College Physics: A Strategic Approach, Books A La Carte Edition (3rd Edition) - 3rd Edition - by Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field - ISBN 9780321907165

College Physics: A Strategic Approach, ...
3rd Edition
Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
Publisher: PEARSON
ISBN: 9780321907165

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Chapter 2.4 - AccelerationChapter 2.5 - Motion With Constant AccelerationChapter 2.7 - Free FallChapter 3 - Vectors And Motion In Two DimensionsChapter 3.1 - Using VectorsChapter 3.2 - Using Vectors On Motion DiagramsChapter 3.3 - Coordinate Systems And Vector ComponentsChapter 3.4 - Motion On A RampChapter 3.5 - Relative MotionChapter 3.6 - Motion In Two Dimensions: Projectile MotionChapter 3.7 - Projectile Motion: Solving ProblemsChapter 3.8 - Motion In Two Dimensions: Circular MotionChapter 4 - Forces And Newton's Laws Of MotionChapter 4.1 - Motion And ForcesChapter 4.2 - A Short Catalog Of ForcesChapter 4.3 - Identifying ForcesChapter 4.4 - What Do Forces Do?Chapter 4.5 - Newton's Second LawChapter 4.6 - Free-body DiagramsChapter 4.7 - Newton's Third LawChapter 5 - Applying Newton's LawsChapter 5.1 - EquilibriumChapter 5.2 - Dynamics And Newton's Second LawChapter 5.3 - Mass And WeightChapter 5.4 - Normal ForcesChapter 5.5 - FrictionChapter 5.6 - DragChapter 5.7 - Interacting ObjectsChapter 5.8 - Ropes And PulleysChapter 6 - Circular Motion, Orbits, And GravityChapter 6.1 - Uniform Circular MotionChapter 6.2 - Dynamics Of Uniform Circular MotionChapter 6.3 - Apparent Forces In Circular MotionChapter 6.4 - Circular Orbits And WeightlessnessChapter 6.5 - Newton's Law Of GravityChapter 6.6 - Gravity And OrbitsChapter 7 - Rotational MotionChapter 7.1 - Describing Circular And Rotational MotionChapter 7.2 - The Rotation Of A Rigid BodyChapter 7.3 - TorqueChapter 7.4 - Gravitational Torque And The Center Of GravityChapter 7.5 - Rotational Dynamics And Moment Of InertiaChapter 7.7 - Rolling MotionChapter 8 - Equilibrium And ElasticityChapter 8.1 - Torque And Static EquilibriumChapter 8.2 - Stability And BalanceChapter 8.3 - Springs And Hooke's LawChapter 8.4 - Stretching And Compressing MaterialsChapter 9 - MomentumChapter 9.1 - ImpulseChapter 9.2 - Momentum And The Impulsemomentum TheoremChapter 9.3 - Solving Impulse And Momentum ProblemsChapter 9.4 - Conservation Of MomentumChapter 9.5 - Inelastic CollisionsChapter 9.6 - Momentum And Collisions In Two DimensionsChapter 10 - Energy And WorkChapter 10.1 - The Basic Energy ModelChapter 10.2 - WorkChapter 10.3 - Kinetic EnergyChapter 10.4 - Potential EnergyChapter 10.5 - Thermal EnergyChapter 10.6 - Using The Law Of Conservation Of EnergyChapter 10.7 - Energy In CollisionsChapter 10.8 - PowerChapter 11 - Using EnergyChapter 11.1 - Transforming EnergyChapter 11.2 - Energy In The BodyChapter 11.3 - Temperature, Thermal Energy And HeatChapter 11.4 - The First Law Of ThermodynamicsChapter 11.5 - Heat EnginesChapter 11.6 - Heat Pumps, Refrigerators, And Air ConditionersChapter 11.7 - Entropy And The Second Law Of ThermodynamicsChapter 12 - Thermal Properties Of MatterChapter 12.1 - The Atomic Model Of MatterChapter 12.2 - The Atomic Model Of An Ideal GasChapter 12.3 - Ideal-gases ProcessesChapter 12.4 - Thermal ExpansionChapter 12.5 - Specific Heat And Heat Of TransformationChapter 12.6 - CalorimetryChapter 12.8 - Heat TransferChapter 13 - FluidsChapter 13.1 - Fluids And DensityChapter 13.2 - PressureChapter 13.3 - Measuring And Using PressureChapter 13.4 - BuoyancyChapter 13.5 - Fluids In MotionChapter 13.6 - Fluid DynamicsChapter 13.7 - Viscosity And Poiseuille's EquationChapter 14 - OscillationsChapter 14.1 - Equilibrium And OscillationChapter 14.2 - Linear Restoring Forces And Simple Harmonic MotionChapter 14.3 - Describing Simple Harmonic MotionChapter 14.4 - Energy In Simple Harmonic MotionChapter 14.5 - Pendulum MotionChapter 14.6 - Damped OscillationsChapter 15 - Traveling Waves And SoundChapter 15.1 - The Wave ModelChapter 15.2 - Traveling WavesChapter 15.3 - Graphical And Mathematical Descriptions OfwavesChapter 15.4 - Sound And Light WavesChapter 15.5 - Energy And IntensityChapter 15.6 - Loudness Of SoundChapter 15.7 - The Doppler Effect And Shock WavesChapter 16 - Superposition And Standing WavesChapter 16.1 - The Principle Of SuperpositionChapter 16.2 - Standing WavesChapter 16.3 - Standing Waves On A StringChapter 16.4 - Standing Sound WavesChapter 16.5 - Speech And HearingChapter 16.6 - The Interference Of Waves From Two SourcesChapter 16.7 - BeatsChapter 17 - Wave OpticsChapter 17.1 - What Is Light?Chapter 17.2 - The Interference Of LightChapter 17.3 - The Diffraction GratingChapter 17.4 - Thin-film InterferenceChapter 17.5 - Single-slit DiffractionChapter 18 - Ray OpticsChapter 18.1 - The Ray Model Of LightChapter 18.2 - ReflectionChapter 18.3 - RefractionChapter 18.5 - Thin Lenses: Ray TracingChapter 18.6 - Image Formation With Spherical MirrorsChapter 18.7 - The Thin-lens EquationChapter 19 - Optical InstrumentsChapter 19.1 - The CameraChapter 19.2 - The Human EyeChapter 19.3 - The MagnifierChapter 19.4 - The MicroscopeChapter 19.6 - Color And DispersionChapter 19.7 - Resolution Of Optical InstrumentsChapter 20 - Electric Fields And ForcesChapter 20.1 - Charges And ForcesChapter 20.2 - Charges, Atoms, And MoleculesChapter 20.3 - Coulomb's LawChapter 20.4 - The Concept Of The Electric FieldChapter 20.5 - Applications Of The Electric FieldChapter 20.6 - Conductors And Electric FieldsChapter 21 - Electrical PotentialChapter 21.1 - Electric Potential Energy And The Electric PotentialChapter 21.3 - Electric Potential And Conservation Of EnergyChapter 21.4 - Calculating The Electric PotentialChapter 21.5 - Connecting Potential And FieldChapter 21.7 - Capacitance And CapacitorsChapter 21.8 - Energy And CapacitorsChapter 22 - Current And ResistanceChapter 22.2 - Defining And Describing CurrentChapter 22.3 - Batteries And EmfChapter 22.4 - Connecting Potential And CurrentChapter 22.5 - Ohm's Law And Resistor CircuitsChapter 22.6 - Energy And PowerChapter 23 - CircuitsChapter 23.1 - Circuit Elements And DiagramsChapter 23.2 - Kirchhoff's LawsChapter 23.3 - Series And Parallel CircuitsChapter 23.4 - Measuring Voltage And CurrentChapter 23.5 - More Complex CircuitsChapter 23.6 - Capacitors In Parallel And SeriesChapter 23.7 - Rc CircuitsChapter 23.8 - Electricity In The Nervous SystemChapter 24 - Magnetic Fields And ForcesChapter 24.1 - MagnetismChapter 24.2 - The Magnetic FieldChapter 24.3 - Electric Currents Also Create Magnetic FieldsChapter 24.4 - Calculating The Magnetic Field Due To A CurrentChapter 24.5 - Magnetic Fields Exert Forces On Moving ChargesChapter 24.6 - Magnetic Fields Exert Forces On CurrentsChapter 24.7 - Magnetic Fields Exert Torques On DipolesChapter 24.8 - Magnets And Magnetic MaterialsChapter 25 - Electromagnetic Induction And Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25.2 - Motional EmfChapter 25.3 - Magnetic FluxChapter 25.4 - Faraday's LawChapter 25.5 - Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25.6 - The Photon Model Of Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25.7 - The Electromagnetic SpectrumChapter 26 - Ac ElectricityChapter 26.1 - Alternating CurrentChapter 26.2 - Ac Electricity And TransformersChapter 26.3 - Household ElectricityChapter 26.4 - Biological Effects And Electrical SafetyChapter 26.5 - Capacitor CircuitsChapter 26.6 - Inductors And Inductor CircuitsChapter 26.7 - Oscillation CircuitsChapter 27 - RelativityChapter 27.2 - Galilean RelativityChapter 27.4 - Events And MeasurementsChapter 27.5 - The Relativity Of SimultaneityChapter 27.6 - Time DilationChapter 27.7 - Length ContractionChapter 27.8 - Velocities Of Objects In Special RelativityChapter 27.9 - Relativistic MomentumChapter 27.10 - Relativistic EnergyChapter 28 - Quantum PhysicsChapter 28.1 - X Rays And X-ray DiffractionChapter 28.2 - The Photoelectric EffectChapter 28.3 - PhotonsChapter 28.4 - Matter WavesChapter 28.5 - Energy Is QuantizedChapter 28.6 - Energy Levels And Quantum JumpsChapter 28.7 - The Uncertainty PrincipleChapter 29 - Atoms And MoleculesChapter 29.1 - SpectroscopyChapter 29.2 - AtomsChapter 29.3 - Bohr's Model Of Atomic QuantizationChapter 29.4 - The Bohr Hydrogen AtomChapter 29.5 - The Quantum-mechanical Hydrogen AtomChapter 29.6 - Multielectron AtomsChapter 29.7 - Excited States And SpectraChapter 30 - Nuclear PhysicsChapter 30.1 - Nuclear StructureChapter 30.2 - Nuclear StabilityChapter 30.3 - Forces And Energy In The NucleusChapter 30.4 - Radiation And RadioactivityChapter 30.5 - Nuclear Decay And Half-livesChapter 30.6 - Medical Applications Of Nuclear Physics

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