Physics for Global Scientists and Engineers (Volume 1) 2e & Physics for Global Scientists and Engineers (Volume 2) 2e both with Online Study Tools

Volume 1

Part I: Mechanics

1. Physics and measurement

2. Motion in one dimension

3. Motion in two dimensions

4. The laws of motion

5. Real-world applications of Newton’s laws

Case study 1

6. Work, force and energy

7. Conservation of energy

8. Linear momentum and collisions

9. Rotational motion

10. Energy and momentum in rotating systems

11. Gravity

12. Special relativity

Case study 2

Part II: Mechanical properties of solids and fluids

13. Fluid statics

Case study 3

14. Fluid dynamics

15. Solids

Part III: Oscillations and mechanical waves

16. Oscillatory motion

17. Wave motion

18. Superposition and interference

Case study 4

Part IV: Thermodynamics

19. Heat and temperature

20. Energy transfer processes and thermodynamics

21. The kinetic theory of gases

22. The second law of thermodynamics, heat engines and entropy

Case study 5





Volume 2

Part V: Electricity and magnetism

23. Electric fields

24. Gauss’s law

25. Electric potential

26. Energy and capacitance

27. Current and resistance

Case study 6

28. Direct-current circuits

29. Magnetic fields

30. Magnetic forces

31. Faraday’s law

32. Inductance

33. Alternating-current circuits

34. Electromagnetic waves

Case study 7

Part VI: Light and optics

35. The nature of light and the principles of ray optics

36. Image formation

37. Wave optics

38. Diffraction patterns and polarisation

Case study 8

Part VII: Quantum physics

39. Quantisation and wave-particle duality

40. Introduction to quantum mechanics

41. Atomic physics

42. Quantum physics of molecules and solids

43. Nuclei and radioactivity

44. Particle physics

Case study 9