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Title:
College physics / Eugene Hecht, PhD, Professor of Physics, Adelphi University.
Author:
Hecht, Eugene, author.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw Hill Education, [2018]
Call Number:
QC21.3 .B84 2018
Abstract:
Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Textbook too pricey? Fortunately, there's Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 700 fully-solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to the revised online Schaum's.com website-it's just like having your own virtual tutor! You'll find everything you need to build confidence, skills, and knowledge for the highest score possible. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. Helpful tables and illustrations increase your understanding of the subject at hand.
Edition:
Twelfth edition.
ISBN:
9781259587399
Series:
Schaum's outline series

Schaum's outline series.
Physical Description:
x, 576 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.

Revision of: Schaum's outline of college physics / Frederick J. Bueche, Eugene Hecht. 11th edition. 2011.
Contents:
Speed, displacement, and velocity: an introduction to vectors -- Uniformly accelerated motion -- Newton's Laws -- Equilibrium under the action of concurrent forces -- Equilibrium of a rigid body under Coplanar Forces -- Work, energy, and power -- Simple machines -- Impulse and momentum -- Angular motion in a plane -- Rigid-body rotation -- Simple harmonic motion and springs -- Density and elasticity -- Fluids at rest -- Fluids in motion -- Thermal expansion -- Ideal gases -- Kinetic theory -- Heat quantities -- Transfer of thermal energy -- First law of thermodynamics -- Entropy and the Second Law -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Coulomb's Law and electric fields -- Electric potential ; capacitance -- Current, resistance, and Ohm's Law -- Electrical power -- Equivalent resistance ; simple circuits -- Kirchhoff's Laws -- Forces in magnetic fields -- Sources of magnetic fields -- Induced EMF ; magnetic flux -- Electric generators and motors -- Inductance ; R-C and R-L time constants -- Alternating current -- Reflection of light -- Refraction of light -- Thin lenses -- Optical instruments -- Interference and diffraction of light -- Special relativity -- Quantum physics and wave mechanics -- The hydrogen atom -- Multielectron atoms -- Subatomic physics -- Applied nuclear physics.
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