Contents of Physics for Scientist and Engineers

by Fishbane, Gasiorowicz, & Thorton.

Chapter 1 Tooling Up

1-1 Scientific Notation

1-2 Length, Time, and Mass

1-3 Dimensional Analysis

1-4 Accuracy and Significant Figures

1-5 How a Little Reasoning Goes a Long Way

1-6 Scalars and Vectors

1-7 The Uses of Scaling (SKIP)

Chapter 2 Straight-Line Motion

2-1 Displacement

2-2 Speed & Velocity

2-3 Acceleration

2-4 Motion w/ Constant Acceleration

2-5 Freely Falling Bodies

2-6 Motion w/ Nonconstant Acceleration (SKIP)

Chapter 3 Motion in a Plane

3-1 Position & Displacement

3-2 Velocity & Acceleration

3-3 Motion w/ Constant Acceleration

3-4 Projectile Motion

3-5 Circular Motion

3-6 Relative Motion (SKIP)

Chapter 4 Newton's Laws

4-1 Forces & Newton's First Law of Motion

4-2 Newton's Second Law of Motion

4-3 Newton's Third Law of Motion

4-4 Noninertial Frames and Fictitous Forces (SKIP)

4-5 Finding the Motion I: Force Diagrams

4-6 Finding the Motion II: Solving the Equations of Motion

4-7 What is a Law of Physics?

Chapter 5 Applications of Newton's Laws

5-1 Some Simple Constant Forces

5-2 Friction

5-3 Drag Forces

5-4 Forces & Circular Motion

5-5 Fundamental Forces

Chapter 6 Force, Kinetic Energy, & Work

6-1 Kinetic Energy and Constant Forces in One Dimension

6-2 Kinetic Energy and Constant Forces in Two & Three Dimensions

6-3 Kinetic Energy and Work for Forces that Vary with Position

6-4 Some Properties of Work

6-5 Power

6-6 Kinetic Energy at Very High Speeds (SKIP)

Chapter 7 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

7-1 Conservative & Nonconservative Forces

7-2 Potential Energy & Energy Conservation for One-Dimensional Systems

7-3 Motion in Two or Three Dimensions

7-4 Is Energy Conservation a General Principle?

7-5 Barrier Tunneling in Quantum Physics (SKIP)

Chapter 8 Linear Momentum, Collisions, and the Center of Mass

8-1 Momentum and Its Conservation

8-2 Impulse & Collisions in One-Dimensional Motion

8-3 Perfectly Inelastic Collisions and Explosions

8-4 Elastic Collisions in Two & Three Dimensions

8-5 Elastic Collisions in Two & Three Dimensions

8-6 The Center of Mass

8-7 Rocket Motion (SKIP)

8-8 Momentum & Momentum Transfer in High-Energy Physics