University Physics, Volume 1 (Chapters 1-20), Global Edition

For courses in calculus-based physics. Practice makes perfect. The 15th Edition of University Physics with Modern Physics draws on a wealth of data insights from hundreds of faculty and thousands of student users to address one of the biggest challenges for students in introductory physics courses: seeing patterns and making connections between problem types. Students learn to recognise when to use similar steps in solving the same problem type and develop an understanding for problem solving approaches, rather than simply plugging in an equation. This edition addresses students’ tendency to focus on the objects, situations, numbers, and questions posed in a problem, rather than recognising the underlying principle or the problem’s type. New Key Concept statements at the end of worked examples address this challenge by identifying the main idea used in the solution to help students recognise the underlying concepts and strategy for the given problem. New Key Example Variation Problems appear within new Guided Practice sections and group problems by type to give students practice recognising when problems can be solved in a similar way, regardless of wording or numbers. These scaffolded problem sets help students see patterns, make connections between problems, and build confidence for tackling different problem types when exam time comes.

Table of Contents:
MECHANICS 1. Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors 2. Motion Along a Straight Line 3. Motion in Two or Three Dimensions 4. Newton’s Laws of Motion 5. Applying Newton’s Laws 6. Work and Kinetic Energy 7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation 8. Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions 9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies 10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion 11. Equilibrium and Elasticity 12. Fluid Mechanics 13. Gravitation 14. Periodic Motion   WAVES/ACOUSTICS 15. Mechanical Waves 16. Sound and Hearing   THERMODYNAMICS 17. Temperature and Heat 18. Thermal Properties of Matter 19. The First Law of Thermodynamics 20. The Second Law of Thermodynamics   ELECTROMAGNETISM 21. Electric Charge and Electric Field 22. Gauss’s Law 23. Electric Potential 24. Capacitance and Dielectrics 25. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force 26. Direct-Current Circuits 27. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces 28. Sources of Magnetic Field 29. Electromagnetic Induction 30. Inductance 31. Alternating Current 32. Electromagnetic Waves   OPTICS 33. The Nature and Propagation of Light 34. Geometric Optics 35. Interference 36. Diffraction   MODERN PHYSICS 37. Relativity 38. Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles 39. Particles Behaving as Waves 40. Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions 41. Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure 42. Molecules and Condensed Matter 43. Nuclear Physics 44. Particle Physics and Cosmology

About the Author :
Hugh D. Young was Emeritus Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from that university. He earned his Ph.D. in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. Dr. Young joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956 and retired in 2004. He also had two visiting professorships at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Young's career was centred entirely on undergraduate education. He wrote several undergraduate-level textbooks, and in 1973 he became a coauthor with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky for their well-known introductory textbooks. In addition to his role on Sears and Zemansky's University Physics, he was the author of Sears and Zemansky's College Physics. Dr. Young earned a bachelor's degree in organ performance from Carnegie Mellon in 1972 and spent several years as Associate Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Roger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles and did his doctoral research in nuclear theory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. Dr. Freedman came to UCSB in 1981 after three years of teaching and doing research at the University of Washington. At UCSB, Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies, a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has worked to make physics lectures a more interactive experience through the use of classroom response systems and pre-lecture videos. In the 1970s Dr. Freedman worked as a comic book letterer and helped organise the San Diego Comic-Con during its first few years.