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KNOWLEDGE FOR GENERATIONS

WILEY - KNOWLEDGE FOR GENERATIONS

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General Physics, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-471-52278-2
Hardcover
912 pages
January 1991
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  • Table of Contents
THE GENERAL LAWS OF MOTION.

Motion in a Straight Line.

Motion in Two Dimensions.

Newton's Laws of Motions.

Statics.

Circular Motion.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN MECHANICS.

Work, Energy, and Power.

Linear and Angular Momentum.

Elastic Properties of Materials.

Vibrational Motion.

HEAT.

Temperature and the Behavior of Gases.

Thermodynamics.

Thermal Properties of Matter.

FLUIDS.

The Mechanics of Nonviscous Fluids.

Viscous Fluid Flow.

Cohesive Forces in Liquids.

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.

Electric Forces, Fields, and Potentials.

Direct Currents.

Nerve Conduction.

Magnetism.

Induced Currents and Fields.

WAVE MOTION.

The Description of Wave Motion.

Sound.

Wave Properties of Light.

Mirrors, Lenses, and Imaging Systems.

MODERN PHYSICS.

Special Relativity.

Particle Properties of Light: The Photon.

Wave Properties of Matter.

ATOMS AND MOLECULES.

Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure.

The Structure of Matter.

THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS.

Nuclear Physics.

Ionizing Radiation.

Appendices.

Answers to Odd Numbered Exercises and Problems.

Index.