If you don't have one of the textbooks specifically listed on the textbooks webpage, or a later edition of
those books, don't panic. You may have one of the textbooks listed
below. In that case, we have listed the relevant chapters for study.
Specific editions are listed below, but later editions will have similar
chapter numbers. Again, do a good sample of the questions and problems
to test your understanding of the material.
- Giancoli, D. C., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd Ed., (Prentice Hall, 2000)
- Thermal Physics Module: Chs. 17-20.
- Waves & Sound Module: Chs. 15-16.
- Optics Module: Chs. 33-36
- Tipler, P. A., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th Ed., (W. H. Freeman & Co./Worth Publishers, 1999)
- Thermal Physics Module: Chs. 18-21.
- Waves & Sound Module: Chs. 15-16.
- Optics Module: Chs. 33-35
- Serway, R. A. and Beichner, R. J., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Ed. (Harcourt College Publishers, 1999).
- Thermal Physics Module: Chs. 19-22.
- Waves & Sound Module: Chs. 16-18.
- Optics Module: Chs. 35-38
If you don't have access to any textbook, either borrow one from
someone, or see the Module Administrator for a loaner.
To help in using other texbooks, the following is a listing of the
chapter section titles for Young, H.D. & Freedman, R.A. University
Physics, 10th Edition. These section titles will give you an idea of
the topics/sections covered in a typical university physics textbook
that are relevant to the three modules.
- Thermal Physics
- Chapter 15 Temperature and Heat
- 15-1 Introduction
- 15-2 Temperature and Thermal Equilibrium
- 15-3 Thermometers and Temperature Scales
- 15-4 Gas Thermometers and the Kelvin Scale
- 15-5 Thermal expansion
- 15-6 Quantity of Heat
- 15-7 Calorimetry and Phase Change
- 15-8 Mechanisms of Heat Transfer
- 15-9 Integrated Circuits - "A Case Study in Heat Transfer"
- Chapter 16 Thermal Properties of Matter
- 16-1 Introduction
- 16-2 Equations of State
- 16-3 Molecular Properties of Matter
- 16-4 Kinetic Molecular Properties of an Ideal Gas
- 16-5 Heat Capacities
- 16-6 Molecular Speeds
- Chapter 17 The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 17-.1 Introduction
- 17-2 Thermodynamic systems
- 17-3 Work Done during Volume Changes
- 17-4 Paths Between Thermodynamic States
- 17-5 Internal Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- 17-6 Kinds of Thermodynamic Processes
- 17-7 Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
- 17-8 Heat Capacities of an Ideal Gas
- 17-9 Adiabatic Processes for an Ideal Gas
- Chapter 18 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 18-1 Introduction
- 18-2 Directions of Thermodynamic Processes
- 18-3 Heat Engines
- 18-4 Internal-Combustion Engines
- 18-5 Refrigerators
- 18-6 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 18-7 The Carnot Cycle
- 18-8 The Kelvin Temperature Scale
- 18-9 Entropy
- 18-10 Microscopic Interpretation of Entropy
- Waves and Sound
- Chapter 19 Mechanical Waves
- 19-1 Introduction
- 19-2 Types of Mechanical Waves
- 19-3 Periodic Waves
- 19-4 Mathematical Description of a Wave
- 19-5 Speed of a Transverse Wave
- 19-6 Speed of a Longitudinal Wave
- 19-8 Energy in Wave Motion
- Chapter 20 Wave Interference and Normal Modes
- 20-1 Introduction
- 20-2 Boundary Conditions for a String and the Principle of Superposition
- 20-3 Standing Waves on a String
- 20-4 Normal Modes on a String
- 20-5 Longitudinal Standing Waves and Normal Modes
- 20-6 Interference of Waves
- 20-7 Resonance
- Chapter 21 Sound and Hearing
- 21-1 Introduction
- 21-2 Sound Waves
- 21-3 Sound Intensity
- 21-4 Beats
- 21-5 The Doppler Effect
- 21-6 Shock Waves
- Optics
- Chapter 34 The Nature and Propagation of Light
- 34-1 Introduction
- 34-2 The Nature of Light
- 34-3 Reflection and Refraction
- 34-4 Total Internal Reflection
- 34-5 Dispersion
- 34-6 Polarization
- 34-8 Huygens' Principle
- Chapter 35 Geometric Optics
- 34-1 Introduction
- 35-2 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Surface
- 35-3 Reflection at a Spherical Surface
- 35-4 Graphical Methods for Mirrors
- 35-5 Refraction at a Spherical Surface
- 35-6 Thin Lenses
- 35-7 Graphical Methods for Lenses
- 36-1 Introduction
- Chapter 36 Optical Instruments
- 34-1 Introduction
- 36-4 The Magnifier
- 36-5 The Microscope
- 36-6 Telescopes
- Chapter 37 Interference
- 34-1 Introduction
- 37-2 Interference and Coherent Sources
- 37-3 Two-Source Interference of Light
- 37-4 Intensity in Interference Patterns
- 37-5 Interference in Thin Films
- Chapter 38 Diffraction
- 34-1 Introduction
- 38-2 Fresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction
- 38-3 Diffraction from a Single Slit
- 38-4 Intensity in the Single-Slit Pattern
- 38-5 Multiple Slits
- 38-6 The Diffraction Grating
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