
College Physics
A Strategic Approach with MasteringPhysics: United States Edition
Benjamin Cummings (Publisher)
Published on 8. January 2007
Book
Mixed media product
1104 pages
978-0-8053-9062-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Building on the results of an extensive NSF-funded educational research program and detailed input from an unprecedented 4,500 students and 250 instructors, Randy Knight and Addison-Wesley published Physics for Scientists and Engineers in 2003. Already the most widely adopted new physics text published in more than 30years, this book has attracted widespread critical acclaim with instructors and is preferred by 85% of their students over other available texts. In College Physics: A Strategic Approach, Randy Knight is joined by Brian Jones and Stuart Field to carefully apply the best solutions from educational research to the algebra-based introductory physics course, and the particular needs of those students.
Built from the ground up on a wealth of research into how students learn physics and how they can be taught more effectively, College Physics leads students to more proficient and long-lasting problem-solving skills, a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts, and a broader picture of the relevance of physics to their chosen career and the world around them. In particular, College Physics
BUILDS students' problem-solving abilities and confidence-starting with basic skills and core concepts, using explicit and systematic problem-solving strategies, and carefully progressing to more advanced and wide-ranging problems
INTEGRATES relevant examples and interesting topics-drawing from students' majors and the world they live in and carefully woven into the text and worked examples to give students motivation, a means to consolidate their understanding, and a clear context for how physics is valuable to them
EXPLICITLY ADDRESSES students' preconceptions, misconceptions, and common stumbling blocks-guiding students to a solid foundational knowledge of connected concepts and to confidence in applying their understanding
PROVIDES a highly readable and accessible text-building from familiar and concrete examples, providing a carefully structured learning path, and employing key ideas from educational research into how visual pedagogy can be used to help make physics more accessible
College Physics is accompanied by MasteringPhysicsTM-the most advanced, educationally effective, and widely used online physics tutorial and homework system in the world. MasteringPhysicsae provides a next-generation solution for assigning uncompromising quantitative and conceptual online homework, giving each student tutorial help precisely where and when they need it, and evaluating student performance in detail on an individual and class level.
All end-of-chapter problems from the text have been tested in MasteringPhysics by hundreds of students, ensuring unprecedented clarity, accuracy and quality.
Built from the ground up on a wealth of research into how students learn physics and how they can be taught more effectively, College Physics leads students to more proficient and long-lasting problem-solving skills, a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts, and a broader picture of the relevance of physics to their chosen career and the world around them. In particular, College Physics
BUILDS students' problem-solving abilities and confidence-starting with basic skills and core concepts, using explicit and systematic problem-solving strategies, and carefully progressing to more advanced and wide-ranging problems
INTEGRATES relevant examples and interesting topics-drawing from students' majors and the world they live in and carefully woven into the text and worked examples to give students motivation, a means to consolidate their understanding, and a clear context for how physics is valuable to them
EXPLICITLY ADDRESSES students' preconceptions, misconceptions, and common stumbling blocks-guiding students to a solid foundational knowledge of connected concepts and to confidence in applying their understanding
PROVIDES a highly readable and accessible text-building from familiar and concrete examples, providing a carefully structured learning path, and employing key ideas from educational research into how visual pedagogy can be used to help make physics more accessible
College Physics is accompanied by MasteringPhysicsTM-the most advanced, educationally effective, and widely used online physics tutorial and homework system in the world. MasteringPhysicsae provides a next-generation solution for assigning uncompromising quantitative and conceptual online homework, giving each student tutorial help precisely where and when they need it, and evaluating student performance in detail on an individual and class level.
All end-of-chapter problems from the text have been tested in MasteringPhysics by hundreds of students, ensuring unprecedented clarity, accuracy and quality.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 276 mm
Thickness: 62 mm
Weight
3396 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8053-9062-9 (9780805390629)
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Randall D. Knight | Brian Jones | Stuart Field
College Physics
Strategic Approach with MasteringPhysics: United States Edition
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12/2009
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Addison Wesley
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Content
Part I Force and Motion
1 Concepts of Motion and Mathematical Background
2 Motion in One Dimension
3 Vectors and Motion In Two Dimensions
4 Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
5 Applying Newton's Laws
6 Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
7 Rotational Motion
8 Equilibrium and Elasticity
Part II Conservation Laws
9 Momentum
10 Energy and Work
11 Using Energy
Part III Properties of Matter
12 Thermal Properties of Matter
13 Fluids
Part IV Oscillations and Waves
14 Oscillations
15 Traveling Waves and Sound
16 Superposition and Standing Waves
Part V Optics
17 Wave Optics
18 Ray Optics
19 Optical Instruments
Part VI Electricity and Magnetism
20 Electric Forces and Fields
21 Electrical Potential
22 Current and Resistance
23 Circuits
24 Magnetic Fields and Forces
25 Electromagnetic Induction and Electromagnetic Waves
26 AC Circuits
Part VII Modern Physics
27 Relativity
28 Quantum Physics
29 Atoms and Molecules
30 Nuclear Physics
1 Concepts of Motion and Mathematical Background
2 Motion in One Dimension
3 Vectors and Motion In Two Dimensions
4 Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
5 Applying Newton's Laws
6 Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
7 Rotational Motion
8 Equilibrium and Elasticity
Part II Conservation Laws
9 Momentum
10 Energy and Work
11 Using Energy
Part III Properties of Matter
12 Thermal Properties of Matter
13 Fluids
Part IV Oscillations and Waves
14 Oscillations
15 Traveling Waves and Sound
16 Superposition and Standing Waves
Part V Optics
17 Wave Optics
18 Ray Optics
19 Optical Instruments
Part VI Electricity and Magnetism
20 Electric Forces and Fields
21 Electrical Potential
22 Current and Resistance
23 Circuits
24 Magnetic Fields and Forces
25 Electromagnetic Induction and Electromagnetic Waves
26 AC Circuits
Part VII Modern Physics
27 Relativity
28 Quantum Physics
29 Atoms and Molecules
30 Nuclear Physics