Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science, Fourth Edition

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Table of Contents:
Dedication
Preface
Contents
CHAPTER 1 REVIEW OF MATHEMATICS
1.1 Symbols, Scientific Notation, and Significant Figures
1.2 Algebra
1.3 Geometry and Trigonometry
1.4 Vectors
1.5 Series and Approximations
1.6 Calculus
CHAPTER 2 MEASUREMENT AND PHYSICS
2.1 Units
2.2 Unit Conversion
2.3 Order-of-Magnitude Estimates
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 3 MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION
3.1 Displacement and Velocity
3.2 Instantaneous Velocity and Acceleration
3.3 Constant Acceleration
3.4 Freely Falling Bodies
3.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 4 MOTION IN A PLANE
4.1 Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
4.2 Constant Acceleration
4.3 Projectiles
4.4 Uniform Circular Motion
4.5 Relative Motion
4.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 5 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
5.1 Newton’s Third Law of Motion
5.2 Newton’s First Law of Motion
5.3 Newton’s Second Law of Motion
5.4 Applications of Newton’s Laws
5.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 6 CIRCULAR MOTION
6.1 Centripetal Force
6.2 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 7 WORK AND ENERGY
7.1 Work
7.2 Kinetic Energy
7.3 Power
7.4 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 8 POTENTIAL ENERGY AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
8.1 Potential Energy
8.2 Energy Conservation and Friction
8.3 Potential Energy of a Spring
8.4 Machines
8.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 9 LINEAR MOMENTUM AND COLLISIONS
9.1 Linear Momentum
9.2 Impulse
9.3 Collisions in One Dimension
9.4 The Center of Mass
9.5 Rockets
9.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 10 ROTATIONAL MOTION
10.1 Angular Variables
10.2 Rotational Kinetic Energy
10.3 Moment of Inertia Calculations
10.4 Torque
10.5 Rolling
10.6 Rotational Work and Power
10.7 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 11 ANGULAR MOMENTUM
11.1 Angular Momentum and Torque
11.2 Precession
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 12 STATICS AND ELASTICITY
12.1 Rotational Equilibrium
12.2 Elasticity
12.3 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 13 OSCILLATIONS
13.1 Simple Harmonic Motion
13.2 Energy and SHM
13.3 SHM and Circular Motion
13.4 Pendulum
13.5 Damped Oscillations and Forced Oscillations
13.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 14 GRAVITY
14.1 The Law of Gravity
14.2 Gravitational Potential Energy
14.3 The Motion of Planets
14.4 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 15 FLUIDS
15.1 Pressure in a Fluid
15.2 Buoyancy
15.3 Fluid Flow
15.4 Bernoulli’s Equation
15.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 16 WAVES AND SOUNDS
16.1 Transverse Mechanical Waves
16.2 Speed and Energy Transfer for String Waves
16.3 Superposition of Waves
16.4 Standing Waves
16.5 Sound Waves
16.6 Standing Sound Waves
16.7 Beats
16.8 The Doppler Effect
16.9 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 17 TEMPERATURE, HEAT, AND HEAT TRANSFER
17.1 Temperature
17.2 Thermal Expansion
17.3 Heat and Thermal Energy
17.4 Heat Capacity and Latent Heat
17.5 Heat Transfer
17.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 18 THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
18.1 The Ideal Gas Law
18.2 Molecular Basis of Pressure and Temperature
18.3 The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
18.4 Molar Specific Heat and Adiabatic Processes
18.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 19 THE FIRST AND SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
19.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics
19.2 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
19.3 The Carnot Engine
19.4 The Gasoline Engine
19.5 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps
19.6 Entropy
19.7 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 20 ELECTRIC FIELDS
20.1 Properties of Electric Charge
20.2 The Electric Field
20.3 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Electric Field
20.4 Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution
20.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 21 GAUSS’ LAW
21.1 Electric Flux and Gauss’ Law
21.2 Applications of Gauss’ Law
21.3 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 22 ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
22.1 Electric Potential and Potential Energy
22.2 Electric Potential of a Point Charge
22.3 Finding the Field from the Potential
22.4 Potential of Continuous Charge Distributions
22.5 Potential of a Charged Conductor
22.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 23 CAPACITANCE
23.1 Calculation of Capacitance
23.2 Combinations of Capacitors
23.3 Energy Storage in Capacitors
23.4 Dielectrics
23.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 24 CURRENT AND RESISTANCE
24.1 Electric Current
24.2 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm’s Law
24.3 Electric Power and Joule Heating
24.4 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 25 DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS
25.1 Resistors in Series and Parallel
25.2 Multiloop Circuits
25.3 RC Circuits
25.4 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 26 MAGNETIC FIELDS
26.1 The Magnetic Field
26.2 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field
26.3 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire
26.4 Torque on a Current Loop
26.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 27 SOURCES OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD
27.1 Magnetic Fields due to Currents
27.2 Ampere’s Law
27.3 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 28 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND INDUCTANCE
28.1 Faraday’s Law
28.2 Motional EMF
28.3 Inductance
28.4 Energy Storage in a Magnetic Field
28.5 Magnetic Materials
28.6 RLC Circuits
28.7 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 29 ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS
29.1 Transformers
29.2 Single Elements in ac Circuits
29.3 The Series RLC Circuit and Phasors
29.4 Power in ac Circuits
29.5 Resonance in ac Circuits
29.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 30 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
30.1 Maxwell’s Equations and the Wave Equation
30.2 Energy and Radiation Pressure
30.3 Polarization
30.4 Reflection and Refraction of Light
30.5 Total Internal Reflection
30.6 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 31 MIRRORS AND LENSES
31.1 Plane Mirrors
31.2 Spherical Mirrors
31.3 Thin Lenses
31.4 Optical Instruments
31.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 32 INTERFERENCE
32.1 Double Slit Interference
32.2 Multiple Slit Interference and Phasors
32.3 Interference in Thin Films
32.4 The Michelson Interferometer
32.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 33 DIFFRACTION
33.1 Single Slit Diffraction
33.2 Resolution and Diffraction
33.3 The Diffraction Grating
33.4 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 34 SPECIAL RELATIVITY
34.1 The Basic Postulates
34.2 Simultaneity
34.3 The Lorentz Transformation Equations
34.4 Time Dilation
34.5 Length Contraction
34.6 Relativistic Velocity Transformation
34.7 Relativistic Momentum and Force
34.8 Relativistic Energy
34.9 The Doppler Effect for Light
34.10 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 35 ATOMS AND PHOTONS
35.1 Atoms and Photons
35.2 The Photoelectric Effect
35.3 The Compton Effect
35.4 Atomic Spectra and Bohr’s Model of the Atom
35.5 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 36 QUANTUM MECHANICS
36.1 de Broglie Waves
36.2 Electron Diffraction
36.3 The Schrödinger Equation
36.4 A Particle in a Box
36.5 A Particle in a Finite Well and Tunneling
36.6 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
36.7 Spin Angular Momentum
36.8 The Quantum Theory of Hydrogen
36.9 The Pauli Exclusion Principle
36.10 The Periodic Table
36.11 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
CHAPTER 37 NUCLEAR PHYSICS
37.1 Properties of the Nucleus
37.2 Nuclear Stability and Binding Energy
37.3 Radioactivity
37.4 Radioactive Decay Processes
37.5 Nuclear Reactions
37.6 Fission
37.7 Nuclear Fusion
37.8 Summary of Key Equations
Supplementary Problems
APPENDIX
INDEX

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