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THE PHYSICS OF EVERYDAY PHENOMENA: A CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS,
TENTH EDITION
Published by McGraw Hill LLC, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10121. Copyright ©2022 by
McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Previous editions ©2019, 2015,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Griffith, W. Thomas, author. | Brosing, Juliet Wain, 1953- author.
Title: The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to
physics / W. Thomas Griffith, Pacific University, Juliet W. Brosing,
Pacific University.
Description: Tenth edition. | New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2022]
| Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020021788 (print) | LCCN 2020021789 (ebook) | ISBN
9781260718935 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781264121212 (spiral bound) | ISBN
9781264121250 (ebook) | ISBN 9781264121267 (ebook other)
Subjects: LCSH: Physics—Textbooks.
Classification: LCC QC23.2 .G75 2022 (print) | LCC QC23.2 (ebook) | DDC
530—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021788
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021789
The Internet addresses listed in the text were accurate at the time of publication. The inclusion of a website does
not indicate an endorsement by the authors or McGraw Hill LLC, and McGraw Hill LLC does not guarantee the
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1 Physics, the Fundamental Science 1
Unit Three Electricity and Magnetism 237
Unit One The Newtonian Revolution
12 Electrostatic Phenomena 238
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Electric Circuits 260
2 Describing Motion 18
14 Magnets and Electromagnetism 284
3 Falling Objects and Projectile Motion 38
4 Newton’s Laws: Explaining Motion 59
Unit Four Wave Motion and Optics 307
5 Circular Motion, the Planets, and 15 Making Waves 308
Gravity 80
16 Light Waves and Color 331
6 Energy and Oscillations 102
17 Light and Image Formation 354
7 Momentum 124
Unit Five
8
The Atom and Its Nucleus 381
Rotational Motion of Solid Objects 145
Unit Two
18 The Structure of the Atom 382
Fluids and Heat 169
19 The Nucleus and Nuclear Energy 408
9 The Behavior of Fluids 170
Unit Six
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Relativity and Beyond 433
Temperature and Heat 192
11 eat Engines and the Second Law
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20 Relativity 434
of Thermodynamics 215
21 Looking Deeper into Everyday
Phenomena 457
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Pacific University
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TENTH EDITION
Published by McGraw Hill LLC, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10121. Copyright ©2022 by
McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Previous editions ©2019, 2015,
and 2012. 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 McGraw Hill LLC, 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 LWI 24 23 22 21
ISBN 978-1-260-71893-5 (bound edition)
MHID 1-260-71893-X (bound edition)
ISBN 978-1-264-12121-2 (loose-leaf edition)
MHID 1-264-12121-0 (loose-leaf edition)
Portfolio Manager: Beth Bettcher
Senior Product Developer: Mary Hurley
Senior Marketing Manager: Shannon O’Donnell
Content Project Managers: Jane Mohr and Samantha Donisi
Buyer: Susan K. Culbertson
Designer: Beth Blech
Content Licensing Specialist: Beth Cray
Cover Image: wangsong/123RF
Compositor: Aptara®, Inc.
All credits appearing on page or at the end of the book are considered to be an extension of the copyright page.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Griffith, W. Thomas, author. | Brosing, Juliet Wain, 1953- author.
Title: The physics of everyday phenomena : a conceptual introduction to
physics / W. Thomas Griffith, Pacific University, Juliet W. Brosing,
Pacific University.
Description: Tenth edition. | New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2022]
| Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020021788 (print) | LCCN 2020021789 (ebook) | ISBN
9781260718935 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781264121212 (spiral bound) | ISBN
9781264121250 (ebook) | ISBN 9781264121267 (ebook other)
Subjects: LCSH: Physics—Textbooks.
Classification: LCC QC23.2 .G75 2022 (print) | LCC QC23.2 (ebook) | DDC
530—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021788
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021789
The Internet addresses listed in the text were accurate at the time of publication. The inclusion of a website does
not indicate an endorsement by the authors or McGraw Hill LLC, and McGraw Hill LLC does not guarantee the
accuracy of the information presented at these sites.
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1 Physics, the Fundamental Science 1
Unit Three Electricity and Magnetism 237
Unit One The Newtonian Revolution
12 Electrostatic Phenomena 238
13
17
Electric Circuits 260
2 Describing Motion 18
14 Magnets and Electromagnetism 284
3 Falling Objects and Projectile Motion 38
4 Newton’s Laws: Explaining Motion 59
Unit Four Wave Motion and Optics 307
5 Circular Motion, the Planets, and 15 Making Waves 308
Gravity 80
16 Light Waves and Color 331
6 Energy and Oscillations 102
17 Light and Image Formation 354
7 Momentum 124
Unit Five
8
The Atom and Its Nucleus 381
Rotational Motion of Solid Objects 145
Unit Two
18 The Structure of the Atom 382
Fluids and Heat 169
19 The Nucleus and Nuclear Energy 408
9 The Behavior of Fluids 170
Unit Six
10
Relativity and Beyond 433
Temperature and Heat 192
11 eat Engines and the Second Law
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20 Relativity 434
of Thermodynamics 215
21 Looking Deeper into Everyday
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