Physics for scientists and engineers : a strategic approach (with modern physics) / Randall D. Knight

Includes index.

pt. 1. Newton's laws : Concepts of motion -- Kinematics in one dimension -- Vectors and coordinate systems -- Kinematics in two dimensions -- Force and motion -- Dynamics I: motion along a line -- Newton's third law -- Dynamics II: motion in a plane -- pt. 2. Conservation laws: Impulse and momentum -- Energy -- Work -- pt. 3. Applications of Newtonian mechanics: . Rotation of a rigid body -- Newton's theory of gravity -- Oscillations -- Fluids and elasticity -- pt. 4. Thermodynamics : A macroscopic description of matter -- Work, heat, and the first law of thermodynamics -- The micro/macro connection -- Heat engines and refrigerators -- pt. 5. Waves and optics: Traveling waves -- Superposition -- Wave optics -- Ray optics -- Optical instruments -- pt. 6. Electricity and magnetism: Electric charges and forces -- The electric field -- Gauss's law -- The electric potential -- Potential and field -- Current and resistance ; Fundamentals of circuits -- The magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction -- Electromagnetic fields and waves -- AC circuits -- pt. 7. Relativity and quantum physics: Relativity -- Appendices : mathematics review -- Periodic table of Elements -- atomic and nuclear data -- activPhysics online activities and PhET simulations

As the most widely adopted new physics book in more than 50 years, Knight’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers was published to widespread critical acclaim from professors and students. In the Third Edition, Knight builds on the research-proven instructional techniques he introduced in the first and second editions, as well as national data of student performance, to take student learning even further.