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Physics for Scientists and Engineers 3rd edition

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Richard Wolfson and Jay M. Pasachoff
Publisher: Addison Wesley

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Table of Contents

  • 1: Doing Physics (22)
  • 2: Motion in a Straight Line (37)
  • 3: The Vector Description of Motion (25)
  • 4: Motion in More Than One Dimension (35)
  • 5: Force and Motion (44)
  • 6: Using Newton's Laws (42)
  • 7: Work, Energy, and Power (32)
  • 8: Conservation of Energy (49)
  • 9: Gravitation (30)
  • 10: Systems of Particles (20)
  • 11: Collisions (29)
  • 12: Rotational Motion (32)
  • 13: Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum (31)
  • 14: Static Equilibrium (20)
  • 15: Oscillatory Motion (36)
  • 16: Wave Motion (40)
  • 17: Sound and Other Wave Phenomena (27)
  • 18: Fluid Motion (26)
  • 19: Temperature and Heat (27)
  • 20: The Thermal Behavior of Matter (24)
  • 21: Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics (17)
  • 22: The Second Law of Thermodynamics (15)
  • 23: Electric Charge, Force, and Field (42)
  • 24: Gauss's Law (48)
  • 25: Electric Potential (43)
  • 26: Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors (46)
  • 27: Electric Current (46)
  • 28: Electric Circuits (51)
  • 29: The Magnetic Field (46)
  • 30: Sources of the Magnetic Field (50)
  • 31: Electromagnetic Induction (43)
  • 32: Inductance and Magnetic Energy (36)
  • 33: Alternating-Current Circuits (37)
  • 34: Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves (48)
  • 35: Reflection and Refraction (29)
  • 36: Image Formation and Optical Instruments (32)
  • 37: Interference and Diffraction (38)
  • 38: Relativity (23)
  • 39: Inside Atoms and Nuclei (12)
  • 39X: Alternate Chapter 39 (42)
  • 40: Quantum Mechanics of Atoms (11)
  • 41: Molecules and Solids (13)
  • 42: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
  • 43: Nuclear Energy: Effects and Uses of Radiation (25)
  • 44: Elementary Particles (8)
  • 45: Astrophysics and Cosmology (12)

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Chapter 1: Doing Physics
P 22 02 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 16 18 20 22 25 28 29 31 32 36 43 44
Chapter 2: Motion in a Straight Line
P 31 01 04 05 06 09 10 11 12 13 16 18 20 26 28 30 33 36 48 50 51 52 56 60 62 64 68 70 71 72 88 92
Q 6 02 05 10 13 14 18
Chapter 3: The Vector Description of Motion
P 25 01 02 03 04 11 12 17 20 26 28 30 32 35 40 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 57 58 66 68
Chapter 4: Motion in More Than One Dimension
P 27 03 07 14 15 16 17 18 27 28 29 38 40 42 43 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 64 66 68 71 79
Q 8 01 04 09 10 12 18 19 21
Chapter 5: Force and Motion
P 35 01 02 03 04 06 08 10 12 14 17 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 30 34 35 36 38 41 42 43 44 46 49 52 60 61 62 70 74
Q 9 03 06 07 09 10 14 19 23 26
Chapter 6: Using Newton's Laws
P 37 02 03 06 07 08 10 12 13 15 18 19 21 26 27 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 40 41 43 46 49 50 51 53 57 63 65 66 68 70 72 76
Q 6 02 09 15 16 18 23
Chapter 7: Work, Energy, and Power
P 28 01 03 04 05 07 08 14 19 20 24 26 31 34 41 43 46 47 48 50 51 54 56 57 58 61 64 77 80
Q 4 08 09 17 18
Chapter 8: Conservation of Energy
P 44 01 02 05 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 17 20 21 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 34 35 36 38 39 40 44 45 46 48 49 51 52 53 54 58 61 62 64 68 73 74 79
Q 5 05 11 14 15 17
Chapter 9: Gravitation
P 24 01 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 17 18 21 22 28 32 37 39 42 48 56 57 60 61 62
Q 6 03 04 05 08 17 22
Chapter 10: Systems of Particles
P 18 01 02 06 14 16 19 22 23 26 29 37 38 39 42 46 48 54 62
Q 2 03 19
Chapter 11: Collisions
P 26 02 03 04 06 08 12 15 16 17 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 36 38 44 51 56 58 61 63 71 72
Q 3 08 10 15
Chapter 12: Rotational Motion
P 28 02 04 06 07 10 12 13 14 16 18 20 23 24 26 38 40 42 46 50 52 54 56 60 62 64 66 68 74
Q 4 01 03 06 07
Chapter 13: Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
P 27 01 05 06 11 12 16 19 20 21 22 24 27 30 32 33 36 37 38 39 40 42 49 50 51 52 58 60
Q 4 01 10 13 15
Chapter 14: Static Equilibrium
P 20 10 12 13 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 36 41 42 43 44 45 50 55 60
Chapter 15: Oscillatory Motion
P 30 04 05 06 07 12 13 14 17 19 21 22 26 34 36 38 39 40 41 42 47 48 49 50 53 60 62 63 64 65 69
Q 6 03 05 14 15 17 20
Chapter 16: Wave Motion
P 31 02 03 06 08 11 12 14 15 16 19 20 22 24 29 30 34 36 38 39 40 41 42 49 51 52 56 60 61 64 67 70
Q 9 01 02 06 10 16 17 21 22 23
Chapter 17: Sound and Other Wave Phenomena
P 26 04 06 12 13 16 17 20 23 27 33 34 35 37 38 39 44 45 47 48 54 56 59 60 63 64 68
Q 4 04 14 16 19
Chapter 18: Fluid Motion
P 25 01 04 05 11 12 14 18 22 25 26 28 30 32 34 36 39 40 43 44 51 52 56 57 58 61
Q 1 02
Chapter 19: Temperature and Heat
P 27 09 10 12 13 16 17 21 22 26 28 29 30 32 34 36 38 40 45 46 48 51 52 54 55 56 60 63
Chapter 20: The Thermal Behavior of Matter
P 22 01 04 06 10 12 14 16 17 21 25 28 31 37 40 45 46 50 52 54 55 58 60
Q 2 01 09
Chapter 21: Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
P 17 01 04 06 08 12 14 15 16 18 20 27 29 32 34 36 54 55
Chapter 22: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
P 15 08 12 16 17 18 25 28 32 33 36 39 44 47 56 58
Chapter 23: Electric Charge, Force, and Field
E 2 02 05
P 33 02 03 04 06 07 09 10 11 14 16 17 18 19 25 27 28 30 31 32 37 43 44 47 50 51 52 53 56 57 58 59 63 66
Q 7 02 03 05 07 10 11 15
Chapter 24: Gauss's Law
E 2 03 07
P 30 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 28 36 38 39 44 48 50 51 52
Q 16 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 10 14 18 19 20 21 22 23
Chapter 25: Electric Potential
E 2 01 03
P 29 01 03 04 06 08 09 10 12 13 16 18 20 22 27 28 29 30 31 33 36 38 43 44 47 49 53 54 55 58
Q 12 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 12 17 18
Chapter 26: Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors
E 2 02 04
P 28 01 06 10 12 16 17 18 19 20 22 28 31 34 37 40 44 45 46 50 52 54 61 62 64 65 66 75 77
Q 17 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 15 17 18 21 22
Chapter 27: Electric Current
E 1 06
P 33 02 03 05 06 07 08 10 11 12 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 27 30 33 35 38 39 41 42 43 45 47 48 50 51 52 55 65
Q 12 01 03 04 05 06 07 10 14 15 16 18 19
Chapter 28: Electric Circuits
E 1 04
P 32 01 02 04 05 06 08 10 11 12 13 14 17 20 22 23 24 26 30 34 39 40 41 42 43 45 47 48 49 51 53 55 70
Q 18 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 10 12 13 18 19 20 22 23 24 26 27
Chapter 29: The Magnetic Field
E 2 03 07
P 32 01 02 03 04 05 06 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 25 28 30 33 35 36 38 39 40 42 45 47 50 51 53 63 64
Q 12 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 11 12 13 18 21
Chapter 30: Sources of the Magnetic Field
E 2 03 06
P 33 01 02 04 05 10 11 12 13 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 28 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 40 41 44 45 46 48 52 53 54
Q 15 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 16 17 19
Chapter 31: Electromagnetic Induction
E 1 03
P 26 01 02 03 04 05 06 10 12 13 14 15 18 19 21 24 25 26 27 29 33 36 38 39 40 41 42
Q 16 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 23 24
Chapter 32: Inductance and Magnetic Energy
E 1 01
P 22 01 04 06 11 12 14 16 18 20 21 24 27 28 31 35 36 38 39 41 44 46 52
Q 13 01 02 03 05 06 07 09 10 12 13 14 15 17
Chapter 33: Alternating-Current Circuits
E 2 02 03
P 25 02 04 05 06 08 10 14 18 20 21 24 26 30 32 33 34 40 42 46 47 53 58 59 60 80
Q 10 01 02 05 06 07 12 13 14 22 23
Chapter 34: Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
P 34 01 02 05 06 07 08 09 12 14 15 16 19 20 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 34 36 39 40 45 46 47 51 52 53 54 58 62
Q 14 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 14 15 17 18
Chapter 35: Reflection and Refraction
P 22 02 04 05 09 10 11 14 17 18 19 22 24 26 27 28 29 30 34 36 37 40 44
Q 7 03 04 08 11 14 15 17
Chapter 36: Image Formation and Optical Instruments
P 22 01 02 03 04 05 07 09 10 12 13 15 17 21 22 26 28 29 42 46 51 54 56
Q 10 01 02 03 06 09 11 13 16 20 22
Chapter 37: Interference and Diffraction
E 2 06 08
P 27 01 04 05 06 07 10 11 12 13 14 18 19 25 26 27 28 35 38 50 51 53 54 55 56 58 59 60
Q 9 01 02 08 09 11 12 13 14 15
Chapter 38: Relativity
P 19 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 18 22 32 34 36 38 40 42 46 49 50
Q 4 02 03 05 09
Chapter 39: Inside Atoms and Nuclei
P 11 06 10 15 16 20 24 28 30 34 39 40
Q 2 05 13
Chapter 39X: Alternate Chapter 39
E 1 03
P 31 02 06 07 08 10 14 15 16 20 22 24 28 30 34 39 40 41 42 44 45 47 48 50 51 52 56 58 60 65 74 77
Q 10 01 02 05 06 07 10 12 13 15 18
Chapter 40: Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
P 11 02 04 05 08 12 13 15 20 26 27 42
Chapter 41: Molecules and Solids
P 12 02 08 10 12 16 17 24 30 38 39 47 50
Q 1 18
Chapter 42: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
42 0  
Chapter 43: Nuclear Energy: Effects and Uses of Radiation
P 20 04 05 06 08 12 13 19 20 21 25 28 32 36 38 40 42 50 52 56 65
Q 5 04 08 09 18 20
Chapter 44: Elementary Particles
P 5 02 04 07 15 37
Q 3 01 02 04
Chapter 45: Astrophysics and Cosmology
P 12 01 03 05 06 08 11 14 15 18 20 26 28
Total 1447  

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