Physics 106
Comparison of Different Editions of the Text


Most of the material in each of these editions is the same; however, you do need to be careful about section numbers. The sections listed in the reading assignments are for the 8th Edition. If you have an older edition, please be sure the sections you read cover the correct material. There are copies of the text available in the Tutorial Lab that you may use to study the sections that do not appear in earlier editions.
Please note the following differences between sections in the various Editions. The 6th Edition is similar to the 7th Edition.

8th Ed. Topic 7th Ed. Sections 5th Ed. Sections
17.3 Current and Voltage Measurements in Circuits same None
17.4 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm’s Law 17.4-17.5 17.3-17.4
17.5 Temperature Variation of Resistance 17.6 17.5
17.6 Electrical Energy and Power 17.8 17.7
19.6 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field same 19.7
19.7 Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire and Ampère’s Law same 19.8
19.8 Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors same 19.9
19.9 Magnetic Field of Current Loops and Solenoids same 19.10-11
19.10 Magnetic Domains same 19.12
20.6 Self-Inductance same 20.7
20.7 RL Circuits same 20.8
20.8 Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field same 20.9
22.1 The Nature of Light same 22.1-22.3
22.2 Reflection and Refraction same 22.4
22.3 The Law of Refraction same 22.5
22.4 Dispersion and Prisms same 22.6
22.5 The Rainbow same 22.7
22.6 Huygens’s Principle same 22.8
22.7 Total Internal Reflection same 22.9
24.6 Diffraction same 24.5
24.7 Single-Slit Diffraction same 24.6
24.8 The Diffraction Grating same 25.8
24.9 Polarization of Light Waves same 24.7
26.1 Galilean Relativity 26.1-26.2 26.1-26.2
26.2 The Speed of Light 26.3-26.4 26.3-26.4
26.3 Einstein’s Principle of Relativity 26.5 26.5
26.4 Consequences of Special Relativity 26.6 26.6
26.5 Relativistic Momentum 26.7 26.7
26.6 Relativistic Energy and the Equivalence of Mass and Energy 26.9 26.9
26.7 General Relativity 26.11 26.10
27.2 The Photoelectric Effect and the Particle Theory of Light same 27.2-27.3
27.3 X-Rays same 27.4
27.4 Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals same 27.5
27.5 The Compton Effect same 27.6
27.6 The Dual Nature of Light and Matter same 27.8-27.9
27.7 The Wave Function same 27.10
27.8 The Uncertainty Principle same 27.11
28.4 Quantum Mechanics and the Hydrogen Atom 28.6-28.7 28.6-28.7
28.5 The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table 28.9 28.9
30.2 Nuclear Fusion 30.3 30.3
30.3 Elementary Particles and Fundamental Forces 30.4-30.5 30.4-30.5
30.4 Positrons and Other Antiparticles 30.6 30.6
30.5 Classification of Particles 30.8 30.8
30.6 Conservation Laws 30.9 30.9
30.7 The Eightfold Way 30.10-30.11 30.10-30.11
30.8 Quarks and Color 30.12-30.13 30.12-30.13
30.9 Electroweak Theory and the Standard Model 30.14 30.14