【簡介】 The 12th edition of COLLEGE PHYSICS, Global Edition provides your students with a time-tested topic organization and pedagogy, paired with digital course materials to facilitate teaching and learning. Its consistent strategy for problem-solving, numerous worked examples, and assignable content in WebAssign develop your students' understanding of physics. A new activity, S.T.E.P. (Scaffolding the Essentials of Physics), developed by co-author Chris Vuille, is available in WebAssign. STEP is a learning activity designed to systematically guide students into mastery as they learn to solve physics problems. The 12th edition has been aligned with the topic progression of STEP, offering your students consistency between textbook and WebAssign. New worked examples have been added, and many existing examples have been revised to improve their pedagogical value, clarity, and quality. 【目錄】 PART I: MECHANICS 1. Units, Trigonometry, and Vectors. 2. Motion in One Dimension. 3. Motion in Two Dimensions. 4. Newton's Laws of Motion. 5. Energy. 6. Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions. 7. Rotational Motion and Gravitation. 8. Rotational Equilibrium and Dynamics. 9. Fluids and Solids. PART II: THERMODYNAMICS. 10. Thermal Physics. 11. Energy in Thermal Processes. 12. The Laws of Thermodynamics. PART III: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES. 13. Vibrations and Waves. 14. Sound. PART IV: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. 15. Electric Forces and Fields. 16. Electrical Energy and Capacitance. 17. Current and Resistance. 18. Direct-Current Circuits. Sources of emf. Resistors in Series. Resistors in Parallel. Kirchhoff's Rules and Complex DC Circuits. RC Circuits. Household Circuits. Electrical Safety. Conduction of Electrical Signals by Neurons. 19. Magnetism. 20. Induced Voltages and Inductance. 21. Alternating-Current Circuits and Electromagnetic Waves. PART V: LIGHT AND OPTICS. 22. Reflection and Refraction of Light. 23. Mirrors and Lenses. 24. Wave Optics. 25. Optical Instruments. PART VI: MODERN PHYSICS 26. Relativity. 27. Quantum Physics. 28. Atomic Physics. 29. Nuclear Physics. 30. Nuclear Energy and Elementary Particles. Appendix A: Mathematics Review. Appendix B: An Abbreviated Table of Isotopes. Appendix C: Some Useful Tables. Appendix D: SI Units.