Physics for Scientists and Engineers
with Modern Physics
Third Edition

by
Douglas C. Giancoli

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Select a chapter: 1: Introduction 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors 4: Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion 5: Further Applications of Newton's Laws 6: Gravitation and Newton's Synthesis 7: Work and Energy 8: Conservation of Energy 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions 10: Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis 11: General Rotation 12: Static Equilibrium: Elasticity and Fracture 13: Fluids 14: Oscillations 15: Wave Motion 16: Sound 17: Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and the Ideal Gas Law 18: Kinetic Theory of Gases 19: Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics 20: The Laws of Thermodynamics 21: Electric Charge and Electric Field 22: Gauss's Law 23: Electric Potential 24: Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage 25: Electric Currents and Resistance 26: DC Circuits 27: Magnetism 28: Magnetism 29: Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law 30: Inductance; and Electromagnetic Oscillations 31: AC Circuits 32: Maxwell's Equation and Electromagnetic Waves 33: Light: Reflection and Refraction 34: Lenses and Optical Instruments 35: The Wave Nature of Light; Interference 36: Diffraction and Polarization 37: Special Theory of Relativity 38: Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom 39: Quantum Mechanics 40: Quantum Mechanics of Atoms 41: Molecules and Solids 42: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity 43: Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation 44: Elementary Particles 45: Astrophysics and Cosmology