Advanced University Physics (Hardcover, 2)

INTRODUCTION: SI Units, Dimensional Analysis, Fundamental Physical Constants.PRINCIPLES OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS: Newton's Laws of Motion, Conservation of Momentum, Conservation of Energy.ANGULAR MOMENTUM: Conservation of Angular Momentum, Motion Under a Central Force, Kepler's Problem, Kepler's Laws.PRINCIPLES OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY: Postulates of Special Relativity, The Lorentz Transformation, Spacetime Diagrams, Relativistic Invariance.RELATIVISTIC LAWS OF MOTION: Relativistic Momentum and Energy, The Relativistic Equation of Motion, The Equivalence Principle.CONTINUUM MECHANICS: Strain in a Continuum, Stress in a Continuum, Elastic Solids, Fluid Mechanics, THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS: Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, First Law of Thermodynamics, Second Law of Thermodynamics.THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS: Clausius's Theorem, Entropy, Thermodynamic Potentials, Hydrostatic Systems, Heat Capacities.PERFECT AND REAL GASES: Perfect Gas Laws, Thermodynamic Functions of a Perfect Gas, van der Waals Gas.PHASE TRANSITIONS: Equilibrium Between Phases, First Order Phase Transitions, Higher Order Phase Transitions, The Phase Rule, Third Law of Thermodynamics.ELECTROSTATICS: Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential, Polarization, Electrostatic Energy.MAGNETIC INDUCTION: Current Flow, Magnetic Effects, Magnetic Vector Potential.MAGNETIC FIELDS: Magnetization, Faraday's Law, Energy in Magnetic Fields.MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS: Maxwell's Field Equations, Electromagnetic Energy, Potential Equations.WAVE EQUATIONS: Equation of Wave Motion, Elastic Waves on a String, Sound Waves in Fluids, Electromagnetic Waves in Isotropic Dielectrics.WAVE PROPAGATION: Harmonic Waves, Wave Propagation in Three Dimensions, Stationary Waves, Continuous Waves, Wave Dispersion.WAVE ENERGY: Energy Density, Energy Flow, Wave Momentum, Attenuation of Waves, Wave Energy at an Interface.INTERFERENCE: Interference of Two Monochromatic Waves, Interference with