Physics for Scientists and Engineers

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Hallmark features of this title

• A consistent 4-step approach provides a problem-solving framework throughout the book. Detailed problem-solving strategies for different topics and categories of problems are developed and built on the 4-step framework.
• Worked examples follow the 4-step strategy and include careful explanations of the underlying, and often unstated, reasoning.
• Tactics Boxes give step-by-step procedures for developing specific skills (drawing free-body diagrams, using ray tracing, etc.).
• Advanced topics as optional sections further expands instructors’ options.
• Visual chapter summaries consolidate understanding by providing each concept in words, math, and figures, organized in a vertical hierarchy–from General Principles (top) to Applications (bottom).

A research-driven approach, fine-tuned for even greater ease-of-use and student success

For the Fourth Edition of Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Knight continues to build on strong research-based foundations with fine-tuned and streamlined content, hallmark features, and an even more robust MasteringPhysics program, taking student learning to a new level. By extending problem-solving guidance to include a greater emphasis on modeling and significantly revised and more challenging problem sets, students gain confidence and skills in problem solving. A modified Table of Contents and the addition of advanced topics now accommodate different teaching preferences and course structures.

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0133953149 9780133953145 Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics Plus MasteringPhysics with eText — Access Card Package, (Chs 1 — 42), 4/e

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Complete version: Chapters 1-42 includes 6 chapters of modern physics. This title is also available as 3 separate volumes:

• Volume 1: Chapters 1-21
• Volume 2: Chapters 22-36
• Volume 3: Chapters 36-42

I. NEWTON’S LAWS

1. Concepts of Motion
2. Kinematics in One Dimension
3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems
4. Kinematics in Two Dimensions
5. Force and Motion
6. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line
7. Newton’s Third Law
8. Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane

II.CONSERVATION LAWS

1. Work and Kinetic Energy
2. Interactions and Potential Energy
3. Impulse and Momentum

III. APPLICATIONS OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

1. Rotation of a Rigid Body
2. Newton’s Theory of Gravity
3. Fluids and Elasticity

IV. OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES

1. Oscillations
2. Traveling Waves
3. Superposition

V. THERMODYNAMICS

1. A Macroscopic Description of Matter
2. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
3. The Micro/Macro Connection
4. Heat Engines and Refrigerators

VI. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

1. Electric Charges and Forces
2. The Electric Field
3. Gauss’s Law
4. The Electric Potential
5. Potential and Field
6. Current and Resistance
7. Fundamentals of Circuits
8. The Magnetic Field
9. Electromagnetic Induction
10. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
11. AC Circuits

VII. OPTICS

1. Wave Optics
2. Ray Optics
3. Optical Instruments

VIII. RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM PHYSICS

1. Relativity
2. The Foundations of Modern Physics
3. Quantization
4. Wave Functions and Uncertainty
5. One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
6. Atomic Physics
7. Nuclear Physics

New and updated features of this title

• Model boxes enhance the text’s emphasis on modeling by analyzing a complex, real-world situation in terms of simple but reasonable idealizations that can be applied over and over in solving problems. This approach helps students recognize when and how to use recurring models.
• Looking Back Pointers enable students to look back at a previous chapter when it’s important to review concepts. Pointers provide the specific section to consult at the exact point in the text where they need to use this material.
• REVISED: Enhanced Chapter Previews address the questions students are most likely to ask themselves while studying the material for the first time.

About our author

Randy Knight taught introductory physics for 32 years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic University; where he is Professor Emeritus of Physics. Professor Knight received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California; Berkeley and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. It was at Ohio State that he began to learn about the research in physics education that; many years later; led to Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching and this book; as well as College Physics: A Strategic Approach; co-authored with Brian Jones and Stuart Field. Professor Knight’s research interests are in the field of laser spectroscopy and environmental science. When he’s not in front of a computer; you can find Randy hiking; sea kayaking; playing the piano; or spending time with his wife Sally and their six cats.

For courses in introductory calculus-based physics.

 

A research-driven approach, fine-tuned for even greater ease-of-use and student success

For the Fourth Edition of Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Knight continues to build on strong research-based foundations with fine-tuned and streamlined content, hallmark features, and an even more robust MasteringPhysics program, taking student learning to a new level. By extending problem-solving guidance to include a greater emphasis on modeling and significantly revised and more challenging problem sets, students gain confidence and skills in problem solving. A modified Table of Contents and the addition of advanced topics now accommodate different teaching preferences and course structures.

 

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