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Author Browne, Michael E

Title Schaum's outlines of physics for engineering and science / Michael E. Browne
Edition 3rd ed
Published New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 427 pages) : illustrations
Series Schaum's outline series
Schaum's outline series.
Contents 1. Review of mathematics -- Symbols, scientific notation, and significant figures -- Algebra -- Geometry and trigonometry -- Vectors -- Series and approximations -- Calculus -- 2. Measurement and physics -- Units -- Unit conversion -- Order-of-magnitude estimates -- 3. Motion in one dimension -- Displacement and velocity -- Instantaneous velocity and acceleration -- constant acceleration -- Freely falling bodies -- Summary of key equations -- 4. Motion in a plane -- Position, velocity, and acceleration -- Constant acceleration -- Projectiles -- Uniform circular motion -- Relative motion -- Summary of key equations -- 5. Newton's laws of motion -- Applications of Newton's laws -- Summary of key equations -- 6. Circular motion -- Centripetal force -- Summary of key equations -- 7. Work and energy -- Work -- Kinetic energy -- Power -- Summary of key equations -- 8. Potential energy and conservation of energy -- Potential energy -- Energy conservation and friction -- Potential energy of a spring -- Machines -- Summary of key equations -- 9. Linear momentum and collisions -- Linear momentum -- Impulse -- Collisions in one dimension -- The center of mass -- Rockets -- Summary of key equations -- 10. Rotational motion -- Angular variables -- Rotational kinetic energy -- Moment of inertia calculations -- Torque -- Rolling -- Rotational work and power -- Summary of key equations -- 11. Angular momentum -- Angular momentum and torque -- Precession -- 12. Statics and elasticity -- Rotational equilibrium -- Elasticity -- Summary of key equations
13. Oscillations -- Simple harmonic motion -- Energy and SHM -- SHM and circular motion -- Pendulum -- Damped oscillations and forced oscillations -- Summary of key equations -- 14. Gravity -- The Law of Gravity -- Gravitational potential energy -- The motion of planets -- Summary of key equations -- 15. Fluids -- Pressure in a fluid -- Buoyancy -- Fluid flow -- Bernoulli's Equation -- Summary of key equations -- 16. Waves and sounds -- Transverse mechanical waves -- Speed and energy transfer for string waves -- Superposition of waves -- Standing waves -- Sound waves -- Standing sound waves -- Beats -- The Doppler Effect -- Summary of key equations -- 17. Temperature, heat, and heat transfer -- Temperature -- Thermal expansion -- Heat and thermal energy -- Heat capacity and latent heat -- Heat transfer -- Summary of key equations -- 18. The kinetic theory of gases -- The Ideal Gas Law -- Molecular basis of pressure and temperature -- The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution -- Molar specific heat and adiabatic process -- Summary of key equations -- 19. The First and Second laws of thermodynamics -- The Carnot engine -- The gasoline engine -- Refrigerators and heat pumps -- Entropy -- Summary of key equations -- 20. Electric fields -- Properties of electric charge -- The electric field -- Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field -- Electric field of a continuous charge distribution -- Summary of key equations -- 21. Gauss' Law -- Electric flux and Gauss' Law -- Applications of Gauss' Law -- Summary of key equations -- 22. Electric potential -- Electric potential and potential energy -- Electric potential of a point charge -- Finding the field from the potential -- Potential of continuous charge distributions -- Potential of a charged conductor -- Summary of key equations -- 23. Capacitance -- Calculation of capacitance -- Combinations of capacitors -- Energy storage in capacitors -- Dielectrics -- Summary of key equations -- 24. Current and resistance -- Electric current -- Resistance, resistivity, and Ohm's Law -- Electric power and Joule heating -- Summary of key equations
25. Direct current circuits -- Resistors in series and parallel -- Multiloop circuits -- RC circuits -- Summary of key equations -- 26. Magnetic fields -- The magnetic field -- Motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field -- Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire -- Torque on a current loop -- Summary of key equations -- 27. Sources of the magnetic field -- Magnetic fields due to currents -- Ampere's Law -- Summary of key equations -- 28. Electromagnetic induction and inductance -- Faraday's Law -- Motional EMF -- Inductance -- Energy storage in a magnetic field -- Magnetic materials -- RLC circuits -- Summary of key equations -- 29. Alternating current circuits -- Transformers -- Single elements in ac Circuits -- Resonance in ac Circuits -- Summary of key equations -- 30. Electromagnetic waves -- Maxwell's Equations and the Wave Equation -- Energy and radiation pressure -- Polarization -- Reflection and refraction of light -- Total internal reflection -- Summary of key equations -- 31. Mirrors and lenses -- Plane mirrors -- Spherical mirrors -- Thin lenses -- Optical instruments -- Summary of key equations -- 32. Interference -- Double slit interference -- Multiple slit interference and phasors -- Interference in thin films -- The Michelson Interferometer -- Summary of key equations -- 33. Diffraction -- Single slit diffraction -- Resolution and diffraction -- The diffraction grating -- Summary of key equations -- 34. Special relativity -- The basic postulates -- Simultaneity -- The Lorentz Transformation Equations -- Time dilation -- Length contraction -- Relativistic velocity transformation -- Relativistic momentum and force -- Relativistic energy -- The Doppler Effect for light -- Summary of key equations -- 35. Atoms and photons -- The photoelectric effect -- The Compton Effect -- Atomic spectra and Bohr's model of the atom -- Summary of key equations -- 36. Quantum mechanics -- De Broglie waves -- Electron diffraction -- The Schrödinger Equation -- A particle in a box -- A particle in a finite well and tunneling -- The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle -- Spin angular momentum -- The Quantum Theory of Hydrogen -- The Pauli Exclusion Principle -- The Periodic Table -- Summary of key equations -- 37. Nuclear physics -- Properties of the nucleus -- Nuclear stability and binding energy -- Radioactivity -- Radioactive decay processes -- Nuclear reactions -- Fission -- Nuclear fusion -- Summary of key equations
Summary "More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you: 788 fully solved problems; succinct review of physics topics such as motion, energy, fluids, waves, heat, and magnetic fields; and support for all the major textbooks for physics for engineering and science courses."
Notes Print version ©2013
Includes index
Cover image and table of contents, viewed on October 28, 2013
Subject Physics -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Measurement -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Motion -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Centripetal force -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Force and energy -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Momentum (Mechanics) -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Rotational motion -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Statics -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Elasticity -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Oscillations -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Gravity -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Fluids -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Sound-waves -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Heat -- Transmission -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Kinetic theory of gases -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Thermodynamics -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Electricity -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Magnetic fields -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Electromagnetism -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Diffraction -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Atomic theory -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Quantum theory -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Nuclear physics -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Atomic theory
Centripetal force
Diffraction
Elasticity
Electricity
Electromagnetism
Fluids
Force and energy
Gravity
Heat -- Transmission
Kinetic theory of gases
Magnetic fields
Measurement
Momentum (Mechanics)
Motion
Nuclear physics
Oscillations
Physics
Quantum theory
Rotational motion
Sound-waves
Statics
Thermodynamics
Genre/Form syllabi.
outlines (documents)
Outlines and syllabi
Outlines and syllabi.
Résumés et programmes.
Form Electronic book
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Other Titles Physics for engineering and science
Schaum's outline of physics for engineering and science