Essential Trig-based Physics Study Guide Workbook: Waves, Fluids, Sound, Heat, and Light

✍ Scribed by Chris McMullen

• Publisher: Zishka Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 422
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

LEVEL: This book covers waves, fluids, sound, heat, and light from trig-based physics at the university level. (If instead you’re looking for a calculus-based physics book, search for ISBN 1941691196.)

DESCRIPTION: This combination of physics study guide and workbook focuses on essential problem-solving skills and strategies:

• Fully solved examples with explanations show you step-by-step how to solve standard university physics problems.
• Handy charts tabulate the symbols, what they mean, and their SI units.
• Problem-solving strategies are broken down into steps and illustrated with examples.
• Answers, hints, intermediate answers, and explanations are provided for every practice exercise.
• Terms and concepts which are essential to solving physics problems are defined and explained.

VOLUME: This volume covers waves, fluids, sound, heat, and light, including simple harmonic motion, standing waves, the Doppler effect, Archimedes’ principle, the laws of thermodynamics, heat engines, principles of optics, Snell’s law, thin lenses, spherical mirrors, diffraction, interference, polarization, and more.

AUTHOR: The author, Dr. Chris McMullen, has over 20 years of experience teaching university physics in California, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana (and has also taught physics to gifted high school students). Dr. McMullen currently teaches physics at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He has also published a half-dozen papers on the collider phenomenology of superstring-inspired large extra dimensions. Chris McMullen earned his Ph.D. in particle physics from Oklahoma State University (and his M.S. in physics from California State University, Northridge).

Dr. McMullen is well-known for:

• engaging physics students in challenging ideas through creativity
• breaking difficult problems down into manageable steps
• providing clear and convincing explanations to subtle issues
• his mastery of physics and strong background in mathematics
• helping students become more fluent in practical math skills

SOLUTIONS: The back of the book includes a detailed section of hints, intermediate answers, final answers, and explanations to help you solve each problem one step at a time. It’s like having a physics tutor in the back of the book. (However, if you would prefer complete solutions, search for ISBN 194169120X.)

USES: This study guide workbook can be used to:

• learn how to solve fundamental problems in trig-based physics
• find fully-solved examples of standard physics problems
• develop fluency in physics via practice exercises that include answers, hints, and explanations
• quickly find the most essential physics terms, concepts, and formulas
• prepare for the AP physics exam
• review for standardized exams, such as AP Physics or the fundamentals of the GRE.

CALCULATOR: Every problem in this book can be solved without the aid of a calculator. This is handy for students who will take a standardized exam like the GRE Physics, which doesn’t allow a calculator. (It’s also a handy skill to be able to estimate an answer without relying on a calculator.)

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction
1 – Sine Waves
2 – Simple Harmonic Motion
3 – Oscillating Spring
4 – Oscillating Pendulum
5 – Wave Motion
6 – Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
7 – Standing Waves
8 – Density
9 – Pressure
10 – Archimedes’ Principle
11 – Fluid Dynamics
12 – Pascal’s Law
13 – Temperature Conversions
14 – Thermal Expansion
15 – Heat Transfer
16 – Ideal Gases
17 – The Laws of Thermodynamics
18 – Heat Engines
19 – Light Waves
20 – Reflection and Refraction
21 – Snell’s Law
22 – Total Internal Reflection
23 – Dispersion and Scattering
24 – Thin Lenses
25 – Spherical Mirrors
26 – Single-slit Diffraction
27 – Diffraction Grating
28 – Double-slit Interference
29 – Polarization
Hints Chapter 1
Hints Chapter 2
Hints Chapter 3
Hints Chapter 4
Hints Chapter 5
Hints Chapter 6
Hints Chapter 7
Hints Chapter 8
Hints Chapter 9
Hints Chapter 10
Hints Chapter 11
Hints Chapter 12
Hints Chapter 13
Hints Chapter 14
Hints Chapter 15
Hints Chapter 16
Hints Chapter 17
Hints Chapter 18
Hints Chapter 19
Hints Chapter 20
Hints Chapter 21
Hints Chapter 22
Hints Chapter 23
Hints Chapter 24
Hints Chapter 25
Hints Chapter 26
Hints Chapter 27
Hints Chapter 28
Hints Chapter 29