Physics with Calculus Extended, Volume II - Heat, Fields, and Light
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Overview
Physics with Calculus Extended, Volume II completes the two-semester sequence in calculus-based university physics. Chapters 13 to 24 carry the same step-by-step approach from heat engines to the atomic nucleus.
Topics include:
- Thermodynamics: the first and second laws, heat engines and entropy.
- Electricity: electric fields and Gauss's law, electric potential and capacitance, current, resistance and circuits.
- Magnetism and light: the magnetic field and Ampère's law, electromagnetic induction, and electromagnetic waves.
- Optics: geometric optics and wave optics.
- Modern physics: special relativity, the foundations of quantum physics, atomic physics and nuclear physics.
Each chapter carries fully worked examples, a STEM Student Workshop, graded practice and a chapter review. "Simulate It" sections show short Python programs that make fields, waves and quantum ideas visible, and computational practice problems let you explore them yourself. Appendices provide a mathematical toolkit, physical constants and data, a Python quick start and a glossary.
Written for university physics, engineering and physical-science students, and for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism. Step-by-step solutions are published separately in the companion Physics with Calculus Extended Solutions Manual, Volume II. Volume I covers motion, forces, energy, rotation, oscillations, waves, gravitation, fluids and heat.
About the author: Ronald H. Miller holds a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT. A plasma physicist and computational engineer, he has conducted research at the University of Michigan, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory, and has held senior engineering roles in the automotive sector. He has more than 100 publications and 75 patents, and is the founder and sole author of the Physics First Series.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798954070231
- ISBN-10: 9798954070231
- Publisher: Physics First Series LLC
- Publish Date: November 2026
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.96 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.41 pounds
- Page Count: 476
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