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College Physics by Alan Giambattista

ISBN10: 1264856725 | ISBN13: 9781264856725

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Alan Giambattista’s algebra-based introductory physics texts take a conceptual and intuitive approach, combined with consistent problem-solving strategies, stunning art, extensive end-of-chapter material, and superior digital support. College Physics uses an innovative forces-first presentation that integrates forces and Newton's laws into the subsequent introduction of kinematics. Physics covers the same topics but in a more traditional, kinematics-first order. The organization of chapters 2-4 is the sole difference between the two texts; the two options offer the instructor flexibility in teaching preferences.

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  • PART ONE: MECHANICS
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Force
  • Chapter 3: Acceleration and Newton’s Second Law of Motion
  • Chapter 4: Motion with Constant Acceleration
  • Chapter 5: Circular Motion
  • Chapter 6: Conservation of Energy
  • Chapter 7: Linear Momentum
  • Chapter 8: Torque and Angular Momentum
  • Chapter 9: Fluids
  • Chapter 10: Elasticity and Oscillations
  • Chapter 11: Waves
  • Chapter 12: Sound
  • PART TWO: THERMAL PHYSICS
  • Chapter 13: Temperature and the Ideal Gas
  • Chapter 14: Heat
  • Chapter 15: Thermodynamics
  • PART THREE: ELECTROMAGNETISM
  • Chapter 16: Electric Forces and Fields
  • Chapter 17: Electric Potential
  • Chapter 18: Electric Current and Circuits
  • Chapter 19: Magnetic Forces and Fields
  • Chapter 20: Electromagnetic Induction
  • Chapter 21: Alternating Current
  • PART FOUR: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND OPTICS
  • Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
  • Chapter 23: Reflection and Refraction of Light
  • Chapter 24: Optical Instruments
  • Chapter 25: Interference and Diffraction
  • PART FIVE: QUANTUM AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND RELATIVITY
  • Chapter 26: Relativity
  • Chapter 27: Early Quantum Physics and the Photon
  • Chapter 28: Quantum Physics
  • Chapter 29: Nuclear Physics
  • Chapter 30: Particle Physics
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix A: Mathematics Review
  • A.1 Algebra
  • A.2 Graphs of Linear Functions
  • A.3 Solving equations
  • A.4 Exponents and logarithms
  • A.5 Proportions and ratios
  • A.6 Geometry
  • A.7 Trigonometry
  • A.8 Sinusoidal Functions of Time
  • A.9 Approximations
  • A.10 Vectors
  • A.11 Symbols Used in This Book
  • Appendix B: Reference Information
  • B.1 Physical Constants
  • B.2 Unit Conversions
  • B.3 SI Prefixes
  • B.4 SI Derived Units
  • B.5 Useful Physical Data
  • B.6 Astrophysical Data
  • B.7 Periodic Table of the Elements
  • B.8 Properties of Selected Nuclides
  • Answers to Selected Questions and Problems

About the Author

Alan Giambattista

Alan Giambattista hails from northern New Jersey. His teaching career got an early start when his fourth-grade teacher, Anne Berry, handed the class over to him to teach a few lessons about atoms and molecules. At Brigham Young University, he studied piano performance and physics. After graduate work at Cornell University, he joined the physics faculty and has taught introductory physics there for nearly three decades.

 

Alan still appears in concert regularly as a pianist and harpsichordist. When the long upstate New York winter is finally over, he is eager to get out on Cayuga Lake’s waves of blue for Sunday sailboat races. Alan met his wife Marion in a singing group and they have been making beautiful music together ever since. They live in an 1824 parsonage built for an abolitionist minister, which is now surrounded by an organic dairy farm. Besides taking care of the house, cats, and gardens, they love to travel together, especially to Italy. They also love to spoil their adorable grandchildren, Ivy and Leo.

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