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 …… 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
