Extended Version (Physics for Scientists and Engineers) - Hardcover

Tipler, Paul A.; Mosca, Gene P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0716743892 ISBN 13: 9780716743897

Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

For nearly 30 years, Paul Tipler's Physics for Scientists and Engineers has set the standard for science and engineering students taking introductory physics courses. This Fifth Edition introduces co-author Gene Mosca, resulting in a teaching tool that retains its clarity, precision and rigour, but also offers students the support they need to solve problems strategically and to gain real understanding of physical concepts. - New features include enhanced worked examples including some new 'Plausibility checks' and 'Put it in Context' examples where each chapter contains one or more 'context-rich' worked examples that state the problem indirectly. Drawing on their extensive classroom experiences, the authors identify and address common misconceptions about physics, adding twenty percent new end-of-chapter problems and new Estimation/Approximation Problems to test conceptual understanding. The new edition also includes additional engineering and biological applications, totally revised and expanded solutions and improved photo and artwork to provide a more student friendly approach. - A companion Web site is available at www.whfreeman.com/tipler5e with Online Quizzing and multiple choice quizzes for each of the book's chapters and Mastering the Concept Worked Examples. - For instructors, the site also features the Online Instructor's Resource Manual in pdf format. An Instructor's resource CD-ROM is also available, 0-7167-9839-5. - A Standard Version of the book containing voumesls 1, 2 and the Relativity minichapter is also available at, GBP 34.99, 0-7167-8339-8 - It is also available as three paperbacks: - Vol. 1: Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves, Thermodynamics including the Relativity minichapter.GBP 31.99, 0-7167-8338-X. - Vol. 2: Electricity and Magnetism GBP 31.99, 0-7167-8337-1. - Vol. 3: Elementary Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and The Structure of Matter GBP 23.99, 0-7167-8336-3 - SUPPLEMENTS - Study Guide, Vol. 1, 0-7167-8332-0; Vols. 2 & 3, 0-7167-8331-2 - Student Solutions Manual, Vol. 1, 0-7167-8333-9; Vols. 2 & 3, 0-7167-8334-7 - Instructor's Solutions Manual, Vol. 1, 0-7167-9640-6; Vols. 2 & 3, 0-7167-9639-2 - 150 full-colour Overhead Transparencies, 0-7167-9664-3 - Test Bank CD-ROM, 0-7167-9653-8 (printed: 0-7167-9652-X) - Offers 3,500 multiple choice and new essay questions from the text - approximately 20 percent more questions per chapter. Each question is identified by topic and noted as factual, conceptual, or numerical. - -

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Contents: Volume 1

Systems of Measurement

PART 1: MECHANICS

Motion in One Dimension

Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

Newton's Laws

Applications of Newton's Laws

Work and Energy

Conservation of Energy

Systems of Particles and Conservation of Momentum

Rotation

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Gravity

Static Equilibrium and Elasticity

Fluids

PART 2: OSCILLATIONS, WAVES AND QUANTUM PHYSICS

Oscillations

Wave Motion

Superposition and Standing Waves

Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Physics

PART 3: THERMODYNAMICS

Temperature and the Kinetic Theory of Gases

Heat and the First Law

The Second Law

Thermal Properties and Processes

Volume 2

PART 4: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

The Electric Field: Discrete Charge Distributions

The Electric Field II: Continuous Charge Distributions

Electric Potential

Electrostatic Energy and Capacitance

Electric Current and DC Circuits

Microscopic Theory of Electrical Conduction

The Magnetic Field

Sources of the Magnetic Field

Magnetic Induction

AC Circuits

Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves

PART 5: OPTICS

Properties of Light

Optical Images

Interference and Diffraction

Volume 3

PART 6: MODERN PHYSICS

Applications of the Schrödinger Equation

Atoms

Molecules and Solids

Relativity

Nuclear Physics

Elementary Particles and the Evolution of the Universe

About the Author

PAUL TIPLER formerly taught Physics at Wesleyan University and Oakland University in Michigan. He is also the author of the widely used text Modern Physics 4th edition. - GENE MOSCA teaches at the U.S.Naval Academy and co-authored the study guides for the third and fourth editions of this text.

Edition details

• Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0716743892
• ISBN 13: 9780716743897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1300