College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Randy Knight taught introductory physics for 32 years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Physics. Randy received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California—Berkeley. He 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, under the mentorship of Professor Leonard Jossem, 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, Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, and now to this book. Randy’s research interests are in the fields of lasers, 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. 
 
Brian Jones has won several teaching awards at Colorado State University during his 25 years teaching in the Department of Physics. His teaching focus in recent years has been the College Physics class, including writing problems for the MCAT exam and helping students review for this test. In 2011, Brian was awarded the Robert A. Millikan Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers for his work as director of the Little Shop of Physics, a hands-on science outreach program. He is actively exploring the effectiveness of methods of informal science education and how to extend these lessons to the college classroom. Brian has been invited to give workshops on techniques of science instruction throughout the United States and in Belize, Chile, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Mexico, and Slovenia. Brian and his wife Carol have dozens of fruit trees and bushes in their yard, including an apple tree that was propagated from a tree in Isaac Newton’s garden.
 
Stuart Field has been interested in science and technology his whole life. While in school he built telescopes, electronic circuits, and computers. After attending Stanford University, he earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, where he studied the properties of materials at ultralow temperatures. After completing a postdoctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he held a faculty position at the University of Michigan. Currently at Colorado State University, Stuart teaches a variety of physics courses, including algebra-based introductory physics, and was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Knight’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Stuart maintains an active research program in the area of superconductivity. Stuart enjoys Colorado's great outdoors, where he is an avid mountain biker; he also plays in local ice hockey leagues.

I.  FORCE AND MOTION

1. Representing Motion

2. Motion in One Dimension

3. Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions

4. Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion

5. Applying Newton’s Laws

6. Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity

7. Rotational Motion

8. Equilibrium and Elasticity

II. CONSERVATION LAWS

9. Momentum

10. Energy and Work

11. Using Energy

III. PROPERTIES OF MATTER

12. Thermal Properties of Matter

13. Fluids

IV. OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES

14. Oscillations

15. Traveling Waves and Sound

16. Superposition and Standing Waves

V. OPTICS

17. Wave Optics

18. Ray Optics

19. Optical Instruments

VI. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

20. Electric Fields and Forces

21. Electrical Potential

22. Current and Resistance

23. Circuits

24. Magnetic Fields and Forces

25. Electromagnetic Induction and Electromagnetic Waves

26. AC Electricity

VII. MODERN PHYSICS

27. Relativity

28. Quantum Physics

29. Atoms and Molecules

30. Nuclear Physics

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