University Physics with Modern Physics (Third Edition)

For instructors looking to engage students and enhance their problem-solving skills, choosing Bauer/Westfall’s University Physics, 3e, offers student-friendly, accessible content, tools, and resources that develop high-level problem-solving and critical thinking skills. University Physics with Modern Physics weaves exciting, contemporary physics throughout the text with coverage of the most recent research by the authors and others in areas such as energy, medicine, and the environment. These contemporary topics are explained in a way that your students will find real, interesting, and motivating. The new edition of University Physics with Modern Physics is also available in McGraw Hill Connect, featuring SmartBook 2.0, Virtual Labs for Physics, and more! Cover Page Numerical Constants Unit Conversion Factors Title Page Copyright Page Brief Contents About the Authors A Note from the Authors Contents How to Use This Book Connect Page Digital Resources Acknowledgments Changes Since the Second Edition The Big Picture Part 1: Mechanics of Point Particles 1 Overview 2 Motion in a Straight Line 3 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions 4 Force 5 Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power 6 Potential Energy and Energy Conservation 7 Momentum and Collisions Part 2: Extended Objects, Matter, and Circular Motion 8 Systems of Particles and Extended Objects 9 Circular Motion 10 Rotation 11 Static Equilibrium 12 Gravitation 13 Solids and Fluids Part 3: Oscillations and Waves 14 Oscillations 15 Waves 16 Sound Part 4: Thermal Physics 17 Temperature 18 Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics 19 Ideal Gases 20 The Second Law of Thermodynamics Part 5: Electricity 21 Electrostatics 22 Electric Fields and Gauss’s Law 23 Electric Potential 24 Capacitors 25 Current and Resistance 26 Direct Current Circuits Part 6: Magnetism 27 Magnetism 28 Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges 29 Electromagnetic Induction 30 Alternating Current Circuits 31 Electromagnetic Waves Part 7: Optics 32 Geometric Optics 33 Lenses and Optical Instruments 34 Wave Optics Part 8: Relativity and Quantum Physics 35 Relativity 36 Quantum Physics 37 Quantum Mechanics 38 Atomic Physics 39 Elementary Particle Physics 40 Nuclear Physics Appendix A: Mathematics Primer Appendix B: Element Properties Answers to Selected Questions and Problems Index