Physics, Book by Alan Giambattista (Hardcover)

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Physics

byAlan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

Hardcover | February 17, 2009

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Why study physics?

1.2 Talking physics

1.3 The use of mathematics

1.4 Scientific notation and significant figures

1.5 Units

1.6 Dimensional analysis

1.7 Problem-solving techniques

1.8 Approximation

1.9 Graphs

PART ONE: MECHANICS

Chapter 2: Motion Along a Line

2.1 Understanding motion

2.2 Position and displacement

2.3 Velocity: rate of change of position

2.4 Acceleration: rate of change of velocity

2.5 Motion along a line with a constant acceleration

2.6 Visualizing motion along a line with a constant acceleration

2.7 Free fall

Chapter 3: Motion in a Plane

3.1 Graphical addition and subtraction of vectors

3.2 Vector addition and subtraction using components

3.3 Velocity

3.4 Acceleration

3.5 Motion in a plane with constant acceleration

3.6 Velocity is relative; reference frames

Chapter 4: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion

4.1 Force

4.2 Inertia and equilibrium: Newton's first law of motion

4.3 Net force, mass, and acceleration: Newton's second law of motion

4.4 Interaction pairs: Newton's third law of motion

4.5 Gravitational forces

4.6 Contact forces

4.7 Tension

4.8 Applying Newton's second law

4.9 Reference frames

4.10 Apparent weight

4.11 Air resistance

4.12 Fundamental forces

Chapter 5: Circular Motion

5.1 Description of uniform circular motion

5.2 Centripetal acceleration

5.3 Banked curves

5.4 Circular orbits

5.5 Nonuniform circular motion

5.6 Angular acceleration

5.7 Artificial gravity

Chapter 6: Conservation of Energy

6.1 The law of conservation of energy

6.2 Work done by a constant force

6.3 Kinetic energy

6.4 Gravitational potential energy (1)

6.5 Gravitational potential energy (2)

6.6 Work done by variable forces: Hooke's Law

6.7 Elastic potential energy

6.8 Power

Chapter 7: Linear Momentum

7.1 A vector conservation law

7.2 Momentum

7.3 The impulse-momentum theorem

7.4 Conservation of momentum

7.5 Center of mass

7.6 Motion of the center of mass

7.7 Collisions in one dimension

7.8 Collisions in two dimensions