Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach

Content: Part I Newton's Laws1. Concepts of Motion2. Kinematics in One Dimension3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems4. Kinematics in Two Dimensions5. Force and Motion6. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line7. Dynamics II: Interacting Objects8. Dynamics III: Motion in a Plane Part II Conservation Laws 9. Impulse and Momentum10. Energy11. Work Part III Applications of Newtonian Mechanics12. Rotation of a Rigid Body 13. Newton's Theory of Gravity14. Oscillations15. Fluids and Elasticity Part IV Thermodynamics 16. A Macroscopic Description of Matter17. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics18. The Micro/Macro Connection19. Heat Engines and Refrigerators Part V Waves and Optics 20.  Traveling Waves21.  Superposition22.  Wave Optics23.  Ray Optics24.  Optical Instruments25.  Modern Optics and Matter Waves Part VI Electricity and Magnetism26.   Electric Charges and Forces27.   The Electric Field28.   Gauss's Law29.   The Electric Potential30.   Potential and Field31.   Current and Conductivity32.   Fundamentals of Circuits33.   The Magnetic Field34.   Electromagnetic Induction35.   Electromagnetic Fields and Waves36.   AC Circuits Part VII Relativity and Quantum Physics37.   Relativity38.   The End of Classical Physics39.   Quantization40.   Wave Functions and Probabilities41.   One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics42.   Atomic Physics43.   Nuclear Physics