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Synopsis
No other book on the market today can match the success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics! In a breezy, easy-to-understand style the book offers a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving.
Table of Contents
Measurement.
Motion Along a Straight Line.
Vectors.
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions.
Force and Motion—I.
Force and Motion—II.
Kinetic Energy and Work.
Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy.
Systems of Particles.
Collisions.
Rotation.
Rolling, Torque, and Angular Momentum.
Equilibrium and Elasticity.
Gravitation.
Fluids.
Oscillations.
Waves—I.
Waves—II.
Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics.
The Kinetic Theory of Gases.
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Appendices.
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions, Exercises, and Problems.
Index.