A research-driven approach, fine-tuned for even greater ease-of-use and student success

For the Fourth Edition of Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Knight continues to build on strong research-based foundations with fine-tuned and streamlined content, hallmark features, and an even more robust MasteringPhysics program, taking student learning to a new level. By extending problem-solving guidance to include a greater emphasis on modeling and significantly revised and more challenging problem sets, students gain confidence and skills in problem solving. A modified Table of Contents and the addition of advanced topics now accommodate different teaching preferences and course structures.

KEY TOPICS: Newton's Laws,  Concepts of Motion , Kinematics in One Dimension , Vectors and Coordinate Systems , Kinematics in Two Dimensions , Force and Motion, Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line, Newton's Third Law, Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane , Conservation Laws,  Work and Kinetic Energy,  Interactions and Potential Energy,  Impulse and Momentum   , Applications of Newtonian Mechanics,  Rotation of a Rigid Body , Newton's Theory of Gravity , Fluids and Elasticity , Oscillations and Waves,  Oscillations , Traveling Waves , Superposition , Thermodynamics,  A Macroscopic Description of Matter , Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics , The Micro/Macro Connection , Heat Engines and Refrigerators , Electricity and Magnetism,  Electric Charges and Forces , The Electric Field , Gauss's Law , The Electric Potential , Potential and Field , Current and Resistance,  Fundamentals of Circuits , The Magnetic Field , Electromagnetic Induction , Electromagnetic Fields and Waves , AC Circuits , Optics,  Wave Optics , Ray Optics , Optical Instruments , Relativity and Quantum Physics,  Relativity , The Foundations of Modern Physics,  Quantization , Wave Functions and Uncertainty , One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics , Atomic Physics , Nuclear Physics  

MARKET: For all readers interested in introductory calculus-based physics.

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