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title:   Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Vol. 1 (Chs 1-20)
series:   Addison-Wesley
author:   Douglas C. Giancoli
publisher:   Addison-Wesley (E)
cover:   Hardcover
edition:   4
language:   English
total pages:   672
pub.-date:   Mai 2007
ISBN13:   9780132273589
ISBN10:   0-13-227358-6
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Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Vol. 1 (Chs 1-20)

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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 online 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.


Features

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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New to this Edition

 

  • 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 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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    Table of Contents

    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

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