Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science

This book will save you time as you master the basics taught in first-year, calculus-based college physics courses. You'll firmly grasp the all-important building blocks needed for every physical science and all branches of engineering. The many problems included with guided solutions make this potentially daunting subject much easier. Additional problems with answers give you a chance to reinforce what you've learned and gauge your progress as you go. This next-best thing to a private tutor makes especially clear the topics most students find most difficult. It's ideal for independent study, brushup before an exam, or preparation for the MED-CAT and GRE.

Measurements and Vectors.Motion in One Dimension.Motion in Two Dimensions.The Laws of Motion.Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws.Work and Energy.Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy.Linear Momentum and Collisions.Rotation of a Rigid Body About a Fixed Axis.Angular Momentum and Torque As a Vector Quantities.Static Equilibrium of a Rigid Body.Oscillatory Motion.The Law of Universal Gravitation.Mechanics of Solids and Fluids.Wave Motion.Sound Waves.Superposition and Standing Waves.Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and Ideal Gases.Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics.The Kinetic Theory of Gases.Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynmics.Electric Fields.Gauss' Law.Electric Potential.Capacitance and Dielectrics.Current and Resistance.Direct Current Circuits.Magnetic Fields.Sources of the Magnetic Field.Faraday's Law.Inductance.Alternating Current Circuits.Electromagnetic Waves.The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics.Geometric Optics.Interference of Light Waves.Diffraction and Polarization.Special Theory of Relativity.Introduction to Quantum Physics.Quantum Mechanics.Atomic Physics.Molecules and Solids.Nuclear Structure.Nuclear Physics Applications and Elementary Particles.