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Gaines, James R

Study guide to accompany University Physics James R Gaines; William F Palmer; Francis Weston Sears - 6th ed - Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1982. - 673 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Units, physical quantities, and vectors --
Equilibrium of a particle --
Motion on a straight line --
Newton's second law. gravitation --
Motion in a plane --
Work and energy --
Impulse and momentum --
Equilibrium, moment of a force --
Rotation --
Elasticity --
Periodic motion --
Fluid statics --
Fluid dynamics --
Temperature and expansion --
Quantity of heat --
Heat transfer --
Thermal properties of matter --
The first law of thermodynamics --
The second law of thermodynamics --
Molecular properties of matter --
Mechanical waves --
Vibrating bodies --
Acoustic phenomena --
Coulomb's law --
The electric field: Gauss's law --
Potential --
Capacitance. properties of dielectrics --
Current, resistance, and electromotive force --
Direct-current circuits and instruments --
The magnetic field --
Magnetic forces on current-carrying conductors --
Magnetic field of a current --
Induced electromotive force --
Inductance --
Magnetic properties of matter --
Alternating currents --
Electromagnetic waves --
The nature and propagation of light --
Images formed by a single surface --
Lenses and optical instruments --
Interference and diffraction --
Polarization --
Relativistic mechanics --
Photons, electrons, and atoms --
Quantum mechanics --
Atoms, molecules, and solids --
Nuclear physics.

ISBN: 0201072246

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physics -- Problems, exercises, etc. --Physics.

LC Class. No.: QC21.2