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Schaum's outline of theory and problems of physics for engineering and science, Michael E. Browne

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Schaum's outline of theory and problems of physics for engineering and science

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Michael E. Browne

Schaum's outline series

Review of mathematics -- Symbols, scientific notation, and significant figures -- Algebra -- Geometry and trigonometry -- Vectors -- Series and approximations -- Calculus -- Measurement and physics -- Units -- Unit conversion -- Order of magnitude estimates -- Motion in one dimension -- Displacemant and velocity -- Instantaneous velocity and acceleration -- Constant acceleration -- Freely falling bodies -- Motion in a plane -- Position, velocity, and acceleration -- Constant acceleration -- Projectiles -- uniform circular motion -- Relative motion -- Newton's laws of motion -- Newton's third law of motion -- Newton's first law of motion -- Newton's second law of emotion -- Applications of Newton's laws -- Equilibrium problems -- Nonequilibrium problems -- Circular motion -- Centripetal force -- Work and energy -- Work -- Kinetic energy -- Power -- Potential energy and conservation of energy -- Potential energy -- Energy conservation and fricition -- Potential energy of a spring -- Machines -- Linear momentum and collisions -- Linear momentum -- Impulse -- Collisions in one dimension -- The center of mass -- Rockets -- Rotational motion -- Angular variables -- Rotational kinetic energy -- Moment of inertia calculations -- Torque -- Rolling -- Rotational work and power -- Andgular momentum -- Angular momentum and torque -- Precession -- Statics and elasticity -- Rotational equilibrium -- Elasticity -- Oscillations -- Simple harmonic motion -- Energy and simple harmonic motion -- SHM and circular motion -- The Pendulum -- Damped oscillations and forced oscillations -- Gravity -- The law of gravity -- The motion of plantes -- Fluids -- Pressure in a fluid -- Buoyancy -- Fluif flow -- Bernoulli's Equations -- Waves and sounds -- Transverse mechanical waves -- Speed and energy transfer for string waves -- Superposition of waves -- Standing waves -- Sound waves -- Standing sound waves -- Beats -- The doppler effect -- Temperaturem heat, and heat transfer -- Temperature -- Thermal expansion -- Heat and thermal energy -- Heat capacity and latent heat -- Heat transfer -- Kinetic theory of gases -- The ideal gas law -- Molecular basis of pressure and temperature -- The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution -- Molar specific heat and adiabatic processes -- The first and second laws of thermodynamics -- The first law of thermodynamics -- The second law of thermodynamics -- The carnot engine -- Refrigerators and heat pumps -- Entropy -- Electric fields -- Properties of electric charge -- The electric field -- Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field -- Electric field of a continuous charge distribution -- Gauss' Law -- Electric flux and Gauss' Law -- Applications of Gauss' Law -- Electric potential -- Electric potential and potential energy -- Electric potential of a point charge -- Finding the fild from the potential -- Potential of continuous charge distributions -- Potential of a charge conductor -- Capacitance -- Calculation of capacitance -- Combinations of capacitors -- Energy storage in capacitors -- Dielectrics -- Current and resistance -- Electric current -- Resistance, resistivity and Ohm's Law -- Electric power and joule heating -- Direct current circuits -- Resistors in series and parallel -- multiloop circuits -- Rc circuits -- magnetic fields -- The magnetic field -- Motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field -- Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire -- Torque on a current loop -- Sources of the magnetic field -- magnetic field due to currents -- Ampere's Law -- Electromagnetic induction and inductance -- Faraday's law -- Motional EMF -- Inductance -- Energy storage in a magnetic field -- Magnetic materials -- RLC circuits -- Alternating current circuits -- Transformers -- Single elements in AC circuits -- The series RLC circuits and phasors -- Power in AC circuits -- Resonance in AC circuits -- Electromagnetic waves -- Maxwell's Equations and the wave equation -- Energy and radiation pressure -- Polarization -- Reflection and refraction of light -- Total internal reflection -- Mirrors and lenses -- Plane mirrors -- Spherical mirrors -- Thin lenses -- optical instruments -- Interference -- Double slit interference -- Multiple slit interference and phasors -- Interference in thin films -- The Michelson interferometer -- Diffraction -- Single slit diffraction -- Resolution and diffraction -- The diffraction grating -- Special relativity -- The basic postulates -- Simultaneity -- The Lorentz Transformation Equations -- Time dilation -- Length contraction -- Relativistic velocity transformation -- Relativistic momentum and force -- Relativistic energy -- The doppler effect for light -- Atoms and photons -- The photoelectric effect -- The Compton Effect -- Atomic spectra and Bohr's model of the atom -- Quantum mechanics -- De Broglie waves -- Electron diffraction -- The Schrodinger Equation -- A particle in a box -- A particle in a finite well and tunneling -- The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle -- The periodic table -- Nuclear physics -- Properties of the nucleus -- Nuclear stability and binding energy -- Radioactivity -- Radioactive decay processes -- Nuclear reactions -- Fission -- Nuclear fusion

Theory and problems of physics for engineering and science