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PREFACE xix instead of just being flat on a printed page. Not only does this give life to the physics, but the anima- tion can b ...

xx Tutoring problem available (at instructor’s discretion) in WileyPLUSand WebAssign SSM Worked-out solution available in Studen ...

PREFACE xxi INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS Instructor’s Solutions Manualby Sen-Ben Liao, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This ma ...

xxii PREFACE Interactive Learningware.This software guides students through solutions to 200 of the end-of-chapter problems. The ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A great many people have contributed to this book. Sen-Ben Liao of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, James ...

xxiv Arthur Z. Kovacs,Rochester Institute of Technology Kenneth Krane,Oregon State University Hadley Lawler,Vanderbilt Universit ...

1 CHAPTER 1 Measurement 1-1MEASURING THINGS, INCLUDING LENGTHS Learning Objectives After reading this module, you should be able ...

to exactly 1.0 m, is the distance traveled by light in a vacuum during a certain fraction of a second. We can define a unit and ...

or a particular time interval as 2.35 10 ^9 s2.35 nanoseconds2.35 ns. (1-5) Some prefixes, as used in milliliter, centimeter ...

By 1983, however, the demand for higher precision had reached such a point that even the krypton-86 standard could not meet it, ...

1-2 TIME 5 Additional examples, video, and practice available at WileyPLUS 1-2TIME Learning Objectives After reading this module ...

Atomic clocks are so consistent that, in principle, two cesium clocks would have to run for 6000 years before their readings wou ...

1-3 MASS 7 international agreement, a mass of 1 kilogram. Accurate copies have been sent to standardizing laboratories in other ...

Measurement in Physics Physics is based on measurement of physical quantities. Certain physical quantities have been cho- sen as ...

PROBLEMS 9 ••6 You can easily convert common units and measures electroni- cally, but you still should be able to use a conversi ...

10 CHAPTER 1 MEASUREMENT •17 Five clocks are being tested in a laboratory. Exactly at noon, as determined by the WWV time signal ...

PROBLEMS 11 33 A ton is a measure of volume frequently used in ship- ping, but that use requires some care because there are at ...

12 CHAPTER 1 MEASUREMENT 51 The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance between the elbow and the tip of the mi ...

CHAPTER 2 Motion Along a Straight Line 2-1POSITION, DISPLACEMENT, AND AVERAGE VELOCITY After reading this module, you should be ...

Motion The world, and everything in it, moves. Even seemingly stationary things, such as a roadway, move with Earth’s rotation, ...