Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Extended Version Chapters 1-46 (with PhysicsNow and InfoTrac)

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This best-selling, calculus-based text is recognized for its carefully crafted, logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of physics. PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, Sixth Edition, maintains the Serway traditions of concise writing for the students, carefully thought-out problem sets and worked examples, and evolving educational pedagogy. This edition introduces a new co-author, Dr. John Jewett, at Cal Poly ? Pomona, known best for his teaching awards and his role in the recently published PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS, Third Edition, also written with Ray Serway. Providing students with the tools they need to succeed in introductory physics, the Sixth Edition of this authoritative text features unparalleled media integration and a newly enhanced supplemental package for instructors and students!

Mechanics	p. 1
Physics and Measurement	p. 2
Standards of Length, Mass, and Time	p. 4
Matter and Model Building	p. 7
Density and Atomic Mass	p. 9
Dimensional Analysis	p. 10
Conversion of Units	p. 12
Estimates and Order-of-Magnitude Calculations	p. 13
Significant Figures	p. 15
Motion in One Dimension	p. 23
Position, Velocity, and Speed	p. 24
Instantaneous Velocity and Speed	p. 28
Acceleration	p. 31
Motion Diagrams	p. 34
One-Dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration	p. 36
Freely Falling Objects	p. 40
Kinematic Equations Derived from Calculus	p. 44
General Problem-Solving Strategy	p. 47
Vectors	p. 58
Coordinate Systems	p. 59
Vector and Scalar Quantities	p. 60
Some Properties of Vectors	p. 61
Components of a Vector and Unit Vectors	p. 65
Motion in Two Dimensions	p. 77
The Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Vectors	p. 78
Two-Dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration	p. 80
Projectile Motion	p. 83
Uniform Circular Motion	p. 91
Tangential and Radial Acceleration	p. 94
Relative Velocity and Relative Acceleration	p. 96
The Laws of Motion	p. 111
The Concept of Force	p. 112
Newton's First Law and Inertial Frames	p. 114
Mass	p. 116
Newton's Second Law	p. 116
The Gravitational Force and Weight	p. 119
Newton's Third Law	p. 120
Some Applications of Newton's Laws	p. 122
Forces of Friction	p. 131
Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws	p. 150
Newton's Second Law Applied to Uniform Circular Motion	p. 151
Nonuniform Circular Motion	p. 157
Motion in Accelerated Frames	p. 159
Motion in the Presence of Resistive Forces	p. 162
Numerical Modeling in Particle Dynamics	p. 167
Energy and Energy Transfer	p. 181
Systems and Environments	p. 182
Work Done by a Constant Force	p. 183
The Scalar Product of Two Vectors	p. 186
Work Done by a Varying Force	p. 188
Kinetic Energy and the Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem	p. 193
The Nonisolated System--Conservation of Energy	p. 196
Situations Involving Kinetic Friction	p. 199
Power	p. 203
Energy and the Automobile	p. 205
Potential Energy	p. 217
Potential Energy of a System	p. 218
The Isolated System--Conservation of Mechanical Energy	p. 220
Conservative and Nonconservative Forces	p. 228
Changes in Mechanical Energy for Nonconservative Forces	p. 229
Relationship Between Conservative Forces and Potential Energy	p. 234
Energy Diagrams and Equilibrium of a System	p. 236
Linear Momentum and Collisions	p. 251
Linear Momentum and Its Conservation	p. 252
Impulse and Momentum	p. 256
Collisions in One Dimension	p. 260
Two-Dimensional Collisions	p. 267
The Center of Mass	p. 270
Motion of a System of Particles	p. 274
Rocket Propulsion	p. 277
Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis	p. 292
Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration	p. 293
Rotational Kinematics: Rotational Motion with Constant Angular Acceleration	p. 296
Angular and Linear Quantities	p. 297
Rotational Kinetic Energy	p. 300
Calculation of Moments of Inertia	p. 302
Torque	p. 306
Relationship Between Torque and Angular Acceleration	p. 307
Work, Power, and Energy in Rotational Motion	p. 312
Rolling Motion of a Rigid Object	p. 316
Angular Momentum	p. 336
The Vector Product and Torque	p. 337
Angular Momentum	p. 339
Angular Momentum of a Rotating Rigid Object	p. 343
Conservation of Angular Momentum	p. 345
The Motion of Gyroscopes and Tops	p. 350
Angular Momentum as a Fundamental Quantity	p. 351
Static Equilibrium and Elasticity	p. 362
The Conditions for Equilibrium	p. 363
More on the Center of Gravity	p. 365
Examples of Rigid Objects in Static Equilibrium	p. 366
Elastic Properties of Solids	p. 373
Universal Gravitation	p. 389
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation	p. 390
Measuring the Gravitational Constant	p. 393
Free-Fall Acceleration and the Gravitational Force	p. 394
Kepler's Laws and the Motion of Planets	p. 396
The Gravitational Field	p. 401
Gravitational Potential Energy	p. 403
Energy Considerations in Planetary and Satellite Motion	p. 405
Fluid Mechanics	p. 420
Pressure	p. 421
Variation of Pressure with Depth	p. 423
Pressure Measurements	p. 426
Buoyant Forces and Archimedes's Principle	p. 427
Fluid Dynamics	p. 431
Bernoulli's Equation	p. 433
Other Applications of Fluid Dynamics	p. 436
Oscillations and Mechanical Waves	p. 451
Oscillatory Motion	p. 452
Motion of an Object Attached to a Spring	p. 453
Mathematical Representation of Simple Harmonic Motion	p. 454
Energy of the Simple Harmonic Oscillator	p. 462
Comparing Simple Harmonic Motion with Uniform Circular Motion	p. 465
The Pendulum	p. 468
Damped Oscillations	p. 471
Forced Oscillations	p. 472
Wave Motion	p. 486
Propagation of a Disturbance	p. 487
Sinusoidal Waves	p. 491
The Speed of Waves on Strings	p. 496
Reflection and Transmission	p. 499
Rate of Energy Transfer by Sinusoidal Waves on Strings	p. 501
The Linear Wave Equation	p. 503
Sound Waves	p. 512
Speed of Sound Waves	p. 513
Periodic Sound Waves	p. 515
Intensity of Periodic Sound Waves	p. 516
The Doppler Effect	p. 522
Digital Sound Recording	p. 528
Motion Picture Sound	p. 532
Superposition and Standing Waves	p. 543
Superposition and Interference	p. 544
Standing Waves	p. 549
Standing Waves in a String Fixed at Both Ends	p. 552
Resonance	p. 558
Standing Waves in Air Columns	p. 559
Standing Waves in Rods and Membranes	p. 563
Beats: Interference in Time	p. 564
Nonsinusoidal Wave Patterns	p. 566
Thermodynamics	p. 579
Temperature	p. 580
Temperature and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics	p. 581
Thermometers and the Celsius Temperature Scale	p. 583
The Constant-Volume Gas Thermometer and the Absolute Temperature Scale	p. 584
Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids	p. 586
Macroscopic Description of an Ideal Gas	p. 591
Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 604
Heat and Internal Energy	p. 605
Specific Heat and Calorimetry	p. 607
Latent Heat	p. 611
Work and Heat in Thermodynamic Processes	p. 615
The First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 618
Some Applications of the First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 619
Energy Transfer Mechanisms	p. 623
The Kinetic Theory of Gases	p. 640
Molecular Model of an Ideal Gas	p. 641
Molar Specific Heat of an Ideal Gas	p. 646
Adiabatic Processes for an Ideal Gas	p. 649
The Equipartition of Energy	p. 650
The Boltzmann Distribution Law	p. 654
Distribution of Molecular Speeds	p. 655
Mean Free Path	p. 658
Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 667
Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 669
Heat Pumps and Refrigerators	p. 671
Reversible and Irreversible Processes	p. 673
The Carnot Engine	p. 675
Gasoline and Diesel Engines	p. 679
Entropy	p. 683
Entropy Changes in Irreversible Processes	p. 687
Entropy on a Microscopic Scale	p. 690
Electricity and Magnetism	p. 705
Electric Fields	p. 706
Properties of Electric Charges	p. 707
Charging Objects by Induction	p. 709
Coulomb's Law	p. 711
The Electric Field	p. 715
Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution	p. 719
Electric Field Lines	p. 723
Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field	p. 725
Gauss's Law	p. 739
Electric Flux	p. 740
Gauss's Law	p. 743
Application of Gauss's Law to Various Charge Distributions	p. 746
Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium	p. 750
Formal Derivation of Gauss's Law	p. 752
Electric Potential	p. 762
Potential Difference and Electric Potential	p. 763
Potential Differences in a Uniform Electric Field	p. 765
Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges	p. 768
Obtaining the Value of the Electric Field from the Electric Potential	p. 772
Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions	p. 774
Electric Potential Due to a Charged Conductor	p. 778
The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment	p. 781
Applications of Electrostatics	p. 782
Capacitance and Dielectrics	p. 795
Definition of Capacitance	p. 796
Calculating Capacitance	p. 797
Combinations of Capacitors	p. 802
Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor	p. 807
Capacitors with Dielectrics	p. 810
Electric Dipole in an Electric Field	p. 815
An Atomic Description of Dielectrics	p. 817
Current and Resistance	p. 831
Electric Current	p. 832
Resistance	p. 835
A Model for Electrical Conduction	p. 841
Resistance and Temperature	p. 843
Superconductors	p. 844
Electrical Power	p. 845
Direct Current Circuits	p. 858
Electromotive Force	p. 859
Resistors in Series and Parallel	p. 862
Kirchhoff's Rules	p. 869
RC Circuits	p. 873
Electrical Meters	p. 879
Household Wiring and Electrical Safety	p. 880
Magnetic Fields	p. 894
Magnetic Fields and Forces	p. 896
Magnetic Force Acting on a Current-Carrying Conductor	p. 900
Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field	p. 904
Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field	p. 907
Applications Involving Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field	p. 910
The Hall Effect	p. 914
Sources of the Magnetic Field	p. 926
The Biot-Savart Law	p. 927
The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors	p. 932
Ampere's Law	p. 933
The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid	p. 938
Magnetic Flux	p. 940
Gauss's Law in Magnetism	p. 941
Displacement Current and the General Form of Ampere's Law	p. 942
Magnetism in Matter	p. 944
The Magnetic Field of the Earth	p. 953
Faraday's Law	p. 967
Faraday's Law of Induction	p. 968
Motional emf	p. 973
Lenz's Law	p. 977
Induced emf and Electric Fields	p. 981
Generators and Motors	p. 982
Eddy Currents	p. 986
Maxwell's Equations	p. 988
Inductance	p. 1003
Self-Inductance	p. 1004
RL Circuits	p. 1006
Energy in a Magnetic Field	p. 1011
Mutual Inductance	p. 1013
Oscillations in an LC Circuit	p. 1015
The RLC Circuit	p. 1020
Alternating Current Circuits	p. 1033
AC Sources	p. 1033
Resistors in an AC Circuit	p. 1034
Inductors in an AC Circuit	p. 1038
Capacitors in an AC Circuit	p. 1041
The RLC Series Circuit	p. 1043
Power in an AC Circuit	p. 1047
Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit	p. 1049
The Transformer and Power Transmission	p. 1052
Rectifiers and Filters	p. 1054
Electromagnetic Waves	p. 1066
Maxwell's Equations and Hertz's Discoveries	p. 1067
Plane Electromagnetic Waves	p. 1069
Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves	p. 1074
Momentum and Radiation Pressure	p. 1076
Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna	p. 1079
The Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves	p. 1080
Light and Optics	p. 1093
The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics	p. 1094
The Nature of Light	p. 1095
Measurements of the Speed of Light	p. 1096
The Ray Approximation in Geometric Optics	p. 1097
Reflection	p. 1098
Refraction	p. 1102
Huygens's Principle	p. 1107
Dispersion and Prisms	p. 1109
Total Internal Reflection	p. 1111
Fermat's Principle	p. 1114
Image Formation	p. 1126
Images Formed by Flat Mirrors	p. 1127
Images Formed by Spherical Mirrors	p. 1131
Images Formed by Refraction	p. 1138
Thin Lenses	p. 1141
Lens Aberrations	p. 1152
The Camera	p. 1153
The Eye	p. 1155
The Simple Magnifier	p. 1159
The Compound Microscope	p. 1160
The Telescope	p. 1162
Interference of Light Waves	p. 1176
Conditions for Interference	p. 1177
Young's Double-Slit Experiment	p. 1177
Intensity Distribution of the Double-Slit Interference Pattern	p. 1182
Phasor Addition of Waves	p. 1184
Change of Phase Due to Reflection	p. 1188
Interference in Thin Films	p. 1189
The Michelson Interferometer	p. 1194
Diffraction Patterns and Polarization	p. 1205
Introduction to Diffraction Patterns	p. 1206
Diffraction Patterns from Narrow Slits	p. 1207
Resolution of Single-Slit and Circular Apertures	p. 1214
The Diffraction Grating	p. 1217
Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals	p. 1224
Polarization of Light Waves	p. 1225
Modern Physics	p. 1243
Relativity	p. 1244
The Principle of Galilean Relativity	p. 1246
The Michelson-Morley Experiment	p. 1248
Einstein's Principle of Relativity	p. 1250
Consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity	p. 1251
The Lorentz Transformation Equations	p. 1262
The Lorentz Velocity Transformation Equations	p. 1264
Relativistic Linear Momentum and the Relativistic Form of Newton's Laws	p. 1267
Relativistic Energy	p. 1268
Mass and Energy	p. 1272
The General Theory of Relativity	p. 1273
Introduction to Quantum Physics	p. 1284
Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis	p. 1285
The Photoelectric Effect	p. 1291
The Compton Effect	p. 1297
Photons and Electromagnetic Waves	p. 1300
The Wave Properties of Particles	p. 1301
The Quantum Particle	p. 1304
The Double-Slit Experiment Revisited	p. 1307
The Uncertainty Principle	p. 1309
Quantum Mechanics	p. 1321
An Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics	p. 1322
A Particle in a Box	p. 1326
The Particle Under Boundary Conditions	p. 1330
The Schrodinger Equation	p. 1331
A Particle in a Well of Finite Height	p. 1334
Tunneling Through a Potential Energy Barrier	p. 1336
The Scanning Tunneling Microscope	p. 1340
The Simple Harmonic Oscillator	p. 1341
Atomic Physics	p. 1351
Atomic Spectra of Gases	p. 1352
Early Models of the Atom	p. 1355
Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom	p. 1356
The Quantum Model of the Hydrogen Atom	p. 1361
The Wave Functions for Hydrogen	p. 1364
Physical Interpretation of the Quantum Numbers	p. 1367
The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table	p. 1374
More on Atomic Spectra: Visible and X-Ray	p. 1380
Spontaneous and Stimulated Transitions	p. 1383
Lasers	p. 1385
Molecules and Solids	p. 1398
Molecular Bonds	p. 1399
Energy States and Spectra of Molecules	p. 1403
Bonding in Solids	p. 1411
Free-Electron Theory of Metals	p. 1415
Band Theory of Solids	p. 1418
Electrical Conduction in Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors	p. 1420
Semiconductor Devices	p. 1424
Superconductivity	p. 1430
Nuclear Structure	p. 1440
Some Properties of Nuclei	p. 1441
Nuclear Binding Energy	p. 1447
Nuclear Models	p. 1448
Radioactivity	p. 1452
The Decay Process	p. 1456
Natural Radioactivity	p. 1465
Nuclear Reactions	p. 1465
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging	p. 1467
Applications of Nuclear Physics	p. 1479
Interactions Involving Neutrons	p. 1480
Nuclear Fission	p. 1481
Nuclear Reactors	p. 1483
Nuclear Fusion	p. 1487
Radiation Damage	p. 1495
Radiation Detectors	p. 1497
Uses of Radiation	p. 1500
Particle Physics and Cosmology	p. 1511
The Fundamental Forces in Nature	p. 1512
Positrons and Other Antiparticles	p. 1513
Mesons and the Beginning of Particle Physics	p. 1516
Classification of Particles	p. 1518
Conservation Laws	p. 1520
Strange Particles and Strangeness	p. 1523
Making Particles and Measuring Their Properties	p. 1524
Finding Patterns in the Particles	p. 1527
Quarks	p. 1529
Multicolored Quarks	p. 1532
The Standard Model	p. 1534
The Cosmic Connection	p. 1536
Problems and Perspectives	p. 1542
Tables	p. 1
Conversion Factors	p. 1
Symbols, Dimensions, and Units of Physical Quantities	p. 2
Table of Atomic Masses	p. 4
Mathematics Review	p. 14
Scientific Notation	p. 14
Algebra	p. 15
Geometry	p. 20
Trigonometry	p. 21
Series Expansions	p. 23
Differential Calculus	p. 23
Integral Calculus	p. 25
Propagation of Uncertainty	p. 28
Periodic Table of the Elements	p. 30
SI Units	p. 32
Nobel Prizes	p. 33
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	p. 37
Index	p. 1
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