College Physics a Strategic Approach
For courses in algebra-based introductory physics. Make physics relevant for today's mixed-majors students College Physics: A Strategic Approach, 4th Edition expands its focus from how mixed majors students learn physics to focusing on why these students learn physics. The authors apply the bes...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Harlow, England :
Pearson
[2023]
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| Edición: | Fourth, global edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009841930606719 |
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- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Visual Walkthrough
- ENGAGE today's students
- More connections to life science create relevance to students' lives
- Prepare students for engagement in-lecture with interactive media
- Enhance students' understanding when they apply what they've learned
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- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Preface to the Instructor
- Instructional Package
- Preface to the Student
- Studying for and Taking the MCAT Exam
- Real-World Applications
- Detailed Contents
- Part I: Force and Motion
- Overview: The Science of Physics
- Chapter 1. Representing Motion
- 1.1 Motion: A First Look
- 1.2 Models and Modeling
- 1.3 Position and Time: Putting Numbers on Nature
- 1.4 Velocity
- 1.5 A Sense of Scale: Significant Figures, Scientific Notation, and Units
- 1.6 Vectors and Motion: A First Look
- 1.7 Where Do We Go from Here?
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 2. Motion in One Dimension
- 2.1 Describing Motion
- 2.2 Uniform Motion
- 2.3 Instantaneous Velocity
- 2.4 Acceleration
- 2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
- 2.6 Solving One-Dimensional Motion Problems
- 2.7 Free Fall
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 3. Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
- 3.1 Using Vectors
- 3.2 Coordinate Systems and Vector Components
- 3.3 Motion on a Ramp
- 3.4 Motion in Two Dimensions
- 3.5 Projectile Motion
- 3.6 Projectile Motion: Solving Problems
- 3.7 Circular Motion
- 3.8 Relative Motion
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 4. Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
- 4.1 Motion and Forces
- 4.2 A Short Catalog of Forces
- 4.3 Identifying Forces
- 4.4 What Do Forces Do?
- 4.5 Newton's Second Law
- 4.6 Free-Body Diagrams
- 4.7 Newton's Third Law
- Summary
- Questions And Problems.
- Chapter 5. Applying Newton's Laws
- 5.1 Equilibrium
- 5.2 Dynamics and Newton's Second Law
- 5.3 Mass and Weight
- 5.4 Normal Forces
- 5.5 Friction
- 5.6 Drag
- 5.7 Interacting Objects
- 5.8 Ropes and Pulleys
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 6. Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
- 6.1 Uniform Circular Motion
- 6.2 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
- 6.3 Apparent Forces in Circular Motion
- 6.4 Circular Orbits and Weightlessness
- 6.5 Newton's Law of Gravity
- 6.6 Gravity and Orbits
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 7. Rotational Motion
- 7.1 Describing Circular and Rotational Motion
- 7.2 The Rotation of a Rigid Body
- 7.3 Torque
- 7.4 Gravitational Torque and the Center of Gravity
- 7.5 Rotational Dynamics and Moment of Inertia
- 7.6 Using Newton's Second Law for Rotation
- 7.7 Rolling Motion
- Summary
- Questions And Problmes
- Chapter 8 Equilibrium and Elasticity
- 8.1 Torque and Static Equilibrium
- 8.2 Stability and Balance
- 8.3 Springs and Hooke's Law
- 8.4 Stretching and Compressing Materials
- 8.5 Forces and Torques in the Body
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Part I Summary: Force and Motion
- One Step Beyond: Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe
- Part I Problems
- Part II: Conservation Laws
- Overview: Why Some Things Stay the Same
- Chapter 9. Momentum
- 9.1 Impulse
- 9.2 Momentum and the Impulse-Momentum Theorem
- 9.3 Solving Impulse and Momentum Problems
- 9.4 Conservation of Moment
- 9.5 Inelastic Collisions
- 9.6 Momentum and Collisions in Two Dimensions
- 9.7 Angular Momentum
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 10. Energy and Work
- 10.1 The Basic Energy Model
- 10.2 Work
- 10.3 Kinetic Energy
- 10.4 Potential Energy
- 10.5 Thermal Energy
- 10.6 Conservation of Energy
- 10.7 Energy Diagrams.
- 10.8 Molecular Bonds and Chemical Energy
- 10.9 Energy in Collisions
- 10.10 Power
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 11. Using Energy
- 11.1 Transforming Energy
- 11.2 Energy in the Body
- 11.3 Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat
- 11.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 11.5 Heat Engines
- 11.6 Heat Pumps
- 11.7 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 11.8 Systems, Energy, and Entropy
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Part II Summary: Conservation Laws
- One Step Beyond: Order Out of Chaos
- Part II Problems
- Part III: Properties of Matter
- Overview: Beyond the Particle Model
- Chapter 12. Thermal Properties of Matter
- 12.1 The Atomic Model of Matter
- 12.2 The Atomic Model of an Ideal Gas
- 12.3 Ideal-Gas Processes
- 12.4 Thermal Expansion
- 12.5 Specific Heat and Heat of Transformation
- 12.6 Calorimetry
- 12.7 Specific Heats of Gases
- 12.8 Heat Transfer
- 12.9 Diffusion
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 13. Fluids
- 13.1 Fluids and Density
- 13.2 Pressure
- 13.3 Buoyancy
- 13.4 Fluids in Motion
- 13.5 Fluid Dynamics
- 13.6 Viscosity and Poiseuille's Equation
- 13.7 The Circulatory System
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Part III Summary: Properties of Matter
- One Step Beyound: Size and Life
- Part III Problems
- Part IV: Oscillations and Waves
- Overview: Motion That Repeats Againand Again
- Chapter 14. Oscillations
- 14.1 Equilibrium and Oscillation
- 14.2 Linear Restoring Forces and SHM
- 14.3 Describing Simple Harmonic Motion
- 14.4 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
- 14.5 Pendulum Motion
- 14.6 Damped Oscillations
- 14.7 Driven Oscillations and Resonance
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 15. Traveling Waves and Sound
- 15.1 The Wave Model
- 15.2 Traveling Waves
- 15.3 Graphical and Mathematical Descriptions of Waves.
- 15.4 Sound and Light Waves
- 15.5 Energy and Intensity
- 15.6 Loudness of Sound
- 15.7 The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 16. Superposition and Standing Waves
- 16.1 The Principle of Superposition
- 16.2 Standing Waves
- 16.3 Standing Waves on a String
- 16.4 Standing Sound Waves
- 16.5 Speech and Hearing
- 16.6 The Interference of Waves from Two Sources
- 16.7 Beats
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Part IV Summary: Oscillations and Waves
- One Step Beyond: Waves in the Earth and the Ocean
- Part IV Problems
- Part V: Optics
- Overview: Light Is a Wave
- Chapter 17. Wave Optics
- 17.1 What Is Light?
- 17.2 The Interference of Light
- 17.3 The Diffraction Grating
- 17.4 Thin-Film Interference
- 17.5 Single-Slit Diffraction
- 17.6 Circular-Aperture Diffraction
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 18. Ray Optics
- 18.1 The Ray Model of Light
- 18.2 Reflection
- 18.3 Refraction
- 18.4 Image Formation by Refraction
- 18.5 Thin Lenses: Ray Tracing
- 18.6 Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors
- 18.7 The Thin-Lens Equation
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 19. Optical Instruments
- 19.1 The Camera
- 19.2 The Human Eye
- 19.3 The Magnifier
- 19.4 The Microscope
- 19.5 The Telescope
- 19.6 Color and Dispersion
- 19.7 Resolution of Optical Instruments
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Part V Summary: Optics
- One Step Beyond: Scanning Confocal Microscopy
- Part V Problems
- Part VI: Electricity and Magnetism
- Overview: Charges, Currents, and Fields
- Chapter 20. Electric Fields and Forces
- 20.1 Charges and Forces
- 20.2 Charges, Atoms, and Molecules
- 20.3 Coulomb's Law
- 20.4 The Concept of the Electric Field
- 20.5 The Electric Field of Multiple Charges
- 20.6 Conductors and Electric Fields.
- 20.7 Forces and Torques in Electric Fields
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 21. Electric Potential
- 21.1 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential
- 21.2 Sources of Electric Potential
- 21.3 Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy
- 21.4 Calculating the Electric Potential
- 21.5 Connecting Potential and Field
- 21.6 The Electrocardiogram
- 21.7 Capacitance and Capacitors
- 21.8 Energy and Capacitors
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 22. Current and Resistance
- 22.1 A Model of Current
- 22.2 Defining and Describing Current
- 22.3 Batteries and emf
- 22.4 Connecting Potential and Current
- 22.5 Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits
- 22.6 Energy and Power
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 23. Circuits
- 23.1 Circuit Elements and Diagrams
- 23.2 Kirchhoff's Laws
- 23.3 Series and Parallel Circuits
- 23.4 Measuring Voltage and Current
- 23.5 More Complex Circuits
- 23.6 Capacitors in Parallel and Series
- 23.7 RC Circuits
- 23.8 Electricity in the Nervous System
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 24. Magnetic Fields and Forces
- 24.1 Magnetism
- 24.2 The Magnetic Field
- 24.3 Electric Currents Also Create Magnetic Fields
- 24.4 Calculating the Magnetic Field Due to a Current
- 24.5 Magnetic Fields Exert Forces on Moving Charges
- 24.6 Magnetic Fields Exert Forces on Currents
- 24.7 Magnetic Fields Exert Torques on Dipoles
- 24.8 Magnets and Magnetic Materials
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 25. EM Induction and EM Waves
- 25.1 Induced Currents
- 25.2 Motional emf
- 25.3 Magnetic Flux and Lenz's Law
- 25.4 Faraday's Law
- 25.5 Electromagnetic Waves
- 25.6 The Photon Model of Electromagnetic Waves
- 25.7 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Summary
- Questions And Problems
- Chapter 26. AC Electricity
- 26.1 Alternating Current.
- 26.2 AC Electricity and Transformers.
