The goal of Essential College Physics is to provide a text focused on essential principlesa shorter, more focused text that better addresses the learning needs of todays students while more effectively guiding them through the mastery of physics. Brevity does not need to come at the expense of student learning.
This text is designed from the ground up to be concise and focused, resulting in a book that is less intimidating and easier to use, with well-coordinated explanations, art, worked examples, and end-of-chapter problems. It incorporates an overarching connected approach: connecting ideas within and across chapters; connecting physics with the real world; connecting words and math; and connecting with how todays students learn and how they use their textbook. In addition to providing a strong foundation that teaches physics principles, the text also focuses on building students problem-solving skills.
1. Measurements in Physics
2. Motion in One Dimension
3. Motion in Two Dimensions
4. Force and Newtons Laws of Motion
5. Work and Energy
6. Momentum and Collisions
7. Oscillations
8. Rotational Motion
9. Gravitation
10. Solids and Fluids
11. Waves and Sound
12. Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and Ideal Gases
13. Heat
14. The Laws of Thermodynamics
15. Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields
16. Electric Energy, Potential, and Capacitors
17. Electric Current, Resistance, and Circuits
18. Magnetic Fields and Forces
19. Electromagnetic Induction and AC Circuits
20. Electromagnetic Waves and Special Relativity
21. Geometrical Optics
22. Wave Optics
23. Early Modern Physics
24. Atomic Physics
25. Nuclear Physics
26. Elementary Particles
