Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (chs 1-42) w/Mastering Physics

Built from the ground up on our new understanding of how students learn, Randall Knight's introductory university physics textbook leads students to a deeper understanding of the concepts and more proficient problem-solving skills. This authoritative text provides effective learning strategies and in-depth instruction to better guide students around the misconceptions and preconceptions they often bring to the course. The superior problem-solving pedagogy of Physics for Scientists and Engineers uses a detailed, methodical approach that sequentially builds students' skills and confidence so they are better equipped to tackle more complex problems. Knight combines rigorous quantitative coverage with a descriptive, inductive approach that leads to a deeper student understanding of the core concepts. Pictorial, graphical, algebraic, and descriptive representations for each concept are skillfully combined to provide a resource that students with different learning styles can readily grasp. The research-proven media package features MasteringPhysics™, an online student tutorial and assignable homework program that helps students develop problem-solving skills and lets instructors know where their students are having trouble.

Table of Contents:
I. NEWTON'S LAWS.  Overview: Why Things Change.  1. Concepts of Motion.  2. Kinematics: the Mathematics of Motion.  3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems.  4. Force and Motion.  5. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line.  6. Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane.  7. Dynamics III: Motion in a Circle.  8. Newton's Third Law.  Summary: Newton's Laws. II. CONSERVATION LAWS.  Overview: Why Some Things Stay the Same.  9. Impulse and Momentum. 10. Energy. 11. Work. Summary: Conservation Laws. III. APPLICATIONS OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS. Overview: From Nanostructures to the Stars. 12. Newton's Theory of Gravity. 13. Rotation of a Rigid Body. 14. Oscillations. 15. Fluids and Elasticity. Summary: Newtonian Mechanics. IV. THERMODYNAMICS. Overview: It's All About Energy. 16. A Macroscopic Description of Matter. 17. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics. 18. The Micro/Macro Connection. 19. Heat Engines and Refrigerators. Summary: Thermodynamics. V. WAVES AND OPTICS. Overview: Beyond the Particle Model. 20. Traveling Waves. 21. Superposition. 22. Wave Optics. 23. Ray Optics. 24. Modern Optics and Matter Waves. Summary: Waves and Optics. VI. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. Overview: Charges, Currents, and Fields. 25. Electric Charges and Forces. 26. The Electric Field. 27. Gauss's Law. 28. Current and Conductivity. 29. The Electric Potential. 30. Potential and Field. 31. Fundamentals of Circuits. 32. The Magnetic Field. 33. Electromagnetic Induction. 34. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves. 35. AC Circuits. Summary: Electricity and Magnetism. VII. RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM PHYSICS. Overview: Contemporary Physics. 36. Relativity. 37. The End of Classical Physics. 38. Quantization. 39. Wave Functions and Probabilities. 40. One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics. 41. Atomic Physics. 42. Nuclear Physics. Summary: Relativity and Quantum Physics.

About the Author :
Randy Knight has taught introductory physics for more than 20 years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, where he is currently Professor of Physics. Professor Knight received a bachelor's degree in physics from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. It was at Ohio State, under the mentorship of Professor Leonard Jossem, that he began to learn about the research in physics education that, many years later, led to this book. Professor Knight's research interests are in the field of lasers and spectroscopy. He recently led the effort to establish an environmental studies program at Cal Poly, where, in addition to teaching introductory physics, he also teaches classes on energy, oceanography, and environmental issues. When he's not in the classroom or in front of a computer, you can find Randy hiking, sea kayaking, playing the piano, or spending time with his wife Sally and their seven cats.