Physics for Scientists and Engineers 6th Edition Volume 1 by Paul A. Tipler, ISBN-13: 978-0716789642

Physics for Scientists and Engineers 6th Edition Volume 1 by Paul A. Tipler, ISBN-13: 978-0716789642

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• Publisher: ‎ W. H. Freeman; 6th edition (January 5, 2007)
• Language: ‎ English
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1429201320
• ISBN-13: ‎978-0716789642

The Sixth Edition of Physics for Scientists and Engineers offers a completely integrated text and media solution that will help students learn most effectively and will enable professors to customize their classrooms so that they teach most efficiently. The text includes a new strategic problem-solving approach, an integrated Math Tutorial, and new tools to improve conceptual understanding.

Table of Contents:

• Title Page
• Contents in Brief
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• KEY FEATURES
• PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGY
• INTEGRATED MATH TUTORIAL
• PEDAGOGY TO ENSURE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
• PHYSICS SPOTLIGHTS
• PHYSICS PORTAL
• All Resources in One Place
• Flexibility for Teachers and Students
• Interactive e-Book
• Physics Resources
• Assignment Center
• MEDIA AND PRINT SUPPLEMENTS
• FOR THE STUDENT
• FOR THE INSTRUCTOR
• FLEXIBILITY FOR PHYSICS COURSES
• Custom-Ready Content and Design
• Versions Accomodate Common Course Arrangements
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Contents
• Chapter 1: MEASUREMENT AND VECTORS
• 1-1: The Nature of Physics
• 1-2: Units
• 1-3: Conversion of Units
• 1-4: Dimensions of Physical Quantities
• 1-5: Significant Figures and Order of Magnitude
• 1-6: Vectors
• 1-7: General Properties of Vectors
• Physics Spotlight: The 2005 Leap Second
• Summary
• Problems
• PART I: MECHANICS
• Chapter 2: MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION
• 2-1: Displacement, Velocity, and Speed
• 2-2: Acceleration
• 2-3: Motion with Constant Acceleration
• 2-4: Integration
• Physics Spotlight: Linear Accelerators
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 3: MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS
• 3-1: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
• 3-2: Special Case 1: Projectile Motion
• 3-3: Special Case 2: Circular Motion
• Physics Spotlight: GPS: Vectors Calculated WhileYou Move
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 4: NEWTON’S LAWS
• 4-1: Newton’s First Law: The Law of Inertia
• 4-2: Force and Mass
• 4-3: Newton’s Second Law
• 4-4: The Force Due to Gravity: Weight
• 4-5: Contact Forces: Solids, Springs, and Strings
• 4-6: Problem Solving: Free-Body Diagrams
• 4-7: Newton’s Third Law
• 4-8: Problem Solving: Problems with Two or More Objects
• Physics Spotlight: Roller Coasters and the Need for Speed
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 5: ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON’S LAWS
• 5-1: Friction
• 5-2: Drag Forces
• 5-3: Motion Along a Curved Path
• *5-4: Numerical Integration: Euler’s Method
• 5-5: The Center of Mass
• Physics Spotlight: Accident Reconstruction— Measurements and Forces
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 6: WORK AND KINETIC ENERGY
• 6-1: Work Done by a Constant Force
• 6-2: Work Done by a Variable Force–Straight-Line Motion
• 6-3: The Scalar Product
• 6-4: Work–Kinetic-Energy Theorem—Curved Paths
• *6-5: Center-of-Mass Work
• Physics Spotlight: Coasters and Baggage and Work (Oh My!)
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 7: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
• 7-1: Potential Energy
• 7-2: The Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• 7-3: The Conservation of Energy
• 7-4: Mass and Energy
• 7-5: Quantization of Energy
• Physics Spotlight: Blowing Warmed Air
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 8: CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM
• 8-1: Conservation of Linear Momentum
• 8-2: Kinetic Energy of a System
• 8-3: Collisions
• *8-4: Collisions in the Center-of-Mass Reference Frame
• 8-5: Continuously Varying Mass and Rocket Propulsion
• Physics Spotlight: Pulse Detonation Engines: Faster (and Louder)
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 9: ROTATION
• 9-1: Rotational Kinematics: Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration
• 9-2: Rotational Kinetic Energy
• 9-3: Calculating the Moment of Inertia
• 9-4: Newton’s Second Law for Rotation
• 9-5: Applications of Newton’s Second Law for Rotation
• 9-6: Rolling Objects
• Physics Spotlight: Spindizzy—Ultracentrifuges
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 10: ANGULAR MOMENTUM
• 10-1: The Vector Nature of Rotation
• 10-2: Torque and Angular Momentum
• 10-3: Conservation of Angular Momentum
• *10-4: Quantization of Angular Momentum
• Physics Spotlight: As the World Turns: Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter R: SPECIAL RELATIVITY
• R-1: The Principle of Relativity and the Constancy of the Speed of Light
• R-2: Moving Sticks
• R-3: Moving Clocks
• R-4: Moving Sticks Again
• R-5: Distant Clocks and Simultaneity
• R-6: Relativistic Momentum, Mass, and Energy
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 11: GRAVITY
• 11-1: Kepler’s Laws
• 11-2: Newton’s Law of Gravity
• 11-3: Gravitational Potential Energy
• 11-4: The Gravitational Field
• *11-5: Finding the Gravitational Field of a Spherical Shell by Integration
• Physics Spotlight: Gravitational Lenses: A Window on the Universe
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 12: STATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND ELASTICITY
• 12-1: Conditions for Equilibrium
• 12.2: The Center of Gravity
• 12-3: Some Examples of Static Equilibrium
• 12-4: Static Equilibrium in an Accelerated Frame
• 12-5: Stability of Rotational Equilibrium
• 12-6: Indeterminate Problem
• 12-7: Stress and Strain
• Physics Spotlight: Carbon Nanotubes: Small and Mighty
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 13: FLUIDS
• 13-1: Density
• 13-2: Pressure in a Fluid
• 13-3: Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle
• 13-4: Fluids in Motion
• Physics Spotlight: Automotive Aerodynamics: Ride with the Wind
• Summary
• Problems
• PART II: OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
• Chapter 14: OSCILLATIONS
• 14-1: Simple Harmonic Motion
• 14-2: Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
• 14-3: Some Oscillating Systems
• 14-4: Damped Oscillations
• 14-5: Driven Oscillations and Resonance
• Physics Spotlight: Moving to the Beat: Millennium Bridge
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 15: TRAVELING WAVES
• 15-1: Simple Wave Motion
• 15-2: Periodic Waves
• 15-3: Waves in Three Dimensions
• 15-4: Waves Encountering Barriers
• 15-5: The Doppler Effect
• Physics Spotlight: All Shook Up: Sediment Basins and Earthquake Resonance
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 16: SUPERPOSITION AND STANDING WAVES
• 16-1: Superposition of Waves
• 16-2: Standing Waves
• *16-3: Additional Topics
• Physics Spotlight: Echoes of Silence: Acoustical Architecture
• Summary
• Problems
• PART III: THERMODYNAMICS
• Chapter 17: TEMPERATURE AND KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
• 17-1: Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature
• 17-2: Gas Thermometers and the Absolute Temperature Scale
• 17-3: The Ideal-Gas Law
• 17-4: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Physics Spotlight: Molecular Thermometers
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 18: HEAT AND THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
• 18-1: Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
• 18-2: Change of Phase and Latent Heat
• 18-3: Joule’s Experiment and the First Law of Thermodynamics
• 18-4: The Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
• 18-5: Work and the PV Diagram for a Gas
• 18-6: Heat Capacities of Gases
• 18-7: Heat Capacities of Solids
• 18-8: Failure of the Equipartition Theorem
• 18-9: The Quasi-Static Adiabatic Compression of a Gas
• Physics Spotlight: Respirometry: Breathing the Heat
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 19: THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
• 19-1: Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
• 19-2: Refrigerators and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
• 19-3: The Carnot Engine
• *19-4: Heat Pumps
• 19-5: Irreversibility, Disorder, and Entropy
• 19-6: Entropy and the Availability of Energy
• 19-7: Entropy and Probability
• Physics Spotlight: The Perpetual Battle over Perpetual Motion
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 20: THERMAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES
• 20-1: Thermal Expansion
• 20-2: The van der Waals Equation and Liquid–Vapor Isotherms
• 20-3: Phase Diagrams
• 20-4: The Transfer of Heat
• Physics Spotlight: Urban Heat Islands: Hot Nights in the City
• Summary
• Problems
• PART IV: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
• Chapter 21:THE ELECTRIC FIELD I: DISCRETE CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS
• 21-1: Charge
• 21-2: Conductors and Insulators
• 21-3: Coulomb’s Law
• 21-4: The Electric Field
• 21-5: Electric Field Lines
• 21-6: Action of the Electric Field on Charges
• Physics Spotlight: Powder Coating—Industrial Static
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 22: THE ELECTRIC FIELD II: CONTINUOUS CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS
• 22-1: Calculating from Coulomb’s Law
• 22-2: Gauss’s Law
• 22-3: Using Symmetry to Calculate with Gauss’s Law
• 22-4: Discontinuity of En
• 22-5: Charge and Field at Conductor Surfaces
• *22-6: The Equivalence of Gauss’s Law and Coulomb’s Law in Electrostatics
• Physics Spotlight: Charge Distribution—Hot and Cold
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 23: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
• 23-1: Potential Difference
• 23-2: Potential Due to a System of Point Charges
• 23-3: Computing the Electric Field from the Potential
• 23-4: Calculation of V for Continuous Charge Distributions
• 23-5: Equipotential Surfaces
• 23-6: Electrostatic Potential Energy
• Physics Spotlight: Lightning—Fields of Attraction
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 24: CAPACITANCE
• 24-1: Capacitance
• 24-2: The Storage of Electrical Energy
• 24-3: Capacitors, Batteries, and Circuits
• 24-4: Dielectrics
• 24-5: Molecular View of a Dielectric
• Physics Spotlight: Changes in Capacitors—Charging Ahead
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 25: ELECTRIC CURRENT AND DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUITS
• 25-1: Current and the Motion of Charges
• 25-2: Resistance and Ohm’s Law
• 25-3: Energy in Electric Circuits
• 25-4: Combinations of Resistors
• 25-5: Kirchhoff’s Rules
• 25-6: RC Circuits
• Physics Spotlight: Vehicle Electrical Systems: Driven to Innovation
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 26: THE MAGNETIC FIELD
• 26-1: The Force Exerted by a Magnetic Field
• 26-2: Motion of a Point Charge in a Magnetic Field
• 26-3: Torques on Current Loops and Magnets
• 26-4: The Hall Effect
• Physics Spotlight: Earth and the Sun— Magnetic Changes
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 27: SOURCES OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD
• 27-1: The Magnetic Field of Moving Point Charges
• 27-2: The Magnetic Field of Currents: The Biot–Savart Law
• 27-3: Gauss’s Law for Magnetism
• 27-4: Ampère’s Law
• 27-5: Magnetism in Matter
• Physics Spotlight: Solenoids at Work
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 28: MAGNETIC INDUCTION
• 28-1: Magnetic Flux
• 28-2: Induced EMF and Faraday’s Law
• 28-3: Lenz’s Law
• 28-4: Motional EMF
• 28-5: Eddy Currents
• 28-6: Inductance
• 28-7: Magnetic Energy
• *28-8: RL Circuits
• *28-9: Magnetic Properties of Superconductors
• Physics Spotlight: The Promise of Superconductors
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 29: ALTERNATING-CURRENT CIRCUITS
• 29-1: Alternating Current in a Resistor
• 29-2: Alternating-Current Circuits
• *29-3: The Transformer
• *29-4: LC and RLC Circuits withou ta Generator
• *29-5: Phasors
• *29-6: Driven RLC Circuits
• Physics Spotlight: The Electric Grid: Power to the People
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 30: MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
• 30-1: Maxwell’s Displacement Current
• 30-2: Maxwell’s Equations
• 30-3: The Wave Equation for Electromagnetic Waves
• 30-4: Electromagnetic Radiation
• Physics Spotlight: Wireless: Sharing the Spectrum
• Summary
• Problems
• PART V: LIGHT
• Chapter 31: PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
• 31-1: The Speed of Light
• 31-2: The Propagation of Light
• 31-3: Reflection and Refraction
• 31-4: Polarization
• 31-5: Derivation of the Laws of Reflection and Refraction
• 31-6: Wave–Particle Duality
• 31-7: Light Spectra
• *31-8: Sources of Light
• Physics Spotlight: Optical Tweezers and Vortices: Light at Work
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 32: OPTICAL IMAGES
• 32-1: Mirrors
• 32-2: Lenses
• *32-3: Aberrations
• *32-4: Optical Instruments
• Physics Spotlight: Eye Surgery: New Lenses for Old
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 33: INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION
• 33-1: Phase Difference and Coherence
• 33-2: Interference in Thin Films
• 33-3: Two-Slit Interference Pattern
• 33-4: Diffraction Pattern of a Single Slit
• *33-5: Using Phasors to Add Harmonic Waves
• 33-6: Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
• 33-7: Diffraction and Resolution
• *33-8: Diffraction Gratings
• Physics Spotlight: Holograms: Guided Interference
• Summary
• Problems
• PART VI: MODERN PHYSICS: QUANTUM MECHANICS, RELATIVITY, AND THESTRUCTURE OF MATTER
• Chapter 34: WAVE–PARTICLE DUALITY AND QUANTUM PHYSICS
• 34-1: Waves and Particles
• 34-2: Light: From Newton to Maxwell
• 34.3: The Particle Nature of Light: Photons
• 34-4: Energy Quantization in Atoms
• 34-5: Electrons and Matter Waves
• 34-6: The Interpretation of the Wave Function
• 34-7: Wave–Particle Duality
• 34-8: A Particle in a Box
• 34-9: Expectation Values
• 34-10: Energy Quantization in Other Systems
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 35: APPLICATIONS OF THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION
• 35-1: The Schrödinger Equation
• 35-2: A Particle in a Finite Square Well
• 35-3: The Harmonic Oscillator
• 35-4: Reflection and Transmission of Electron Waves: Barrier Penetration
• 35-5: The Schrödinger Equation in Three Dimensions
• 35-6: The Schrödinger Equation for Two Identical Particles
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 36: ATOMS
• 36-1: The Atom
• 36-2: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
• 36-3: Quantum Theory of Atoms
• 36-4: Quantum Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
• 36-5: The Spin–Orbit Effect and Fine Structure
• 36-6: The Periodic Table
• 36-7: Optical Spectra and X-Ray Spectra
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 37: MOLECULES
• 37-1: Bonding
• *37-2: Polyatomic Molecules
• 37-3: Energy Levels and Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 38: SOLIDS
• 38-1: The Structure of Solids
• 38-2: A Microscopic Picture of Conduction
• 38-3: Free Electrons in a Solid
• 38-4: Quantum Theory of Electrical Conduction
• 38-5: Band Theory of Solids
• 38-6: Semiconductors
• *38-7: Semiconductor Junctions and Devices
• 38-8: Superconductivity
• 38-9: The Fermi–Dirac Distribution
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 39: RELATIVITY
• 39-1: Newtonian Relativity
• 39-2: Einstein’s Postulates
• 39-3: The Lorentz Transformation
• 39-4: Clock Synchronization and Simultaneity
• 39-5: The Velocity Transformation
• 39-6: Relativistic Momentum
• 39-7: Relativistic Energy
• 39-8: General Relativity
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 40: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
• 40-1: Properties of Nuclei
• 40-2: Radioactivity
• 40-3: Nuclear Reactions
• 40-4: Fission and Fusion
• Summary
• Problems
• Chapter 41: ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE
• 41-1: Hadrons and Leptons
• 41-2: Spin and Antiparticles
• 41-3: The Conservation Laws
• 41-4: Quarks
• 41-5: Field Particles
• 41-6: The Electroweak Theory
• 41-7: The Standard Model
• 41-8: The Evolution of the Universe
• Summary
• Problems
• Appendix A: SI UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
• Appendix B: NUMERICAL DATA
• Appendix C: PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
• MATH TUTORIAL
• M-1: SIGNIFICANT DIGITS
• M-2: EQUATIONS
• M-3: DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTIONS
• M-4: LINEAR EQUATIONS
• M-5: QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND FACTORING
• M-6: EXPONENTS AND LOGARITHMS
• M-7: GEOMETRY
• M-8: TRIGONOMETRY
• M-9: THE BINOMIAL EXPANSION
• M-10: COMPLEX NUMBERS
• M-11: DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
• M-12: INTEGRAL CALCULUS
• ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS

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