Essential University Physics, Volume 1, Global Edition

Richard Wolfson is the Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College, where he has taught since 1976. He did undergraduate work at MIT and Swarthmore College, and he holds an M.S. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from Dartmouth. His ongoing research on the Sun's corona and climate change has taken him to sabbaticals at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado; St. Andrews University in Scotland; and Stanford University. Rich is a committed and passionate teacher. This is reflected in his many publications for students and the general public, including the video series Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Nonscientists, Physics in Your Life, Physics and Our Universe: How It All Works, and Understanding Modern Electronics; books Nuclear Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology, Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified, and Energy, Environment, and Climate; and articles for Scientific American and the World Book Encyclopedia.

• Volume 1 contains Chapters 1–19. 1. Doing Physics I. MECHANICS 2. Motion in a Straight Line 3. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions 4. Force and Motion 5. Using Newton’s Laws 6. Work, Energy, and Power 7. Conservation of Energy 8. Gravity 9. Systems of Particles 10. Rotational Motion 11. Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum 12. Static Equilibrium II. OSCILLATIONS, WAVES, AND FLUIDS 13. Oscillatory Motion 14. Wave Motion 15. Fluid Motion III. THERMODYNAMICS 16. Temperature and Heat 17. The Thermal Behavior of Matter 18. Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics 19. The Second Law of Thermodynamics