Physics for Scientists and EngineersFor 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 on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics. |
Contents
PREFACE | xv |
NOTES TO STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS | xxi |
KINEMATICS IN | 14 |
Copyright | |
68 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
acceleration Ampère's law amplitude angle angular momentum Assume atoms axis ball battery body Calculate capacitor Chapter charge Q circuit coil collision conductor constant Coulomb's law density Determine diagram diffraction dipole direction displacement distance earth electric field electrons equal equation example exerted field lines FIGURE flow fluid frequency friction Gauss's law gravity heat horizontal inductor inertia kinetic energy km/h length lens light longitudinal wave loop m/s² m₁ m₂ magnetic field magnitude mass maximum molecules moment of inertia motion moving Newton's second law object oscillating parallel particle path perpendicular plane plates position potential energy pressure Problem R₁ R₂ radius rays reference frame resistance resistor right-hand rule rotation Section shown in Fig slit SOLUTION speed spring surface T₁ T₂ temperature torque traveling tube V₁ V₂ vector velocity vertical voltage wave wavelength wire zero