物理学：概念与实践（英文版•文科类）
作者：（美）柯克帕特里克，（美）弗朗西斯 著
出版时间：2012年版
内容简介
本书是一本精心编著的、反映现代物理学最新发展的、适用于非理工科类的大学物理教材。本书语言简明，富有逻辑，使学生在有趣和愉悦的语言氛围中理解和掌握物理概念。同时，本书设置有“PHYSICSEVERYDAY”栏目，在全书28章的篇幅中用了44个专题实例生动地向学生展示了物理原理在日常生活中的各种实践和有趣的现象与应用，如液晶显示、荧光色、全息摄影、引力波、“无线”电池充电等。此外，本书还设置有章前图片、问题和解答，用于检查学生概念理解与否的“AREYOU ON THEBus？”栏目，针对数学基础偏弱的学生数学内容可略过而又不影响概念理解的“WORKINGITOUT”栏目、8篇配有大图的传记性短文“TheBig Picture”以及每章章后大量的思考题和练习题（全书思考题1500多道，练习题500多道）。本书主要内容包括九个部分：运动和引力基础，动量和能量守恒，相对论，物质的结构（包括热和热力学），波现象和声音，光和光学，电和磁，量子，原子核、基本粒子与物理学前沿。本书为非理工科类，如文科、经济管理等专业大学生的大学物理教材，也是高校广大物理教师进行教学的优秀参考书，同时还是广大科学爱好者、大学生等学习和了解科学知识的优秀读物。
目录
Preface
1.AWorld View
First Grade
On Building a World View
Bode's Law
Measurements
Sizes: Large and Small
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
2.Describing Motion
Average Speed
Images of Speed
Instantaneous Speed
Speed with Direction
Acceleration
A First Look at Falling Objects
Free Fall: Making a Rule of Nature
Starting with an Initial Veloaty
A Subtle Point
Summary
Key Terms
ConceptuaI Questions
Exercises
3.Explaining Motion
An Early Explanation
The Beginnings of Our Modern Explanation
Newton's First Law
Adding Vectors
Newton's Second Law
Mass and Weight
Weight
Free-Body Diagrams
Free Fall Revisited
Galileo versus Aristotle
Friction
Newton's Third Law
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
4.Motions in Space
Cifcular Motion
Acceleration Revisited
Acceleration in Circular Motion
Projectile Motion
Launching an Apple into Orbit
Rotational Motion
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptuat Questions
Exercises
5.Gravity
The Concept of Gravity
Newton's Gravity
The Law of Universal Gravitation
The Value of G
Gravity Near Earth's Surface
Satellites
Tides
How Far Does Gravity Reach?
The Field Concept
Summary
Kty Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
The Big Picture:The Discovery of Invariants
6.Momentum
Linear Momentum
Changing an Object's Momentum
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Collisions
Investigating Accidents
Airplanes, Balloons, and Rockets
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
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7.Energy
8.Rotation
9.ClassicaI Relativity
10.Einstein's Relativity
11.Structure of Matter
12.States of Matter
13.ThermaI Enery
14. Available Energy
15.Vibrations and Waves
16.Sound and Music
17.Light
18.Refraction of Light
19.A Model for Light
20.Electricity
21.Electric Current
22.Electromagnetism
23.The Early Atom
24.The Modern Atom
25.The Nucleus
26.Nuclear Energy
27.Elementary Particles
28.Frontiers
