02025pamaa2200217 4500 0000046595 20100121090000.0 100121 eng 9780132321105 (pbk.) 530 GIA 2008 QC21.2 GIA 2008 Giancoli Physics : for scientists and engineers Douglas C. Giancoli. 4th ed (International ed). New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2008. xix, 10163p. (A-63): col.ill.; 27cm. AUP Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Mechanics -- Describing motion -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- Dynamics -- Using Newton's laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium -- Fluids, vibrations, waves, sound -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Kinetic theory and thermodynamics -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and faraday's Law -- Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Lenses and optical instruments -- The wave nature of light -- Diffraction and polarization -- Modern physics -- Special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum mechanics of atoms -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- Nuclear energy -- Elementary particles -- Astrophysics and cosmology Physics www.pearsonhighered.com