Comparison of chapters in various editions of Knight’s “Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach”

Topics in order covered:

4th Edition

3rd Edition

2nd Edition

 

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics, 4th Edition

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Ph 211 in order of topic covered:

 

 

 

Concepts of Motion

1

1

1

Kinematics in 1D

2

2

2

Vectors and Coordinate Systems

3

3

3

Kinematics in 2D

4

4

4

Force and Motion

5

5

5

Dynamics I:  Motion Along a Line

6

6

6

Newton’s 3rd Law

7

7

7

Dynamics II:  Motion in a Plane

8

8

8

Work and Kinetic Energy

9

11

11

Interactions and Potential Energy

10

10

10

Impulse and Momentum

11

9

9

Ph 212 in order of topic covered:

 

 

 

Newton’s Theory of Gravity

13

13

13

Rotation of a Rigid Body

12

12

12

Fluids and Elasticity

14

15

15

Oscillations

15

14

14

Traveling Waves

16

20

20

Superposition

17

21

21

Wave Optics

33

22

22

Ray Optics

34

23

23

Optical Instruments

35

24

24

Modern Optics and Matter Waves

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25

Ph 213 in order of topic covered:

 

 

 

Electric Charges and Forces

22

25

26

The Electric Field

23

26

27

Gauss’s Law

24

27

28

The Electric Potential

25

28

29

Potential and Field

26

29

30

Current and Resistance

27

30

31

Fundamentals of Circuits

28

31

32

The Magnetic Field

29

32

33

Electromagnetic Induction

30

33

34

Electromagnetic Field and Waves

31

34

35

AC Circuits

32

35

36