College physics /
Eugene Hecht
- Twelfth edition
- 1 online resource
- Schaum's outline series .
- Schaum's outline series .
Includes index Revision of: Schaum's outline of college physics / Frederick J. Bueche, Eugene Hecht. 11th edition. 2011
Speed, displacement, and velocity: an introduction to vectors -- Uniformly accelerated motion -- Newton's Laws -- Equilibrium under the action of concurrent forces -- Equilibrium of a rigid body under Coplanar Forces -- Work, energy, and power -- Simple machines -- Impulse and momentum -- Angular motion in a plane -- Rigid-body rotation -- Simple harmonic motion and springs -- Density and elasticity -- Fluids at rest -- Fluids in motion -- Thermal expansion -- Ideal gases -- Kinetic theory -- Heat quantities -- Transfer of thermal energy -- First law of thermodynamics -- Entropy and the Second Law -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Coulomb's Law and electric fields -- Electric potential ; capacitance -- Current, resistance, and Ohm's Law -- Electrical power -- Equivalent resistance ; simple circuits -- Kirchhoff's Laws -- Forces in magnetic fields -- Sources of magnetic fields -- Induced EMF ; magnetic flux -- Electric generators and motors -- Inductance ; R-C and R-L time constants -- Alternating current -- Reflection of light -- Refraction of light -- Thin lenses -- Optical instruments -- Interference and diffraction of light -- Special relativity -- Quantum physics and wave mechanics -- The hydrogen atom -- Multielectron atoms -- Subatomic physics -- Applied nuclear physics