Always Learning

College Physics, Volume 2 (Chs. 17-30), 8/E
Hugh D. Young, Carnegie Mellon University
Robert Geller, University of California, Santa Barbara

ISBN-10: 0805378235
ISBN-13:  9780805378238

Publisher:  Addison-Wesley
Copyright:  2007
Format:  Paper Bound with PIN
Published:  03/24/2006

Customers outside the U.S., click here.


Print this content

In this section:


Description

For more than five decades, Sears and Zemansky's College Physics has provided the most reliable foundation of physics education for students around the world. For the Eighth Edition, Robert Geller joins Hugh Young to produce a comprehensive update of this benchmark text.

A broad and thorough introduction to physics, this new edition carefully integrates many solutions from educational research to help students to develop greater confidence in solving problems, deeper conceptual understanding, and stronger quantitative-reasoning skills, while helping them connect what they learn with their other courses and the changing world around them. 



This product is an alternate version of:
Young,  College Physics Volume 2 (Chs. 17-30), 9/E
Young & Geller,  College Physics, (Chs.1-30) with MasteringPhysics™, 8/E
Young & Geller,  College Physics, Volume 2 (Chs. 17-30) with MasteringPhysics, 8/E


Features

  • A systematic approach to problem solving. To solve problems with confidence, students must learn to approach problems effectively at a global level, must understand the physics in question, and must acquire the specific skills needed for particular types of problems. The Eighth Edition provides research-proven tools for each goal.
  • The worked examples all follow a consistent and explicit global problem-solving strategy drawn from educational research. This 3-step approach puts special emphasis on how to set-up the problem before trying to solve it, and the importance of how to reflect on whether the answer is sensible.
  • Worked example solutions emphasize the steps and decisions students often omit. In particular, many worked examples include pencil diagrams: hand-drawn diagrams that show exactly what a student should draw in the set-up step of solving the problem.
  • Conceptual Analysis and Quantitative Analysis problems help the students practice their qualitative and quantitative understanding of the physics. The Quantitative Analysis problems focus on skills of quantitative and proportional reasoning -- skills that are key to success on the MCATs. No other introductory physics text addresses this need. The CAs and QAs use a multiple-choice format to elicit specific common misconceptions.
  • Problem-solving strategies teach the students tactics for particular types of problems -- such as problems requiring Newton's second law, energy conservation, etc – and follow the same, 3-step global approach (set-up, solve, and reflect).
  • Unique, highly effective figures incorporate the latest ideas from educational research. Extraneous detail has been removed and color used only for strict pedagogical purposes – for instance, in mechanics, color is used to identify the object of interest while all other objects are grayscale. Illustrations include helpful blue annotated comments to guide students in ‘reading’ graphs and physics figures. Throughout, figures, models, and graphs are placed side by side to help student ‘translate’ between multiple representations. Pencil sketches are used consistently in worked examples to emphasize what students should draw.
  • Unique visual chapter summaries show each concept in words, math, and figures to reinforce how to ‘translate’ between different representations and address different student learning styles.
  • Rich and diverse EOC problem sets. The renowned Sears/Zemansky problems, refined over five decades of use, have been expanded and enhanced for today's courses.
  • New in each chapter is a set of multiple-choice problems that test the skills developed by the Qualitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis problems in the chapter text. The multiple-choice format elicits specific common misconceptions, enabling students to pinpoint their misunderstandings.
  • The General Problems contain many context-rich problems (also known as real-world problems), which require the student to simplify and model more complex real-world situations.
  • The problem sets include more biomedically oriented problems than in any other College Physics text.
  • Connects physics with the student's world. In-margin photos with explanatory captions provide diverse, interesting, and self-contained examples of physics at work in the world. 
  •  Writing that is easy to follow and rigorous. The writing is friendly yet focused; it conveys an exact, careful, straight-forward understanding of the physics, with an emphasis on the connections between concepts.


Table of Contents

 

Chapter 17  Electric Charge and Electric Field

17.1     Electric charge

17.2     Conductors and Insulators  

17.3     Conservation and Quantization of Charge 

17.4     Coulomb’s Law

17.5     Electric Field and Electric Forces

17.6     Calculating Electric Fields

17.7     Electric Field Lines 

*17.8    Gauss’s Law and Field Calculations  

*17.9    Charges on Conductors  

 

Chapter 18  Electric Potential and Capacitance

18.1     Electric Potential Energy

18.2     Potential  

18.3     Equipotential Surfaces

18.4     The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment

18.5     Capacitors

18.6    Capacitors in Series and in Parallel 

18.7    Electric Field Energy 

18.8    Dielectrics  

*18.9   Molecular Model of Induced Charge  

 

Chapter 19  Current, Resistance, and Direct-Current Circuits

19.1     Current

19.2     Resistance and Ohm's Law

19.3     Electromotive Force and Circuits

19.4     Energy and Power in Electric Circuits

19.5     Resistors in Series and Parallel

19.6     Kirchhoff's Rules

19.7     Electrical Measuring Instruments

19.8     Resistance-Capacitance Circuits

*19.9   Physiological Effects of Currents 

*19.10   Power Distribution Systems 

 

Chapter 20  Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces  

20.1     Magnetism  

20.2     Magnetic Field and Magnetic Force  

20.3     Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field  

20.4     Mass Spectrometers  

20.5     Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor  

20.6     Force and Torque on a Current Loop  

20.7     Magnetic Field of a Long, Straight Conductor  

20.8     Force between Parallel Conductors  

20.9     Current Loops and Solenoids 

*20.10 Magnetic Field Calculations 

*20.11 Magnetic Materials 

 

Chapter 21 Electromagnetic Induction  

21.1     Induction Experiments  

21.2     Magnetic Flux  

21.3     Faraday’s Law  

21.4     Lenz’s Law  

21.5     Motional Electromotive Force  

21.6     Eddy Currents  

21.7     Mutual Inductance  

21.8     Self-Inductance  

21.9     Transformers  

21.10   Magnetic Field Energy  

21.11   The R—L Circuit  

21.12   The L—C Circuit  

 

Chapter 22 Alternating Current  

22.1     Phasors and Alternating Currents  

22.2     Resistance and Reactance  

22.3     The Series R—L—C Circuit  

22.4     Power in Alternating-Current Circuits  

22.5     Series Resonance  

*22.6   Parallel Resonance  

 

Chapter 23 Electromagnetic Waves  

23.1     Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves  

23.2     Speed of an Electromagnetic Wave  

23.3     The Electromagnetic Spectrum  

23.4     Sinusoidal Waves  

23.5     Energy in Electromagnetic Waves  

23.6     Nature of Light  

23.7     Reflection and Refraction  

23.8     Total Internal Reflection  

*23.9   Dispersion  

23.10   Polarization  

*23.11 Huygen’s Principle  

*23.12 Scattering of Light  

 

Chapter 24  Geometric Optics  

24.1     Reflection at a Plane Surface  

24.2     Reflection at a Spherical Surface  

24.3     Graphical Methods for Mirrors  

24.4     Refraction at a Spherical Surface  

24.5     Thin Lenses  

24.6     Graphical Methods for Lenses  

 

Chapter 25 Optical Instruments  

25.1     The Camera  

25.2     The Projector  

25.3     The Eye  

25.4     The Magnifier  

25.5     The Microscope  

25.6     Telescopes  

*25.7   Lens Aberrations  

 

Chapter 26 Interference and Diffraction  

26.1     Interference and Coherent Sources  

26.2     Two-Source Interference of Light  

26.3     Interference in Thin Films  

26.4     Diffraction  

26.5     Diffraction from a Single Slit  

26.6     Multiple Slits and Diffraction Gratings  

26.7     X-Ray Diffraction  

26.8     Circular Apertures and Resolving Power  

26.9     Holography  

 

Chapter 27 Relativity  

27.1     Invariance of Physical Laws  

27.2     Relative Nature of Simultaneity  

27.3     Relativity of Time  

27.4     Relativity of Length  

27.5     The Lorentz Transformation  

27.6     Relativistic Momentum  

27.7     Relativistic Work and Energy  

27.8     Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics  

 

Chapter 28 Photons, Electrons, and Atoms  

28.1     The Photoelectric Effect  

28.2     Line Spectra and Energy Levels  

28.3     The Nuclear Atom and the Bohr Model  

*28.4   The Laser  

28.5     X-Ray Production and Scattering  

28.6     The Wave Nature of Particles  

*28.7   Wave—Particle Duality  

*28.8   The Electron Microscope  

 

Chapter 29 Atoms, Molecules, and Solids  

29.1     Electrons in Atoms  

29.2     Atomic Structure  

29.3     Diatomic Molecules  

29.4     Structure and Properties of Solids  

29.5     Energy Bands  

29.6     Semiconductors  

29.7     Semiconductor Devices  

29.8     Superconductivity  

 

Chapter 30 Nuclear and High-Energy Physics  

30.1     Properties of Nuclei  

30.2     Nuclear Stability  

30.3     Radioactivity  

30.4     Radiation and the Life Sciences  

30.5     Nuclear Reactions  

30.6     Nuclear Fission  

30.7     Nuclear Fusion  

30.8     Fundamental Particles  

30.9     High-Energy Physics  

30.10   Cosmology  


Next Edition(s)

  • College Physics Volume 2 (Chs. 17-30), 9/E
    Young
    ©2012  |  Addison-Wesley  |  Paper; 640 pp  |  Instock
    ISBN-10: 0321766237  |  ISBN-13: 9780321766236
    Brief Description  |  More Info



Back to top

Print this content

In this section:


Author Bios

Hugh D. Young is Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Carnegie Mellon for both undergraduate and graduate study and earned his Ph.D. in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. He joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956, and has also spent two years as a visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Hugh's career has centered entirely around undergraduate education. He has written several undergraduate-level textbooks, and in 1973 he became a coauthor with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky for their well-known introductory texts. In addition to his role on Sears and Zemansky's College Physics, he is currently a coauthor with Roger Freedman on Sears and Zemanksy's University Physics.

Hugh is an enthusiastic skier, climber, and hiker. He also served for several years as Associate Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh, and has played numerous organ recitals in the Pittsburgh area. Prof. Young and his wife Alice usually travel extensively in the summer, especially in Europe and in the desert canyon country of southern Utah.

Robert M. Geller teaches physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also obtained his Ph.D. under Robert Antonucci in observational cosmology. Currently, he is involved in two major research projects: a search for cosmological halos predicted by the Big Bang, and a search for the flares that are predicted to occur when a supermassive black hole consumes a star.

Rob also has a strong focus on undergraduate education. In 2003, he received the Distinguished Teaching Award. He trains the graduate student teaching assistants on methods of physics education. He is also a frequent faculty leader for the UCSB Physics Circus, in which student volunteers perform exciting and thought-provoking physics demonstrations to elementary schools.

Rob loves the outdoors. He and his wife Susanne enjoy backpacking along rivers and fly fishing, usually with rods she has build and flies she has tied. Their daughter Zoe loves fishing too, but her fish tend to be plastic, and float in the bathtub.

Back to top

Print this content

In this section:


For Algebra-Based Physics

ActivPhysics Volume 2, 2/E
Van Heuvelen
©2004  |  Addison-Wesley  |  Paper  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0805390618  |  ISBN-13: 9780805390612
More Info


Back to top

For the Physics & Astronomy Discipline

Astronomy Media Workbook (Download only with SkyGazer 5.0), 7/E
LoPresto
©2012  |  Addison-Wesley  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0321741242  |  ISBN-13: 9780321741240

Show Downloadable Files
 | More Info


Back to top

Log in to the Instructor Resource Center

Login name: 

  Password: 

Forgot login/password?  |  Need to redeem an access code?

        

Instructor Resource Center File Download

This work is protected by local and international copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning. Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web) will destroy the integrity of the work and is not permitted. The work and materials from this site should never be made available to students except by instructors using the accompanying text in their classes. All recipients of this work are expected to abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended pedagogical purposes and the needs of other instructors who rely on these materials.

Cancel     I accept, proceed with download

Print this content

Pearson Higher Education offers special pricing when you choose to package your text with other student resources. If you're interested in creating a cost-saving package for your students contact your Pearson Higher Education representative.

Back to top