Physics for Scientists and Engineers

Katz earned her PhD in Astrophysics from University of Minnesota, one of the top PER programs in the country. She has been active in the PER community and has attended multiple conferences to learn how to better integrate innovative pedagogies into the classroom. She has effectively done so in a very traditional environment at the Naval Academy, where she is a tenured professor. She is an active researcher who regularly works with undergraduate students.

• PART I: CLASSICAL MECHANICS.1. Getting Started.2. One-Dimensional Motion.3. Vectors.4. Two- and Three-Dimensional Motion.5. Newton's Laws of Motion.6. Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion.7. Gravity.8. Conservation of Energy.9. Energy in Nonisolated Systems.10. Systems of Particles and Conservation of Momentum.11. Collisions.12. Rotation I: Kinematics and Dynamics.13. Rotation II: A Conservation Approach.PART II: MECHANICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS.14. Static Equilibrium, Elasticity, and Fracture.15. Fluids.16. Oscillations.17. Traveling Waves.18. Superposition and Standing Waves.19. Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and Gas Laws.20. Kinetic Theory of Gases.21. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics.22. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.Appendix A. Mathematics.Appendix B. Reference Tables.Answers to Concept Exercises and Odd-Numbered Problems and Questions.