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Physics: Principles with Applications, Revised 5th Edition ©2002

Douglas C. Giancoli

Correlated with AP* Physics, May 1998, May 1999

ST = Student textbook pages

Newtonian Mechanics
1. Kinematics (including vectors, vector algebra, components of vectors, coordinate systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration)
  1. Motion in one dimension
    ST: 19–41
  2. Motion in two dimensions
    1. Projectile motion
      ST: 57–66
    2. Uniform circular motion
      ST: 112–121
    3. Other
      ST: 48–57
2. Newton's laws of motion (including friction and centripetal force)
  1. Static equilibrium (first law)
    ST: 78–80, 89–101
  2. Dynamics of a single particle (second law)
    ST: 80–82, 89–101
  3. Systems of two or more bodies (third law)
    ST: 83–86, 89–101
3. Work, energy, power
  1. Work and work-energy theorem
    ST: 145–153
  2. Conservative forces and potential energy
    ST: 153–158
  3. Conservation of energy
    ST: 158–169
  4. Power
    ST: 169–171
4. Systems of particles, linear momentum
  1. Center of mass
    ST: 194–208
  2. Impulse and momentum
    ST: 180–187
  3. Conservation of linear momentum, collisions
    ST: 187–194
5. Rotation
  1. Torque and rotational statics
    ST: 215–220
  2. Rotational kinematics
    ST: 209–215
  3. Rotational inertia
    ST: 217–220
  4. Rotational dynamics
    ST: 217–222
  5. Angular momentum and its conservation
    1. Point particles
      ST: 225–227
    2. Extended bodies
      ST: 225–227
6. Oscillations and gravitation
  1. Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and energy relationships)
    ST: 309–321
  2. Mass on a spring
    ST: 314–320
  3. Pendulum and other oscillations
    ST: 320–322
  4. Newton's law of gravity
    ST: 123–124
  5. Orbits of planets and satellites
    1. Circular
      ST: 129–132
    2. General
      ST: 133–137
Heat, Kinetic Theory, and Thermodynamics
1. Temperature and heat
  1. Mechanical equivalent of heat
    ST: 417–418
  2. Specific and latent heat (including calorimetry)
    ST: 420–428
  3. Other (including heat transfer and thermal expansion)
    ST: 388–391, 428–437
2. Kinetic theory and thermodynamics
  1. Ideal gases
    1. Kinetic model
      ST: 397–399
    2. Ideal gas law
      ST: 392–397
  2. Laws of thermodynamics
    1. First law (including processes on pV diagrams)
      ST: 444–450
    2. Second law (including heat engines)
      ST: 450–464
Electricity and Magnetism
1. Electrostatics
  1. Charge, field, and potential
    ST: 477–480, 486–490, 502–508
  2. Coulomb's law and field and potential of point charges
    ST: 481–485
  3. Fields and potentials of other charge distributions
    1. Planar
      ST: 490–492, 1055–1059
    2. Spherical symmetry
      ST: 490–492, 1057
    3. Cylindrical symmetry
      ST: 490–492, 1057
  4. Gauss's law
    ST: 661, 1055–1059
2. Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics
  1. Electrostatics with conductors
    ST: 492
  2. Capacitors
    1. Parallel plate
      ST: 513–514
    2. Spherical and cylindrical
      ST: 513–514
  3. Dielectrics
    ST: 514–516
3. Electric circuits
  1. Current, resistance, power
    ST: 530–539
  2. Steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors only
    ST: 550–570
  3. Capacitors in circuits
    1. Steady state
      ST: 570–572
    2. Transients in RC circuits
      ST: 570–573
4. Magnetostatics
  1. Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields
    ST: 592–596
  2. Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields
    ST: 597
  3. Fields of long current-carrying wires
    ST: 591, 597
  4. Biot-Savart and Ampere's law
    ST: 599–602
5. Electromagnetism
  1. Electromagnetic induction (including Faraday's law and Lenz's law)
    ST: 622–638
  2. Inductance (including LR and LC circuits)
    ST: 638–651, 676
  3. Maxwell's equations
    ST: 661–663
Waves and Optics
1. Wave motion (including sound)
  1. Properties of traveling waves
    ST: 322–334, 337–340
  2. Properties of standing waves
    ST: 334–337, 355–360
  3. Doppler effect
    ST: 365–369, 1017–1018
  4. Superposition
    ST: 333–334, 488
2. Physical optics
  1. Interference and diffraction
    ST: 724, 727–730
  2. Dispersion of light and the electromagnetic spectrum
    ST: 669–671, 731–732
3. Geometric optics
  1. Reflection and refraction
    ST: 337–338, 696–698, 725–727, 748–749
  2. Mirrors
    ST: 688–695
  3. Lenses
    ST: 702–714
Modern Physics
1. Atomic physics and quantum effects
  1. Alpha particle scattering and the Rutherford model
    ST: 840–843
  2. Photons and the photoelectric effect
    ST: 829–835
  3. Bohr model and energy levels
    ST: 844–850, 859
  4. Wave-particle duality
    ST: 835–837, 863
  5. Other topics
    ST: 8836–838, 851–852
2. Nuclear physics
  1. Radioactivity and half-life
    ST: 922–932
  2. Nuclear reactions (including conservation of mass number and charge)
    ST: 928, 943–946
  3. Other topics
    ST: 916–922, 932–938, 947–968
3. Special relativity
  1. Postulates of special relativity
    ST: 799–801
  2. Space and time effects
    ST: 801–811
  3. Mass and energy effects
    ST: 913–918
Miscellaneous (occasional questions on identification of vectors and scalars, vector mathematics, data presentation and uncertainty, graphs of functions, questions that overlap several major topical areas, history of physics, and so forth)
ST: 2–14, 38–40, 48–57, 89–95, 150, 369–374, 483, 527–528, 757–787, 792–799, 823–829, 863–866

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