PHYSICS
For Scientists and Engineers | A Strategic Approach | 5e
RANDALL D. KNIGHT
WITH MODERN PHYSICS
global edition
 PART I Newton’s Laws 23
1 Concepts of Motion 24
2 Kinematics in One Dimension 54
3 Vectors and Coordinate Systems 87
4 Kinematics in Two Dimensions 102
5 Force and Motion 132
6 Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line 153
7 Newton’s Third Law 185
8 Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane 208
 PART II Conservation Laws 231
9 Work and Kinetic Energy 232
10 Interactions and Potential Energy 259
11 Impulse and Momentum 289
 PART III Applications of Newtonian
Mechanics 321
12 Rotation of a Rigid Body 322
13 Newton’s Theory of Gravity 364
14 Fluids and Elasticity 386
 PART IV Oscillations and Waves 423
15 Oscillations 424
16 Traveling Waves 458
17 Superposition 493
 PART V Thermodynamics 527
18 A Macroscopic Description of Matter 528
19 Work, Heat, and the First Law of
Thermodynamics 553
20 The Micro/Macro Connection 586
21 Heat Engines and Refrigerators 620
 PART VI Electricity and Magnetism 651
22 Electric Charges and Forces 652
23 The Electric Field 681
24 Gauss’s Law 710
25 The Electric Potential 739
26 Potential and Field 766
27 Current and Resistance 794
28 Fundamentals of Circuits 818
29 The Magnetic Field 848
30 Electromagnetic Induction 888
31 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 928
32 AC Circuits 957
 PART VII Optics 981
33 Wave Optics 982
34 Ray Optics 1012
35 Optical Instruments 1047
 PART VIII Relativity and Quantum
Physics 1073
36 Relativity 1074
37 The Foundations of Modern Physics 1115
38 Quantization 1137
39 Wave Functions and Uncertainty 1170
40 One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics 1193
41 Atomic Physics 1230
42 Nuclear Physics 1262
APPENDIX A Mathematics Review A-1
APPENDIX B Periodic Table of Elements A-4
APPENDIX C Atomic and Nuclear Data A-5
ANSWERS TO STOP TO THINK QUESTIONS AND
ODD-NUMBERED EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS A-9