Physics
The
y of Everyday Phenomena
A Conceptual Introduction to Physics
Sixth Edition
W. Thomas Griffith
Juliet W. Brosing
, Sixth Edition
PHYSICS
THE
Everyday Phenomena
of
A Conceptual Introduction to Physics
W. Thomas Griffith
Pacific University
Juliet W. Brosing
Pacific University
,THE PHYSICS OF EVERYDAY PHENOMENA: A CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS,
SIXTH EDITION
Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Previous editions © 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, and 1992. No part of this publication may be reproduced
or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior
written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other
electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside
the United States.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOW/DOW 0 9 8
ISBN 978–0–07–351211–2
MHID 0–07–351211–7
Publisher: Thomas Timp
Sponsoring Editor: Debra B. Hash
Director of Development: Kristine Tibbetts
Senior Developmental Editor: Mary E. Hurley
Senior Marketing Manager: Lisa Nicks
Project Manager: Joyce Watters
Senior Production Supervisor: Kara Kudronowicz
Lead Media Project Manager: Stacy A. Patch
Associate Design Coordinator: Brenda A. Rolwes
Cover/Interior Designer: Studio Montage, St. Louis, Missouri
(USE) Cover Image: © Images Ideas/PictureQuest
Lead Photo Research Coordinator: Carrie K. Burger
Photo Research: Pam Carley/Sound Reach
Compositor: Laserwords Private Limited
Typeface: 10/12 Times
Printer: R. R. Donnelley Willard, OH
The credits section for this book begins on page 503 and is considered an extension of the copyright page.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Griffith, W. Thomas.
The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics. — 6th ed. / W. Thomas Griffith,
Juliet W. Brosing.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978–0–07–351211–2 — ISBN 0–07–351211–7 (hard copy : alk. paper)
1. Physics. I. Brosing, Juliet Wain, 1953- II. Title.
QC23.2.G75 2009
530—dc22
2008018203
www.mhhe.com
, brief contents
1 Physics, the Fundamental Science 1 Unit Three Electricity and Magnetism
Unit One The Newtonian Revolution 12 Electrostatic Phenomena 236
2 Describing Motion 18 13 Electric Circuits 257
3 Falling Objects and Projectile Motion 38 14 Magnets and Electromagnetism 281
4 Newton’s Laws: Explaining Motion 58 Unit Four Wave Motion and Optics
5 Circular Motion, the Planets, and Gravity 79
15 Making Waves 306
6 Energy and Oscillations 102
16 Light Waves and Color 330
7 Momentum and Impulse 124
17 Light and Image Formation 355
8 Rotational Motion of Solid Objects 145
Unit Five The Atom and Its Nucleus
Unit Two Fluids and Heat
18 The Structure of the Atom 382
9 The Behavior of Fluids 170
19 The Nucleus and Nuclear Energy 408
10 Temperature and Heat 191
Unit Six Relativity and Beyond
11 Heat Engines and the Second Law
of Thermodynamics 212 20 Relativity 434
21 Beyond Everyday Phenomena 457
iii
The
y of Everyday Phenomena
A Conceptual Introduction to Physics
Sixth Edition
W. Thomas Griffith
Juliet W. Brosing
, Sixth Edition
PHYSICS
THE
Everyday Phenomena
of
A Conceptual Introduction to Physics
W. Thomas Griffith
Pacific University
Juliet W. Brosing
Pacific University
,THE PHYSICS OF EVERYDAY PHENOMENA: A CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS,
SIXTH EDITION
Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Previous editions © 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, and 1992. No part of this publication may be reproduced
or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior
written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other
electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside
the United States.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOW/DOW 0 9 8
ISBN 978–0–07–351211–2
MHID 0–07–351211–7
Publisher: Thomas Timp
Sponsoring Editor: Debra B. Hash
Director of Development: Kristine Tibbetts
Senior Developmental Editor: Mary E. Hurley
Senior Marketing Manager: Lisa Nicks
Project Manager: Joyce Watters
Senior Production Supervisor: Kara Kudronowicz
Lead Media Project Manager: Stacy A. Patch
Associate Design Coordinator: Brenda A. Rolwes
Cover/Interior Designer: Studio Montage, St. Louis, Missouri
(USE) Cover Image: © Images Ideas/PictureQuest
Lead Photo Research Coordinator: Carrie K. Burger
Photo Research: Pam Carley/Sound Reach
Compositor: Laserwords Private Limited
Typeface: 10/12 Times
Printer: R. R. Donnelley Willard, OH
The credits section for this book begins on page 503 and is considered an extension of the copyright page.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Griffith, W. Thomas.
The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to physics. — 6th ed. / W. Thomas Griffith,
Juliet W. Brosing.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978–0–07–351211–2 — ISBN 0–07–351211–7 (hard copy : alk. paper)
1. Physics. I. Brosing, Juliet Wain, 1953- II. Title.
QC23.2.G75 2009
530—dc22
2008018203
www.mhhe.com
, brief contents
1 Physics, the Fundamental Science 1 Unit Three Electricity and Magnetism
Unit One The Newtonian Revolution 12 Electrostatic Phenomena 236
2 Describing Motion 18 13 Electric Circuits 257
3 Falling Objects and Projectile Motion 38 14 Magnets and Electromagnetism 281
4 Newton’s Laws: Explaining Motion 58 Unit Four Wave Motion and Optics
5 Circular Motion, the Planets, and Gravity 79
15 Making Waves 306
6 Energy and Oscillations 102
16 Light Waves and Color 330
7 Momentum and Impulse 124
17 Light and Image Formation 355
8 Rotational Motion of Solid Objects 145
Unit Five The Atom and Its Nucleus
Unit Two Fluids and Heat
18 The Structure of the Atom 382
9 The Behavior of Fluids 170
19 The Nucleus and Nuclear Energy 408
10 Temperature and Heat 191
Unit Six Relativity and Beyond
11 Heat Engines and the Second Law
of Thermodynamics 212 20 Relativity 434
21 Beyond Everyday Phenomena 457
iii
