Fundamentals Of Physics : Student Companion, 6/e 6th Edition (English, Paperback, Halliday)
No other book on the market today can match the success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics! In a breezy, easy-to-understand style the book offers a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving. The extended edition provides coverage of developments in Physics in the last 100 years, including: Einstein and Relativity, Bohr and others and Quantum Theory, and the more recent theoretical developments like String Theory. This book offers a unique combination of authoritative content and stimulating applications.
Contents same as US/UK editions.
Table of Contents
Overview I: Mechanics
Chapter 1: Measurement
Chapter 2: Motion Along a Straight Line
Chapter 3: Vectors
Chapter 4: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Chapter 5: Force and Motion - I
Chapter 6: Force and Motion - II
Chapter 7: Kinetic Energy and Work
Chapter 8: Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
Chapter 9: Systems of Particles
Chapter 10: Collisions
Chapter 11: Rotation
Chapter 12: Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum
Chapter 13: Equilibrium and Elasticity
Chapter 14: Gravitation
Chapter 15: Fluids
Chapter 16: Oscillations
Chapter 17: Waves - I
Chapter 18: Waves - II
Overview II: Thermodynamics
Chapter 19: Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Chapter 20: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Chapter 21: Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Overview III: Electricity and Magnetism
Chapter 22: Electric Charge
Chapter 23: Electric Fields
Chapter 24: Gauss' Law
Chapter 25: Electric Potential
Chapter 26: Capacitance
Chapter 27: Current and Resistance
Chapter 28: Circuits
Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields
Chapter 30: Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
Chapter 31: Induction and Inductance
Chapter 32: Magnetism of Matter; Maxwell's Equations
Chapter 33: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current
Chapter 34: Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 35: Images
Chapter 36: Interference
Chapter 37: Diffraction
Overview IV: Modern Physics
Chapter 38: Relativity
Chapter 39: Photons and Matter Waves
Chapter 40: More About Matter Waves
Chapter 41: All About Atoms
Chapter 42: Conduction of Electricity in Solids
Chapter 43: Nuclear Physics
Chapter 44: Energy from the Nucleus
Chapter 45: Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang
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