For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors).   This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics. The new edition also features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics.   This book is written for students. It aims to explain physics in a readable and interesting manner that is accessible and clear, and to teach students by anticipating their needs and difficulties without oversimplifying.   Physics is a description of reality, and thus each topic begins with concrete observations and experiences that students can directly relate to. We then move on to the generalizations and more formal treatment of the topic. Not only does this make the material more interesting and easier to understand, but it is closer to the way physics is actually practiced.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1   APPLICATIONS LIST xii PREFACE xiv AVAILABLE SUPPLEMENTS AND MEDIA xxii NOTES TO STUDENTS (AND INSTRUCTORS) ON THE FORMAT xxiv COLOR USE: VECTORS, FIELDS, AND SYMBOLS xxv   CHAPTER1: INTRODUCTION, MEASUREMENT, ESTIMATING 1—1 The Nature of Science 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 2: 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 *2—9 Graphical Analysis and Numerical Integration SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 3: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 4: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 5: USING NEWTON’S LAWS: FRICTION, CIRCULAR MOTION, DRAG FORCES 5—1 Applications of Newton’s Laws Involving 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 6: GRAVITATION AND NEWTON’S6 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; Geophysical Applications 6—4 Satellites and “Weightlessness” 6—5 Kepler’s Laws and Newton’s Synthesis *6—6 Gravitational Field 6—7 Types of Forces in Nature *6—8 Principle of Equivalence; Curvature of Space; Black Holes SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 7: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 8: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 9: 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 Two or Three Dimensions 9—8 Center of Mass (CM) 9—9 Center of Mass and Translational Motion *9—10 Systems of Variable Mass; Rocket Propulsion SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 10: 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? SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 11: ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GENERAL ROTATION 11—1 Angular Momentum–Object 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 12: STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; ELASTICITY AND FRACTURE 12—1 The Conditions for Equilibrium 12—2 Solving Statics Problems 12—3 Stability and Balance 12—4 Elasticity; Stress and Strain 12—5 Fracture *12—6 Trusses and Bridges *12—7 Arches and Domes SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 13: 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, TIA *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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 14: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 15: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 16: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 17: 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 18: 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 Van der Waals Equation of State *18—6 Mean Free Path *18—7 Diffusion SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 19: 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 Applying the First Law of Thermodynamics; Calculating the Work 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 20: SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS 20—1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics–Introduction 20—2 Heat Engines 20—3 Reversible and Irreversible Processes; the Carnot Engine 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 Scale; Absolute Zero and the Third Law of Thermodynamics *20—11 Thermal Pollution, Global Warming, and Energy Resources SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 21: 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 *21—13 Photocopy Machines and Computer Printers Use Electrostatics SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 22: 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 Law SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 23: 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 Surfaces 23—6 Electric Dipole Potential 23—7 E Determined from V 23—8 Electrostatic Potential Energy; the Electron Volt 23—9 Cathode Ray Tube: TV and Computer Monitors, Oscilloscope SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 24: CAPACITANCE, DIELECTRICS, ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE 24—1 Capacitors 24—2 Determination of Capacitance 24—3 Capacitors in Series and Parallel 24—4 Electric Energy Storage 24—5 Dielectrics *24—6 Molecular Description of Dielectrics SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 25: ELECTRIC CURRENTS 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: Current Density and Drift Velocity *25—9 Superconductivity *25—10 Electrical Conduction in the Nervous System SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 26: DC CIRCUITS 26-1 EMF and Terminal Voltage 26-2 Resistors in Series and in Parallel 26-3 Kirchoff’s Rules 26-4 EMFs in Series and in Parallel; Charging a Battery 26-5 Circuits Containing Resistor and Capacitor (RC Circuits) 26-6 Electric Hazards *26-7 Ammeters and Voltmeters SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 27: 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 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: Galvanometers, Motors, Loudspeakers 27-7 Discover and Properties of the Electron *27-8 The Hall Effect *27-9 Mass Spectrometer SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 28: 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 Ampere’s Law 28-5 Magnetic Field of a Solenoid and a Toroid 28-6 Biot-Savart Law *28-7 Magnetic materials–Ferromagnetism *28-8 Electromagnets and Solenoids—Applications *28-9 Magnetic Fields in Magnetic Materials; Hysteresis *28-10 Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 29: 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 29-7 A Changing Magnetic Flux Produces an Electric Field *29-8 Applications of Induction: Sound Systems, Computer Memory, Seismograph, GFCI SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 30: INDUCTANCE, ELECTROMAGNETIC OSCILLATIONS, AND AC CIRCUITS 30-1 Mutual Inductance 30-2 Self-Inductance 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 with AC Source 30-8 LRC Series AC Circuit 30-9 Resonance in AC Circuits *30-10 Impedance Matching SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 31: MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES 31-1 Changing Electric Fields Produce Magnetic Fields; Ampere’s Law and 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, 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 32: LIGHT: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION 32-1 The Ray Model of Light 32-2 The Speed of Light and Index of Refraction 32-3 Reflection; Image Formation by a Plane Mirror 32-4 Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors 32-5 Refraction: Snell’s Law 32-6 Visible Spectrum and Dispersion 32-7 Total Internal Reflection; Fiber Optics *32-8 Refraction at a Spherical Surface SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 33: LENSES AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS 33-1 Thin Lenses; Ray Tracing 33-2 The Thin Lens Equation; Magnification 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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 34: THE WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT; INTERFERENCE 34-1 Waves Versus 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 Luminous Intensity SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 35: DIFFRACTION AND POLARIZATION 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 Limits of Resolution; Circular Apertures 35-5 Resolution of Telescopes and Microscopes; the λ Limit *35-6 Resolution of the Human Eye and Useful Magnification 35-7 Diffraction Grating *35-8 The Spectrometer and Spectroscopy *35-9 Peak Widths and Resolving Power for a Diffraction Grating *35-10 X-Rays and X-Ray Diffraction 35-11 Polarization *35-12 Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) *35-13 Scattering of Light by the Atmosphere SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 36: 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 and Mass 36-10 The Ultimate Speed 36-11 Energy and Mass; E=mc2 36-12 Doppler Shift for Light 36-13 The Impact of Special Relativity SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS   CHAPTER 37: EARLY QUANTUM THEORY AND MODELS OF THE ATOM 37-1 Planck’s Quantum Hypothesis 37-2 Photon Theory of Light and the Photoelectric Effect 37-3 Photons and the Compton Effect 37-4 Photon Interactions; Pair Production 37-5 Wave-Particle Duality; the Principle of Complementarity 37-6 Wave Nature of Matter *37-7 Electron Microscopes 37-8 Early Models of the Atom 37-9 Atomic Spectra: Key to the Structure of the Atom 37-10 The Bohr Model 37-11 DeBroglie’s Hypothesis Applied to Atoms SUMMARY QUESTIONS PROBLEMS GENERAL PROBLEMS    
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Pedagogical Features Greater clarity: No topic, no paragraph in this book was overlooked in the search to improve the clarity of the presentation. Many changes and clarifications have been made, both small and not so small. One goal has been to eliminate phrases and sentences that may slow down the principle argument: keep to the essentials at first, give the elaborations later. Color is used pedagogically to bring out the physics. Different types of vectors are given different colors. This book has been printed in 5 colors (5 passes through the presses) to provide better variety and definition for illustrating vectors and other concepts such as fields and rays. The photographs opening each Chapter, some of which have vectors superimposed on them, have been chosen so that the accompanying caption can be a sort of summary of the Chapter. The wide range of Applications have been carefully chosen and integrated into the text so as not to interfere with the development of the physics, but rather to illuminate it.Some serve only as examples of physical principles, some are treated in greater depth. To make it easy to spot the Applications, a Physics Applied marginal note is placed in the margin. A list of Applications shall appear after the Table of Contents. Problem-Solving Marginal Notes are included throughout the Chapters to emphasize key Problem Solving strategies. Problem-Solving Boxes, found throughout the book, outline a step-by-step approach to get students thinking about and involved in the problem at hand. Step-by-Step Examples follow most Problem Solving Boxes with the next Example being worked step-by-step, following the steps of the preceding Problem Solving Box to show students how this tool can be  Estimation Examples help students develop skills for making order-of-magnitude estimates, even when data is scarce, or when you might never have guessed any result was possible.
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• Page Layout Great effort has been made to keep important derivations and arguments on facing pages. Students then don’t have to turn back and forth. [Throughout the book readers see before them, on two facing pages, an important slice of physics.]   • Revised Vector Notation Arrows over boldface symbols (such as ) are now used to denote vectors in text and in art. Provides consistency with the way students write vectors in homework and the way professors write vectors on the board.   • New “Chapter Opening Questions” (COQs) These multiple-choice questions at the beginning of each Chapter immediately engage students with key Chapter concepts, presenting common student misconceptions. Students revisit the COQs later in the Chapter, as an Exercise, to see if their answers have changed. Answers to all Exercises are given at the end of the Chapter.   •New Chapter Contents listing on the Chapter-Opening Page Gives students an overview of Chapter topics without forcing them to turn back to the TOC.            • New “Approach” Steps in worked-out Examples Added to each worked-out Example, the Approach steps help students understand the reasoning behind the method used to solve the problem and answer their questions of "how/where do I start?"    • New “Note” Sections in worked-out Examples Added to many worked-out Examples after the Solution, these Notes sometimes remark on the solution itself, mention an application, or give an alternate approach to solving the problem.    • New Exercises Integrated throughout the Chapters, Exercises give students a chance to check their understanding through practice before they proceed to other topics. [Answers are given at the end of the Chapter.]            • New Caution marginal notes These notes in the margin of the text warn students of common mistakes / misconceptions about the topic at hand.   • New Computer / Numerical Problems In most Chapters, with an optional introduction in Section 2-9, these are optional and often level III Problems grouped together at the end of most Chapters. These problems require a numerical solution, often requiring a computer, spreadsheet, or programmable calculator to do the sums.   New Examples and Applications   New optional Example 1-9 Planck length on this smallest meaningful unit of measurement.  New optional Section 2-9 Graphical Analysis and Numerical Integration, including Example 2-22 Numerical Integration, describing techniques students can use  to solve problems numerically, using a computer or graphing calculator. Problems that use these numerical techniques are found at the end of many Chapters.  New Example 6-10 Lagrange Point L1 explores how to determine the distance to Lagrange Point L1.  Chapters 7 and 8 on Work and Energy were carefully revised including the issue of work done by friction.  Chapters 10 and 11 on Rotational Motion were reorganized such that coverage of Angular Momentum is entirely in Chapter 11.  Chapters 30 and 31 on Inductance and AC Circuits were combined into one Chapter.
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ISBN
9780132275590
Publisert
2008-01-23
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4. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson
Vekt
100 gr
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100 mm
Bredde
100 mm
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100 mm
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P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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1120

Biographical note

Douglas C. Giancoli obtained his BA in physics (summa cum laude) from UC Berkeley, his MS in physics at MIT, and his PhD in elementary particle physics back at the UC Berkeley. He spent 2 years as a post-doctoral fellow at UC Berkeley’s Virus lab developing skills in molecular biology and biophysics. His mentors include Nobel winners Emilio Segrè and Donald Glaser.   He has taught a wide range of undergraduate courses, traditional as well as innovative ones, and continues to update his textbooks meticulously, seeking ways to better provide an understanding of physics for students.   Doug’s favorite spare-time activity is the outdoors, especially climbing peaks. He says climbing peaks is like learning physics: it takes effort and the rewards are great.