College Physics Essentials, Eighth Edition - Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics (Volume Two)

The authors enhance emphasis on worked examples to enhance reader engagement, with expanded problem sets that build from conceptual understanding to numerical solutions and real-world applications.

List of contents

15. Electric Charge, Forces, and Fields. 16. Electrical Potential, Energy, and Capacitance. 17. Electric Current and Resistance. 18. Basic Electric Circuits. 19. Magnetism. 20. Electromagnetic Induction and Waves. 21. AC Circuits. 22. Reflection and Refraction of Light. 23. Mirrors and Lenses. 24. Physical Optics: The Wave Nature of Light. 25. Vision and Optical Instruments. 26. Relativity. 27. Quantum Physics. 28. Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics. 29. The Nucleus. 30. Nuclear Reactions and Elementary Particles.

About the author

Jerry D. Wilson, PhD, is a professor emeritus of physics and former chair of the Division of Biological and Physical Sciences at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Anthony J. Buffa, PhD, is an emeritus professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and has been a research associate with the Radioanalytical Facility of the Department of Physics since 1980.
Bo Lou, PhD, is professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Ferris State University.

Summary

The authors enhance emphasis on worked examples to enhance reader engagement, with expanded problem sets that build from conceptual understanding to numerical solutions and real-world applications.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony J. Buffa, Buffa Anthony J., Bo Lou, Lou Bo, Jerry D. Wilson, Jerry D. (Lander University Wilson, Jerry D. Buffa Wilson, Wilson Jerry D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138476080
• ISBN: 978-1-138-47608-0
• No. of pages: 406
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, Physics, Statistical physics