Contemporary college physics /
Edwin R. Jones and Richard L. Childers.
- 3rd ed.
- Boston : McGraw-Hill Education, 2001.
- 1025 p. : 26 cm
Includes index.
Measurement, models, and analysis -- Motion in one dimension -- Motion in two dimensions -- Force and motion -- Uniform circular motion and gravitation -- Work and energy -- Linear momentum -- Applying the conservation laws -- Rigid bodies and rotational motion -- Fluids -- Thermal physics -- Gas laws and kinetic theory -- Thermodynamics -- Periodic motion -- Waves and sound -- Electric charge and electric field -- Electric potential and capacitance -- Electric current and resistance -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetic induction -- Alternating-current circuits -- Geometrical optics -- Optical instruments -- Wave optics -- Relativity -- The discovery of atomic structure -- Origins of the quantum theory -- Quantum mechanics -- The nucleus -- Lasers, holography, and color -- Condensed matter -- Elementary particle physics.