Synopses & Reviews
The primary goal of this text is to provide students with a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and to help them apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving.
About the Author
David Halliday, University of Pittsburgh
Robert Resnick, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jearl Walker, Cleveland State University
Table of Contents
Chapter 38. Photons and Matter Waves.
Chapter 39. More About Matter Waves.
Chapter 40. All About Atoms.
Chapter 41. Conduction of Electricity in Solids.
Chapter 42. Nuclear Physics.
Chapter 43. Energy from the Nucleus.
Chapter 44. Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang.
Appendix A: The International System of Units (SI).
Appendix B: Some Fundamental Constants of Physics.
Appendix C: Some Astronomical Data.
Appendix D: Conversion Factors.
Appendix E: Mathematical Formulas.
Appendix F: Properties of the Elements.
Appendix G: Periodic Tables of the Elements.
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions, Exercises, and Problems.
Index.