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本书是作者集多年双语教学的经验编写而成的大学物理英文教材。全书共11章,包括质点和刚体力学、振动与波、热学、电磁学、光学、近代物理等内容,每章均有相当数量的例题、思考题和习题,书末附有习题答案。全书内容翔实,理论联系实际,条理清晰,图文并茂。
本书可作为非物理专业特别是生物、医学专业的大学生以及在华学习的留学生开展大学物理双语教学的教材或参考书,也可以作为有一定英语基础的社会各界人士学习物理的参考书。
图书目录
Chapter1StaticsandTranslations……………………………………………………………………1
1.1Statics……………………………………………………………………………………………1
1.2StraightLineMotion……………………………………………………………………………9
1.3MotioninaPlane……………………………………………………………………………15
1.4WorkandEnergy……………………………………………………………………………19
1.5ImpulseandMomentum……………………………………………………………………27
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………31
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………32
Chapter2RotationsandPeriodicMotions…………………………………………………………36
2.1RotationofaRigidBody……………………………………………………………………36
2.2Oscillations……………………………………………………………………………………45
2.3Waves…………………………………………………………………………………………54
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………61
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………61
Chapter3Fluids………………………………………………………………………………………65
3.1FluidStatics……………………………………………………………………………………65
3.2FluidDynamics………………………………………………………………………………69
3.3TheFlowofRealFluids………………………………………………………………………74
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………76
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………76
Chapter4Thermodynamics…………………………………………………………………………78
4.1TheFirstLawofThermodynamics…………………………………………………………78
4.2TheSecondLawofThermodynamics…………………………………………………………83
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………87
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………88
Chapter5Electrostatics………………………………………………………………………………89
5.1ElectricField…………………………………………………………………………………89
5.2ElectricPotential……………………………………………………………………………103
5.3CapacitanceandTheEnergyinElectricField………………………………………………114
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………123
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………124
Chapter6DirectCurrent……………………………………………………………………………127
6.1ElectricCurrent………………………………………………………………………………127
6.2ElectromotiveForce(emf)……………………………………………………………………131
6.3DirectCurrentCircuit………………………………………………………………………136
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………141
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………141
Chapter7MagneticField……………………………………………………………………………144
7.1MagneticField………………………………………………………………………………144
7.2MagneticForces………………………………………………………………………………147
7.3ThePropertyofMagneticFields……………………………………………………………155
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………160
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………161
Chapter8Electromagneticinduction………………………………………………………………163
8.1Faraday’sLaw…………………………………………………………………………………163
8.2Inductance……………………………………………………………………………………171
8.3MagneticPropertiesofMatter………………………………………………………………174
8.4ElectromagneticWaves………………………………………………………………………180
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………182
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………183
Chapter9Optics……………………………………………………………………………………187
9.1TheLawsofReflectionandRefraction………………………………………………………187
9.2Thinlenses……………………………………………………………………………………192
9.3Interference……………………………………………………………………………………200
9.4Diffraction……………………………………………………………………………………206
9.5Polarization……………………………………………………………………………………214
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………217
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………218
Chapter10SpecialRelativity………………………………………………………………………221
10.1EinsteinPostulatesofSpecialRelativity……………………………………………………221
10.2ConsequencesofSpecialRelativity…………………………………………………………224
10.3MomentumandEnergy……………………………………………………………………231
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………237
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………237
Chapter11QuantumPhysics………………………………………………………………………239
11.1TheQuantumTheoryofRadiation…………………………………………………………239
11.2BohrandtheHydrogenAtom………………………………………………………………250
11.3TheWaveNatureofMatter…………………………………………………………………257
11.4Radioactivity………………………………………………………………………………260
11.5ElementaryParticles…………………………………………………………………………268
11.6Cosmology…………………………………………………………………………………276
Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………278
Problems……………………………………………………………………………………………279
Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………………281
AnswerstoProblems…………………………………………………………………………………287
References………………………………………………………………………………………………293