Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Volume 1
NINTH EDITION
Raymond A. Serway
Emeritus, James Madison University
John W. Jewett
Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Prepared by
Vahe Peroomian
University of California at Los Angeles
John R Gordon
Emeritus, James Madison University
Raymond A. Serway
Emeritus, James Madison University
John W. Jewett
Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Preface v
Acknowledgments vi
Suggestions for Study vii
Chapter Page
1. Physics and Measurement 1
2. Motion in One Dimension 14
3. Vectors 40
4. Motion in Two Dimensions 59
5. The Laws of Motion 89
6. Circular Motion and Other Applications
of Newton’s Laws 120
7. Energy of a System 143
8. Conservation of Energy 167
9. Linear Momentum and Collisions 195
10. Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis 225
11. Angular Momentum 259
12. Static Equilibrium and Elasticity 282
13. Universal Gravitation 303
14. Fluid Mechanics 326
15. Oscillations and Mechanical Waves 348
16. Wave Motion 377
17. Sound Waves 395
18. Superposition and Standing Waves 416
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19. Temperature 441
20. The First Law of Thermodynamics 462
21. The Kinetic Theory of Gases 486
22. Heat Engines, Entropy, and the
Second Law of Thermodynamics 508
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