Physics principles with applications - Giancoli, Douglas C. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice Hall, 1991)
Introduction -- Describing motion: kinematics in one dimension -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions; vectors -- Motion and force: dynamics -- Circular motion: gravitation -- Work and energy -- Linear momentum -- Rational motion -- Bodies in equilibrium: elasticity and fracture -- Fluids -- Vibrations and waves -- Sound -- Temperature and kinetic theory -- Heat -- First and second laws of thermodynamics -- Electric charge and electric field -- Electric potential and electric energy -- Electric currents -- DC circuits and instruments -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law; as circuits -- Electromagnetic waves -- Light: Geometric optics -- Wave nature of light -- Optical instruments -- Special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum mechanics of atoms -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- Nuclear energy; effects and uses of radiation -- Elementary particles -- Astrophysics and cosmology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Physics