No other book on the market today can match the success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics! In a breezy, easy-to-understand style the book offers a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving. The extended edition provides coverage of developments in Physics in the last 100 years, including: Einstein and Relativity, Bohr and others and Quantum Theory, and the more recent theoretical developments like String Theory. This book offers a unique combination of authoritative content and stimulating applications. · Measurement · Motion Along a Straight Line · Vectors · Motion in Two and Three Dimensions · Force and Motion-I · Force and Motion-II · Kinetic Energy and Work · Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy · Systems of Particles · Collisions · Rotation · Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum · Equilibrium and Elasticity · Gravitation · Fluids · Oscillations · Waves-I · Waves-II · Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics · The Kinetic Theory of Gases · Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics · Electric Charge · Electric Fields · Gauss' Law · Electric Potential · Capacitance · Current and Resistance · Circuits · Magnetic Fields · Magnetic Fields Due to Currents · Induction and Inductance · Magnetism of Matter; Maxwell's Equation · Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current · Electromagnetic Waves · Images · Interference · Diffraction · Special Theory of Relativity · Photons and Matter Waves... See more
No other book on the market today can match the success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics! In a breezy, easy-to-understand style the book offers a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving. The extended edition provides coverage of developments in Physics in the last 100 years, including: Einstein and Relativity, Bohr and others and Quantum Theory, and the more recent theoretical developments like String Theory. This book offers a unique combination of authoritative content and stimulating applications. · Measurement · Motion Along a Straight Line · Vectors · Motion in Two and Three Dimensions · Force and Motion-I · Force and Motion-II · Kinetic Energy and Work · Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy · Systems of Particles · Collisions · Rotation · Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum · Equilibrium and Elasticity · Gravitation · Fluids · Oscillations · Waves-I · Waves-II · Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics · The Kinetic Theory of Gases · Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics · Electric Charge · Electric Fields · Gauss' Law · Electric Potential · Capacitance · Current and Resistance · Circuits · Magnetic Fields · Magnetic Fields Due to Currents · Induction and Inductance · Magnetism of Matter; Maxwell's Equation · Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current · Electromagnetic Waves · Images · Interference · Diffraction · Special Theory of Relativity · Photons and Matter Waves · More About Matter Waves · All About Atoms · Conduction of Electricity in Solids · Nuclear Physics@Energy from the Nucleus · Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang
