Elegant, engaging, exacting, and concise, Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications , Seventh Edition, helps students view the world through eyes that know physics.
Giancoli's text is a trusted classic, known for its elegant writing, clear presentation, and quality of content. Using concrete observations and experiences students can relate to, the text features an approach that reflects how science is actually practiced: it starts with the specifics, then moves to the great generalizations and the more formal aspects of a topic to show students why we believe what we believe.
Written with the goal of giving students a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, the text uses interesting applications to biology, medicine, architecture, and digital technology to show students how useful physics is in their own everyday lives and in their future professions.
Introduction, Measurement, Estimating
Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension
Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors
Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion
Circular Motion; Gravitation
Work and Energy
Linear Momentum
Rotational Motion
Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
Fluids
Oscillations and Waves
Sound
Temperature and Kinetic Theory
Heat
The Laws of Thermodynamics
Electric Charge and Electric Field
Electric Potential
Electric Currents
DC Circuits
Magnetism
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
Electromagnetic Waves
Light: Geometric Optics
The Wave Nature of Light
Optical Instruments
The Special Theory of Relativity
Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
Molecules and Solids
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
Elementary Particles
Astrophysics and Cosmology
