University Physics with Modern Physics

For courses in calculus-based physics.

The benchmark for clarity and rigor, influenced by the latest in education research.

Since its first edition, University Physics has been revered for its emphasis on fundamental principles and how to apply them. This text is known for its clear and thorough narrative, as well as its uniquely broad, deep, and thoughtful sets of worked examples that provide students with key tools for developing both conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills.

The Fourteenth Edition improves the defining features of the text while adding new features influenced by education research to teach the skills needed by today’s students. A focus on visual learning, new problem types, and pedagogy informed by MasteringPhysics metadata headline the improvements designed to create the best learning resource for physics students.

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MasteringPhysics is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Interactive, self-paced tutorials provide individualized coaching to help students stay on track. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts.

MECHANICS

1. Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors 

2. Motion Along a Straight Line 

3. Motion in Two or Three Dimensions 

4. Newton’s Laws of Motion 

5. Applying Newton’s Laws 

6. Work and Kinetic Energy 

7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation 

8. Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions 

9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies 

10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion 

11. Equilibrium and Elasticity 

12. Fluid Mechanics 

13. Gravitation 

14. Periodic Motion 

WAVES/ACOUSTICS

15. Mechanical Waves 

16. Sound and Hearing 

THERMODYNAMICS

17. Temperature and Heat 

18. Thermal Properties of Matter 

19. The First Law of Thermodynamics 

20. The Second Law of Thermodynamics 

ELECTROMAGNETISM

21. Electric Charge and Electric Field 

22. Gauss’s Law

23. Electric Potential 

24. Capacitance and Dielectrics 

25. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force 

26. Direct-Current Circuits 

27. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces 

28. Sources of Magnetic Field 

29. Electromagnetic Induction

30. Inductance 

31. Alternating Current 

32. Electromagnetic Waves 

OPTICS

33. The Nature and Propagation of Light 

34. Geometric Optics 

35. Interference 

36. Diffraction 

MODERN PHYSICS

37. Relativity 

38. Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles

39. Particles Behaving as Waves

40. Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions

41. Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure

42. Molecules and Condensed Matter 

43. Nuclear Physics 

44. Particle Physics and Cosmology