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Maximize your course success by making the most of what Serway/Jewett's PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, Tenth Edition, has to offer. From a host of in-text features to a range of outstanding technology resources, you'll have everything you need to understand the natural forces and principles of physics. New context-rich exercises, Think-Pair-Share problems and MCAT-style passage problems enable you to put what you learn into practice. Also available, WebAssign is the world's easiest to use homework system. Throughout every chapter, the authors have built in a wide range of examples, exercises and illustrations that will help you understand the laws of physics AND succeed in your course!

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Systems of Measurement
Page 1
1-1. Units
Page 2
1-2. Conversion of Units
Page 4
1-3. Dimensions of Physical Quantities
Page 5
1-4. Scientific Notation
Page 6
1-5. Significant Figures and Orders of Magnitude
Page 7
Summary
Page 10
Essay. The Fermi Solution
Page 11
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 15
Part 1. Mechanics
Page 19
Chapter 2. Motion in One Dimension
Page 20
2-1. Speed, Displacement, and Velocity
Page 21
2-2. Instantaneous Velocity
Page 24
2-3. Acceleration
Page 27
2-4. Motion with Constant Acceleration
Page 30
2-5. Integration
Page 37
Summary
Page 39
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 40
Chapter 3. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Page 47
3-1. The Displacement Vector and Vector Addition
Page 48
3-2. Addition of Vectors by Components
Page 50
3-3. Unit Vectors and Multiplication of Vectors by Scalars
Page 53
3-4. The Velocity Vector
Page 54
3-5. The Acceleration Vector
Page 56
3-6. Relative Velocity
Page 57
3-7. Projectile Motion
Page 58
3-8. Circular Motion
Page 65
Summary
Page 69
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 70
Chapter 4. Newton's Laws I
Page 77
4-1. Newton's First Law: The Law of Inertia
Page 78
4-2. Force, Mass, and Newton's Second Law
Page 80
4-3. The Force Due to Gravity: Weight
Page 83
4-4. Newton's Third Law
Page 86
4-5. Forces in Nature
Page 88
4-6. Applications to Problem Solving
Page 92
Summary
Page 99
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 100
Chapter 5. Newton's Laws II
Page 107
5-1. Friction
Page 107
5-2. Drag Forces
Page 116
5-3. Problems with Two or More Objects
Page 117
5-4. Pseudoforces
Page 121
5-5. Numerical Methods
Page 124
Summary
Page 127
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 128
Chapter 6. Work and Energy
Page 135
6-1. Work and Kinetic Energy: Motion in One Dimension with Constant Forces
Page 136
6-2. Work Done by a Variable Force
Page 140
6-3. Work and Energy in Three Dimensions and the Dot Product
Page 143
6-4. Work and Energy for Particle Systems: Potential Energy
Page 148
6-5. Potential Energy and Equilibrium in One Dimension
Page 152
6-6. The Conservation of Mechanical Energy
Page 155
6-7. The Generalized Work-Energy Theorem
Page 161
6-8. The Conservation of Energy
Page 166
6-9. Power
Page 169
Summary
Page 171
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 173
Chapter 7. Systems of Particles and Conservation of Momentum
Page 182
7-1. The Center of Mass
Page 183
7-2. Motion of the Center of Mass of a System
Page 187
7-3. The Conservation of Momentum
Page 190
7-4. The Center-of-Mass Reference Frame
Page 194
7-5. Kinetic Energy of a System of Particles
Page 195
7-6. Collisions in One Dimension
Page 198
7-7. Collisions in Three Dimensions
Page 206
7-8. Impulse and Time Average of a Force
Page 210
7-9. Jet Propulsion
Page 213
Summary
Page 216
Essay. Discovery of the Neutrino
Page 218
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 221
Chapter 8. Rotation
Page 227
8-1. Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration
Page 228
8-2. Torque and Moment of Inertia
Page 231
8-3. Rotational Kinetic Energy
Page 236
8-4. Calculating the Moment of Inertia
Page 238
8-5. Angular Momentum
Page 242
8-6. Rolling Objects
Page 249
8-7. The Vector Nature of Rotation and the Cross Product
Page 255
8-8. Motion of a Gyroscope
Page 260
8-9. Static and Dynamic Imbalance
Page 262
Summary
Page 263
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 265
Chapter 9. Static Equilibrium of a Rigid Body
Page 275
9-1. Conditions for Equilibrium
Page 275
9-2. The Center of Gravity
Page 278
9-3. Some Examples of Static Equilibrium
Page 280
9-4. Couples
Page 284
9-5. Stability of Equilibrium
Page 285
Summary
Page 287
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 288
Chapter 10. Gravity
Page 295
10-1. Kepler's Laws
Page 295
10-2. Newton's Law of Gravity
Page 299
10-3. Measurement of the Universal Gravitational Constant
Page 305
10-4. Gravitational and Inertial Mass
Page 307
10-5. Escaping the Earth
Page 308
10-6. Potential Energy, Total Energy, and Orbits
Page 313
10-7. The Gravitational Field of a Spherical Shell and a Solid Sphere
Page 316
Summary
Page 320
Essay. Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Page 322
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 326
Chapter 11. Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
Page 331
11-1. Density
Page 331
11-2. Stress and Strain
Page 333
11-3. Pressure in a Fluid
Page 336
11-4. Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
Page 340
11-5. Surface Tension and Capillarity
Page 344
11-6. Fluids in Motion and Bernoulli's Equation
Page 346
11-7. Viscous Flow
Page 351
Summary
Page 354
Essay. Aerodynamics of Bicycling
Page 356
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 360
Part 2. Oscillations and Waves
Page 367
Chapter 12. Oscillations
Page 368
12-1. Simple Harmonic Motion: A Mass on a Spring
Page 369
12-2. Simple Harmonic Motion and Circular Motion
Page 376
12-3. Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
Page 377
12-4. An Object on a Vertical Spring
Page 380
12-5. Pendulums
Page 382
12-6. General Motion near Equilibrium
Page 386
12-7. Damped Oscillations
Page 388
12-8. Driven Oscillations and Resonance
Page 392
Summary
Page 395
Essay. Chaos: An Orderly Disorder
Page 397
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 403
Chapter 13. Waves on a String
Page 409
13-1. Wave Pulses
Page 410
13-2. Speed of Waves
Page 414
13-3. Harmonic Waves
Page 416
13-4. Energy Transmitted by Waves
Page 417
13-5. Superposition and Interference of Harmonic Waves
Page 419
13-6. Standing Waves
Page 420
13-7. The Superposition of Standing Waves
Page 427
13-8. The Wave Equation (Optional)
Page 429
Summary
Page 431
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 433
Chapter 14. Sound
Page 439
14-1. Speed of Sound Waves
Page 440
14-2. Harmonic Sound Waves
Page 442
14-3. Waves in Three Dimensions: Intensity
Page 445
14-4. Interference: Beats
Page 449
14-5. Standing Sound Waves
Page 454
14-6. Harmonic Analysis and Synthesis
Page 458
14-7. Wave Packets and Dispersion
Page 460
14-8. Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction
Page 461
14-9. The Doppler Effect
Page 464
Summary
Page 469
Essay. Seismic Waves
Page 472
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 477
Part 3. Thermodynamics
Page 485
Chapter 15. Temperature
Page 486
15-1. The Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Scales
Page 487
15-2. Gas Thermometers and the Absolute Temperature Scale
Page 490
15-3. Thermal Expansion
Page 493
15-4. The Ideal-Gas Law
Page 496
15-5. The Molecular Interpretation of Temperature: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Page 500
15-6. The van der Waals Equation and Liquid-Vapor Isotherms
Page 506
15-7. Phase Diagrams
Page 508
Summary
Page 511
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 512
Chapter 16. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Page 517
16-1. Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
Page 518
16-2. Change of Phase and Latent Heat
Page 522
16-3. The Transfer of Thermal Energy
Page 525
16-4. The First Law of Thermodynamics
Page 534
16-5. The Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
Page 537
16-6. Work and the PV Diagram for a Gas
Page 539
16-7. Heat Capacities and the Equipartition Theorem
Page 542
16-8. Quasi-Static Adiabatic Expansion of a Gas
Page 547
Summary
Page 550
Essay. The Earth's Energy Balance and Global Warming
Page 553
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 557
Chapter 17. The Availability of Energy
Page 563
17-1. Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Page 564
17-2. Refrigerators and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Page 568
17-3. Equivalence of the Heat-Engine and Refrigerator Statements
Page 569
17-4. The Carnot Engine
Page 569
17-5. The Heat Pump
Page 575
17-6. Entropy and Disorder
Page 576
17-7. Entropy and Probability
Page 582
Summary
Page 584
Essay. Exponential Growth and Decay
Page 586
Suggestions for Further Reading, Review, Problems
Page 590
Appendix
A. Review of Mathematics
Page AP-1
B. SI Units
Page AP-21
C. Numerical Data
Page AP-22
D. Conversion Factors
Page AP-25
E. Periodic Table of the Elements
Page AP-27
Illustration Credits
Page IC-1
Answers to True-False and Odd-Numbered Problems
Page A-1
Index
Page I-1

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