休 D.杨(Hugh D.Young) is Emeritus Professor of Physics atCarnegie Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh,PA.He attended CarnegieMellon for both undergraduate and grad-uate study and earned hisPh.D.in fundamental particle theory under the direction 0f the lateRichard Cutkosky.He joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956and has also spent two years as a Visiting Professor at theUniversity of Califomia at Berkeley. Pro Young’S career hascentered entirely around undergraduate education.He has writtenseveral undergraduate-level textbooks,and in 1 973 he becameaCO-authorwithFrancis SearsandMarkZemanskyfortheirwell-knownintroduc-tory texts.witIl theirdeaths,he assumed full responsibility for new editions 0fthesebooks until joined by Prof.Freedman for Uiversity Physics.Prof.Young is an enthusiastic skier,climber,and hiker.He alsoserved for sev.eral years as Associate Organist at St.Paul’SCathedral in Pittsburgh,and hasplayed numerous organ recitals inthe Pittsburgh area.Prof.Young and his wife Alice usually travelextensively in the summer,especially in Europe and in the desertcanyon counthern of southern Utah.
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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 Gravitation 13 Periodic Motion 14 Fluid Mechanics
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 and Optical Instruments 35 Interference 36 Diffraction
Modern Physics 37 Relativity 38 Photons, Electrons, and Atoms 39 The Wave Nature of Particles 40 Quantum Mechanics 41 Atomic Structure 42 Molecules and Condensed Matter 43 Nuclear Physics 44 Particle Physics and Cosmology
APPENDICES A The International System of Units B Useful Mathematical Relations C The Greek Alphabet D Periodic Table of Elements E Unit Conversion Factors F Numerical Constants
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