About the Book
Physics for Scientists and Engineers gives you a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, from mechanics to modern physics.
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Complete version: 44 Chapters including 9 Chapters of modern physics.
Classic version: 37 Chapters, 35 on classical physics, plus one each on relativity and quantum theory.
3 Volume version: Available separately or packaged together.
- - Volume 1: Chapters 1-20 on mechanics, including fluids, oscillations, waves, plus heat and thermodynamics.
- - Volume 2: Chapters 21-35 on electricity and magnetism, plus light and optics.
- - Volume 3: Chapters 36-44 on modern physics: relativity, quantum theory, atomic physics, condensed matter, nuclear physics, elementary particles, cosmology and astrophysics.
Sections marked with a star * may be considered optional.
- Introduction, Measurement, Estimating
- 1.1 How Science Works
- 1.2 Models, Theories, and Laws
- 1.3 Measurement and Uncertainty; Significant Figures
- 1.4 Units, Standards, and the SI System
- 1.5 Converting Units
- 1.6 Order of Magnitude: Rapid Estimating
- *1.7 Dimensions and Dimensional Analysis
- Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension
- 2.1 Reference Frames and Displacement
- 2.2 Average Velocity
- 2.3 Instantaneous Velocity
- 2.4 Acceleration
- 2.5 Motion at Constant Acceleration
- 2.6 Solving Problems
- 2.7 Freely Falling Objects
- *2.8 Variable Acceleration; Integral Calculus
- Kinematics in Two or Three Dimensions; Vectors
- 3.1 Vectors and Scalars
- 3.2 Addition of Vectors--Graphical Methods
- 3.3 Subtraction of Vectors, and Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar
- 3.4 Adding Vectors by Components
- 3.5 Unit Vectors
- 3.6 Vector Kinematics
- 3.7 Projectile Motion
- 3.8 Solving Problems Involving Projectile Motion
- 3.9 Relative Velocity
- Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion
- 4.1 Force
- 4.2 Newton's First Law of Motion
- 4.3 Mass
- 4.4 Newton's Second Law of Motion
- 4.5 Newton's Third Law of Motion
- 4.6 Weight--the Force of Gravity; and the Normal Force
- 4.7 Solving Problems with Newton's Laws: Free-Body Diagrams
- 4.8 Problem Solving--A General Approach
- Using Newton's Laws: Friction, Circular Motion, Drag Forces
- 5.1 Using Newton's Laws with Friction
- 5.2 Uniform Circular Motion--Kinematics
- 5.3 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
- 5.4 Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked
- 5.5 Nonuniform Circular Motion
- *5.6 Velocity-Dependent Forces: Drag and Terminal Velocity
- Gravitation and Newton's Synthesis
- 6.1 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
- 6.2 Vector Form of Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
- 6.3 Gravity Near the Earth's Surface
- 6.4 Satellites and "Weightlessness"
- 6.5 Planets, Kepler's Laws, and Newton's Synthesis
- 6.6 Moon Rises an Hour Later Each Day
- 6.7 Types of Forces in Nature
- *6.8 Gravitational Field
- *6.9 Principle of Equivalence; Curvature of Space; Black Holes
- Work and Energy
- 7.1 Work Done by a Constant Force
- 7.2 Scalar Product of Two Vectors
- 7.3 Work Done by a Varying Force
- 7.4 Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Principle
- Conservation of Energy
- 8.1 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
- 8.2 Potential Energy
- 8.3 Mechanical Energy and Its Conservation
- 8.4 Problem Solving Using Conservation of Mechanical Energy
- 8.5 The Law of Conservation of Energy
- 8.6 Energy Conservation with Dissipative Forces: Solving Problems
- 8.7 Gravitational Potential Energy and Escape Velocity
- 8.8 Power
- 8.9 Potential Energy Diagrams; Stable and Unstable Equilibrium
- *8.10 Gravitational Assist (Slingshot)
- Linear Momentum
- 9.1 Momentum and Its Relation to Force
- 9.2 Conservation of Momentum
- 9.3 Collisions and Impulse
- 9.4 Conservation of Energy and Momentum in Collisions
- 9.5 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension
- 9.6 Inelastic Collisions
- 9.7 Collisions in 2 or 3 Dimensions
- 9.8 Center of Mass (cm)
- 9.9 Center of Mass and Translational Motion
- *9.10 Systems of Variable Mass; Rocket Propulsion
- Rotational Motion
- 10.1 Angular Quantities
- 10.2 Vector Nature of Angular Quantities
- 10.3 Constant Angular Acceleration
- 10.4 Torque
- 10.5 Rotational Dynamics; Torque and Rotational Inertia
- 10.6 Solving Problems in Rotational Dynamics
- 10.7 Determining Moments of Inertia
- 10.8 Rotational Kinetic Energy
- 10.9 Rotational plus Translational Motion; Rolling
- *10.10 Why Does a Rolling Sphere Slow Down?
- Angular Momentum; General Rotation
- 11.1 Angular Momentum -- Objects Rotating About a Fixed Axis
- 11.2 Vector Cross Product; Torque as a Vector
- 11.3 Angular Momentum of a Particle
- 11.4 Angular Momentum and Torque for a System of Particles; General Motion
- 11.5 Angular Momentum and Torque for a Rigid Object
- 11.6 Conservation of Angular Momentum
- *11.7 The Spinning Top and Gyroscope
- 11.8 Rotating Frames of Reference; Inertial Forces
- *11.9 The Coriolis Effect
- Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
- 12.1 The Conditions for Equilibrium
- 12.2 Solving Statics Problems
- *12.3 Applications to Muscles and Joints
- 12.4 Stability and Balance
- 12.5 Elasticity; Stress and Strain
- 12.6 Fracture
- *12.7 Trusses and Bridges
- *12.8 Arches and Domes
- Fluids
- 13.1 Phases of Matter
- 13.2 Density and Specific Gravity
- 13.3 Pressure in Fluids
- 13.4 Atmospheric Pressure and Gauge Pressure
- 13.5 Pascal's Principle
- 13.6 Measurement of Pressure; Gauges and the Barometer
- 13.7 Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
- 13.8 Fluids in Motion; Flow Rate and the Equation of Continuity
- 13.9 Bernoulli's Equation
- 13.10 Applications of Bernoulli's Principle: Torricelli, Airplanes, Baseballs, Blood Flow
- 13.11 Viscosity
- *13.12 Flow in Tubes: Poiseuille's Equation, Blood Flow
- *13.13 Surface Tension and Capillarity
- *13.14 Pumps, and the Heart
- Oscillations
- 14.1 Oscillations of a Spring
- 14.2 Simple Harmonic Motion
- 14.3 Energy in the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
- 14.4 Simple Harmonic Motion Related to Uniform Circular Motion
- 14.5 The Simple Pendulum
- *14.6 The Physical Pendulum and the Torsion Pendulum
- 14.7 Damped Harmonic Motion
- 14.8 Forced Oscillations; Resonance
- Wave Motion
- 15.1 Characteristics of Wave Motion
- 15.2 Types of Waves: Transverse and Longitudinal
- 15.3 Energy Transported by Waves
- 15.4 Mathematical Representation of a Traveling Wave
- *15.5 The Wave Equation
- 15.6 The Principle of Superposition
- 15.7 Reflection and Transmission
- 15.8 Interference
- 15.9 Standing Waves; Resonance
- 15.10 Refraction
- 15.11 Diffraction
- Sound
- 16.1 Characteristics of Sound
- 16.2 Mathematical Representation of Longitudinal Waves
- 16.3 Intensity of Sound: Decibels
- 16.4 Sources of Sound: Vibrating Strings and Air Columns
- *16.5 Quality of Sound, and Noise; Superposition
- 16.6 Interference of Sound Waves; Beats
- 16.7 Doppler Effect
- *16.8 Shock Waves and the Sonic Boom
- *16.9 Applications: Sonar, Ultrasound, and Medical Imaging
- Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and the Ideal Gas Law
- 17.1 Atomic Theory of Matter
- 17.2 Temperature and Thermometers
- 17.3 Thermal Equilibrium and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- 17.4 Thermal Expansion
- *17.5 Thermal Stresses
- 17.6 The Gas Laws and Absolute Temperature
- 17.7 The Ideal Gas Law
- 17.8 Problem Solving with the Ideal Gas Law
- 17.9 Ideal Gas Law in Terms of Molecules: Avogadro's Number
- *17.10 Ideal Gas Temperature Scale-- a Standard
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
- 18.1 The Ideal Gas Law and the Molecular Interpretation of Temperature
- 18.2 Distribution of Molecular Speeds
- 18.3 Real Gases and Changes of Phase
- 18.4 Vapor Pressure and Humidity
- 18.5 Temperature of Water Decrease with Altitude
- 18.6 Van der Waals Equation of State
- 18.7 Mean Free Path
- 18.8 Diffusion
- Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- 19.1 Heat as Energy Transfer
- 19.2 Internal Energy
- 19.3 Specific Heat
- 19.4 Calorimetry-- Solving Problems
- 19.5 Latent Heat
- 19.6 The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 19.7 Thermodynamic Processes and the First Law
- 19.8 Molar Specific Heats for Gases, and the Equipartition of Energy
- 19.9 Adiabatic Expansion of a Gas
- 19.10 Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 20.1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics--  Introduction
- 20.2 Heat Engines
- 20.3 The Carnot Engine; Reversible and Irreversible Processes
- 20.4 Refrigerators, Air Conditioners, and Heat Pumps
- 20.5 Entropy
- 20.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 20.7 Order to Disorder
- 20.8 Unavailability of Energy; Heat Death
- 20.9 Statistical Interpretation of Entropy and the Second Law
- *20.10 Thermodynamic Temperature; Third Law of Thermodynamics
- 20.11 Thermal Pollution, Global Warming, and Energy Resources
- Electric Charge and Electric Field
- 21.1 Static Electricity; Electric Charge and Its Conservation
- 21.2 Electric Charge in the Atom
- 21.3 Insulators and Conductors
- 21.4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
- 21.5 Coulomb's Law
- 21.6 The Electric Field
- 21.7 Electric Field Calculations for Continuous Charge Distributions
- 21.8 Field Lines
- 21.9 Electric Fields and Conductors
- 21.10 Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electric Field
- 21.11 Electric Dipoles
- *21.12 Electric Forces in Molecular Biology: DNA Structure and Replication
- Gauss's Law
- 22.1 Electric Flux
- 22.2 Gauss's Law
- 22.3 Applications of Gauss's Law
- *22.4 Experimental Basis of Gauss's and Coulomb's Laws
- Electric Potential
- 23.1 Electric Potential Energy and Potential Difference
- 23.2 Relation between Electric Potential and Electric Field
- 23.3 Electric Potential Due to Point Charges
- 23.4 Potential Due to Any Charge Distribution
- 23.5 Equipotential Lines and Surfaces
- 23.6 Potential Due to Electric Dipole; Dipole Moment
- 23.7 E→Determined from V
- 23.8 Electrostatic Potential Energy; the Electron Volt
- 23.9 Digital; Binary Numbers; Signal Voltage
- *23.10 TV and Computer Monitors
- *23.11 Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage
- 24.1 Capacitors
- 24.2 Determination of Capacitance
- 24.3 Capacitors in Series and Parallel
- 24.4 Storage of Electric Energy
- 24.5 Dielectrics
- *24.6 Molecular Description of Dielectrics
- Electric Current and Resistance
- 25.1 The Electric Battery
- 25.2 Electric Current
- 25.3 Ohm's Law: Resistance and Resistors
- 25.4 Resistivity
- 25.5 Electric Power
- 25.6 Power in Household Circuits
- 25.7 Alternating Current
- 25.8 Microscopic View of Electric Current
- *25.9 Superconductivity
- *25.10 Electrical Conduction in the Human Nervous System
- DC Circuits
- 26.1 EMF and Terminal Voltage
- 26.2 Resistors in Series and in Parallel
- 26.3 Kirchhoff's Rules
- 26.4 EMFs in Series and in Parallel; Charging a Battery
- 26.5 RC Circuits -- Resistor and Capacitor in Series
- 26.6 Electric Hazards and Safety
- 26.7 Ammeters and Voltmeters-- Measurement Affects Quantity Measured
- Magnetism
- 27.1 Magnets and Magnetic Fields
- 27.2 Electric Currents Produce Magnetic Fields
- 27.3 Force on an Electric Current in a Magnetic Field; Definition of B→
- 27.4 Force on an Electric Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field
- 27.5 Torque on a Current Loop; Magnetic Dipole Moment
- 27.6 Applications: Motors, Loudspeakers, Galvanometers
- 27.7 Discovery and Properties of the Electron
- 27.8 The Hall Effect
- 27.9 Mass Spectrometer
- Sources of Magnetic Field
- 28.1 Magnetic Field Due to a Straight Wire
- 28.2 Force between Two Parallel Wires
- 28.3 Definitions of the Ampere and the Coulomb
- 28.4 Ampère's Law
- 28.5 Magnetic Field of a Solenoid and a Toroid
- 28.6 Biot-Savart Law
- 28.7 Magnetic Field Due to a Single Moving Charge
- 28.8 Magnetic Materials-- Ferromagnetism
- 28.9 Electromagnets and Solenoids-- Applications
- 28.10 Magnetic Fields in Magnetic Materials; Hysteresis
- *28.11 Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism
- Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
- 29.1 Induced EMF
- 29.2 Faraday's Law of Induction; Lenz's Law
- 29.3 EMF Induced in a Moving Conductor
- 29.4 Electric Generators
- 29.5 Back EMF and Counter Torque; Eddy Currents
- 29.6 Transformers and Transmission of Power
- 29.7A Changing Magnetic Flux Produces an Electric Field
- *29.8 Information Storage: Magnetic and Semiconductor
- *29.9 Applications of Induction: Microphone, Seismograph, GFCI
- Inductance, Electromagnetic Oscillations, and AC Circuits
- 30.1 Mutual Inductance
- 30.2 Self-Inductance; Inductors
- 30.3 Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field
- 30.4 LR Circuits
- 30.5 LC Circuits and Electromagnetic Oscillations
- 30.6 LC Oscillations with Resistance (LRC Circuit)
- 30.7 AC Circuits and Reactance
- 30.8 LRC Series AC Circuit; Phasor Diagrams
- 30.9 Resonance in AC Circuits
- 30.10 Impedance Matching
- *30.11 Three-Phase AC
- Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
- 31.1 Changing Electric Fields Produce Magnetic Fields; Displacement Current
- 31.2 Gauss's Law for Magnetism
- 31.3 Maxwell's Equations
- 31.4 Production of Electromagnetic Waves
- 31.5 Electromagnetic Waves, and Their Speed, Derived from Maxwell's Equations
- 31.6 Light as an Electromagnetic Wave and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- 31.7 Measuring the Speed of Light
- 31.8 Energy in EM Waves; the Poynting Vector
- 31.9 Radiation Pressure
- 31.10 Radio and Television; Wireless Communication
- Light: Reflection and Refraction
- 32.1 The Ray Model of Light
- 32.2 Reflection; Image Formation by a Plane Mirror
- 32.3 Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors
- 32.4 Seeing Yourself in a Magnifying Mirror (Concave)
- 32.5 Convex (Rearview) Mirrors
- 32.6 Index of Refraction
- 32.7 Refraction: Snell's Law
- 32.8 The Visible Spectrum and Dispersion
- 32.9 Total Internal Reflection; Fiber Optics
- *32.10 Refraction at a Spherical Surface
- Lenses and Optical Instruments
- 33.1 Thin Lenses; Ray Tracing and Focal Length
- 33.2 The Thin Lens Equation
- 33.3 Combinations of Lenses
- 33.4 Lensmaker's Equation
- 33.5 Cameras: Film and Digital
- 33.6 The Human Eye; Corrective Lenses
- 33.7 Magnifying Glass
- 33.8 Telescopes
- 33.9 Compound Microscope
- 33.10 Aberrations of Lenses and Mirrors
- The Wave Nature of Light: Interference and Polarization
- 34.1 Waves vs. Particles; Huygens' Principle and Diffraction
- 34.2 Huygens' Principle and the Law of Refraction
- 34.3 Interference-- Young's Double-Slit Experiment
- 34.4 Intensity in the Double-Slit Interference Pattern
- 34.5 Interference in Thin Films
- 34.6 Michelson Interferometer
- 34.7 Polarization
- *34.8 Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD)
- *34.9 Scattering of Light by the Atmosphere
- 34.10 Lumens, Luminous Flux, and Luminous Intensity
- *34.11 Efficiency of Lightbulbs
- Diffraction
- 35.1 Diffraction by a Single Slit or Disk
- 35.2 Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction Pattern
- 35.3 Diffraction in the Double-Slit Experiment
- 35.4 Interference vs. Diffraction
- 35.5 Limits of Resolution; Circular Apertures
- 35.6 Resolution of Telescopes and Microscopes; the λ Limit
- 35.7 Resolution of the Human Eye and Useful Magnification
- 35.8 Diffraction Grating
- 35.9 The Spectrometer and Spectroscopy
- *35.10 Peak Widths and Resolving Power for a Diffraction Grating
- 35.11 X-Rays and X-Ray Diffraction
- *35.12 X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
- *35.13 Specialty Microscopes and Contrast
- The Special Theory of Relativity
- 36.1 Galilean.Newtonian Relativity
- 36.2 The Michelson.Morley Experiment
- 36.3 Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity
- 36.4 Simultaneity
- 36.5 Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox
- 36.6 Length Contraction
- 36.7 Four-Dimensional Space.Time
- 36.8 Galilean and Lorentz Transformations
- 36.9 Relativistic Momentum
- 36.10 The Ultimate Speed
- 36.11 E = mc2; Mass and Energy
- 36.12 Doppler Shift for Light
- 36.13 The Impact of Special Relativity
- Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
- 37.1 Blackbody Radiation; Planck's Quantum Hypothesis
- 37.2 Photon Theory of Light and the Photoelectric Effect
- 37.3 Energy, Mass, and Momentum of a Photon
- 37.4 Compton Effect
- 37.5 Photon Interactions; Pair Production
- 37.6 Wave.Particle Duality; the Principle of Complementarity
- 37.7 Wave Nature of Matter
- 37.8 Electron Microscopes
- 37.9 Early Models of the Atom
- 37.10 Atomic Spectra: Key to the Structure of the Atom
- 37.11 The Bohr Model
- 37.12 de Broglie's Hypothesis Applied to Atoms
- Quantum Mechanics
- 38.1 Quantum Mechanics--A New Theory
- 38.2 The Wave Function and Its Interpretation; the Double-Slit Experiment
- 38.3 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
- 38.4 Philosophic Implications; Probability Versus Determinism
- 38.5 The Schrödinger Equation in One Dimension-- Time-Independent Form
- *38.6 Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation
- 38.7 Free Particles; Plane Waves and Wave Packets
- 38.8 Particle in an Infinitely Deep Square Well Potential (a Rigid Box)
- 38.9 Finite Potential Well
- 38.10 Tunneling through a Barrier
- Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
- 39.1 Quantum-Mechanical View of Atoms
- 39.2 Hydrogen Atom: Schrödinger Equation and Quantum Numbers
- 39.3 Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions
- 39.4 Multielectron Atoms; the Exclusion Principle
- 39.5 Periodic Table of Elements
- 39.6 X-Ray Spectra and Atomic Number
- *39.7 Magnetic Dipole Moment; Total Angular Momentum
- 39.8 Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
- 39.9 Lasers
- *39.10 Holography
- Molecules and Solids
- 40.1 Bonding in Molecules
- 40.2 Potential-Energy Diagrams for Molecules
- 40.3 Weak (van der Waals) Bonds
- 40.4 Molecular Spectra
- 40.5 Bonding in Solids
- 40.6 Free-Electron Theory of Metals; Fermi Energy
- 40.7 Band Theory of Solids
- 40.8 Semiconductors and Doping
- 40.9 Semiconductor Diodes, LEDs, OLEDs
- 40.10 Transistors: Bipolar and MOSFETs
- 40.11 Integrated Circuits, 14-nm Technology
- Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
- 41.1 Structure and Properties of the Nucleus
- 41.2 Binding Energy and Nuclear Forces
- 41.3 Radioactivity
- 41.4 Alpha Decay
- 41.5 Beta Decay
- 41.6 Gamma Decay
- 41.7 Conservation of Nucleon Number and Other Conservation Laws
- 41.8 Half-Life and Rate of Decay
- 41.9 Decay Series
- 41.10 Radioactive Dating
- 41.11 Detection of Particles
- Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
- 42.1 Nuclear Reactions and the Transmutation of Elements
- 42.2 Cross Section
- 42.3 Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Reactors
- 42.4 Nuclear Fusion
- 42.5 Passage of Radiation Through Matter; Biological Damage
- 42.6 Measurement of Radiation--Dosimetry
- *42.7 Radiation Therapy
- *42.8 Tracers in Research and Medicine
- *42.9 Emission Tomography: PET and SPECT
- *42.10 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Elementary Particles
- 43.1 High-Energy Particles and Accelerators
- 43.2 Beginnings of Elementary Particle Physics--Particle Exchange
- 43.3 Particles and Antiparticles
- 43.4 Particle Interactions and Conservation Laws
- 43.5 Neutrinos
- 43.6 Particle Classification
- 43.7 Particle Stability and Resonances
- 43.8 Strangeness? Charm? Towards a New Model
- 43.9 Quarks
- 43.10 The Standard Model: QCD and Electroweak Theory
- 43.11 Grand Unified Theories
- 43.12 Strings and Supersymmetry
- Astrophysics and Cosmology
- 44.1 Stars and Galaxies
- 44.2 Stellar Evolution: Birth and Death of Stars, Nucleosynthesis
- 44.3 Distance Measurements
- 44.4 General Relativity: Gravity and the Curvature of Space
- 44.5 The Expanding Universe: Redshift and Hubble's Law
- 44.6 The Big Bang and the Cosmic Microwave Background
- 44.7 The Standard Cosmological Model: Early History of the Universe
- 44.8I nflation: Explaining Flatness, Uniformity, and Structure
- 44.9 Dark Matter and Dark Energy
- 44.10 Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
- 44.11 Gravitational Waves--LIGO
- 44.12 Finally . . .
Appendix A Mathematical Formulas Appendix B Derivatives and Integrals Appendix C Numerical Integration Appendix D More on Dimensional Analysis Appendix E Gravitational Force Due to a Spherical Mass Distribution Appendix F Differential Form of Maxwell's Equations Appendix G Selected Isotopes