and Waves
Chapter 14, Oscillations
14.1, Simple Harmonic Motion
14.2, Pendulum Motion
14.3, Work and Energy in Harmonic Oscillations
14.4, Damped Harmonic Motion
14.5, Forced harmonic Motion and Resonance
14.6, Phase Space
14.7, Chaos
Chapter 15, Waves
15.1, Wave Motion
15.2, Coupled Oscillators
15.3, Mathematical Description of Waves
15.4, Derivation of the Wave Equation
15.5, Waves in Two- and Three-Dimensional Spaces
15.6, Energy, Power, and Intensity of Waves
15.7, Superposition Principle and Interference
15.8, Standing Waves and Resonance
15.9, Research on Waves
Chapter 16, Sound
16.1, Longitudinal Pressure Waves
16.2, Sound Intensity
16.3, Sound Interference
16.4, Doppler Effect
16.5, Resonance and Music
Part 4: Thermal Physics
Chapter 17, Temperature
17.1, Definition of Temperature
17.2, Temperature Ranges
17.3, Measuring Temperature
17.4, Thermal Expansion
17.5, Surface Temperature of the Earth
17.6, Temperature of the Universe
Chapter 18, Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
18.1, Definition of Heat
18.2, Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
18.3, Heat and Work
18.4, First Law of Thermodynamics
18.5, First Law for Special Processes
18.6, Specific Heats of Solids and Fluids
18.7, Latent Heat and Phase Transitions
18.8, Modes of Thermal Energy Transfer
Chapter 19, Ideal Gases
19.1, Emperical Gas laws
19.2, Ideal Gas Law
19.3, Equipartition Theorem
19.4, Specific Heat of an Ideal Gas
19.5, Adibatic Processes for an Ideal Gas
19.6, Kinetic Theory of Gasses
19.7, Real Gasses
Chapter 20, The Second Law of Thermodynamics
20.1, Reversible and Irreversible Processes
20.2, Engines and Refrigerators
20.3, Ideal Engines
20.4, Real Engines and Efficiency
20.5, The Second Law of Thermodynamics
20.6, Entropy
20.7, Microscopic Interpretation of Entropy
Part 5: Electricity
Chapter 21, Electrostatics
21.1, Electromagnetism
21.2, Electric Charge
21.3, Insulators, Conductors, Semiconductors, and Superconductors
21.4, Electrostatic Charging
21.5, Electrostatic Force - Coulomb's Law
21.6, Coulomb's Law and Newton's Law of Gravitation
Chapter 22, Electric Fields and Gauss’s Law
22.1, Definition of an Electric Field
22.2, Field Lines
22.3, Electric Field due to Point Charges
22.4, Electric Field due to a Dipole
22.5, General Charge Distributions
22.6, Force due to an Electric Field
22.7, Electric Flux
22.8, Gauss's Law
22.9, Special Symmetries
Chapter 23, Electric Potential
23.1, Electric Potential Energy
23.2, Definition of Electric Potential
23.3, Equipotential Surfaces and Lines
23.4, Electric Potential of Various Charge Distributions
23.5, Finding the Electric Field from the Electric Potential
23.6, Electric Potential Energy of a System of Point Charges
Chapter 24, Capacitors
24.1, Capacitance
24.2, Circuits
24.3, Parallel Plate Capacitor and Other Types of Capacitors
24.4, Capacitors in Circuits
24.5, Energy Stored in Capacitors
24.6, Capacitors with Dielectrics
24.7, Microscopic Perspective on Dielectrics
Chapter 25, Current and Resistance
25.1, Electric Current
25.2, Current Density
25.3, Resistivity and Resistance
25.4, Electromotive Force and Ohm's Law
25.5, Resistors in Series
25.6, Resistors in Parallel
25.7, Energy and Power in Electric Circuits
25.8, Diodes: One-Way Streets in Circuits
Chapter 26, Direct Current Circuits
26.1, Kirchoff's Rules
26.2, Single-Loop Circuits
26.3, Multiloop Circuits
26.4, Ammeters and Voltmeters
26.5, RC Circuits
Part 6: Magnetism
Chapter 27, Magnetism
27.1, Permanent Magnets
27.2, Magnetic Force
27.3, Motion of Char
Chapter 28, Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges
28.1, Biot-Savart Law
28.2, magnetic Fields due to Current Distributions
28.3, Ampere's Law
28.4, Magnetic Fields of Solenoids and Toroids
28.5, Atoms as Magnets
28.6, Magnetic Properties of matter
28.7, Magnetism and Superconductivity
Chapter 29, Electromagnetic Induction
29.1, Faraday's Experiments
29.2, Faraday's Law of induction
29.3, Lenz's Law
29.4, Generators and Motors
29.5, Induced Electric Field
29.6, Inductance of a Solenoid
29.7, Self-Induction and Mutual Induction
29.8, RL Circuits
29.9, Energy and Energy Density of a Magnetic Field
29.10, Applications of Information Technology
Chapter 30, Alternating Current Circuits
30.1, LC Circuits
30.2, Analysis of LC Oscillations
30.3, Damped Oscillations in an RLC Circuit
30.4, Driven AC Circuits
30.5, Series RLC Circuits
30.6, Energy and Power in AC Circuits
30.7, Transformers
30.8, Rectifiers
Chapter 31, Electromagnetic Waves
31.1, Maxwell's Law of Induction for Induced Magnetic Fields
31.2, Wave Solutions to Maxwell's Equations
31.3, The Electromagnetic Spectrum
31.4, Poynting Vector and Energy Transport
31.5, Radiation Pressure
31.6, Polarization
31.7, Derivation of the Wave Equation
Part7: Optics
Chapter 32, Geometric Optics
32.1, Light Rays and Shadows
32.2, Reflection and Plane Mirrors
32.3, Curved Mirrors
32.4, Refraction and Snell's Law
Chapter 33, Lenses and Optical Instruments
33.1, Lenses
33.2, Magnifier
33.3, Systems of Two or More Optical Elements
33.4, Human Eye
33.5, Camera
33.6, Microscope
33.7, Telescope
33.8, Laser Tweezers
Chapter 34, Wave Optics
34.1, Light Waves
34.2, Interference
34.3, Diffraction
34.4, Gratings
Part 8: Relativity
Chapter 35, Relativity
35.1, Space, Time, and the Speed of Light
35.2, Time Dilation and Length Contraction
35.3, Lorentz Transformation
35.4, Relativistic Momentum and Energy
35.5, General Relativity
35.6, Relativity in our Daily Lives: GPS
About the Author :
Dr. Wolfgang Bauer is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University and has a joint appointment at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. His research is in theoretical and computational physics, with emphasis areas in nuclear and astrophysics, chaos and non-linear dynamics, and renewable energies. He also serves as Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is Director of the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research.
Dr. Gary Westfall is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He is conducting his research in experimental nuclear physics at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), where he has a joint appointment. He also does research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory as a member the STAR Collaboration.