This volume covers Chapters 1--20 of the main text. The Student's Solutions Manual provides detailed, step-by-step solutions to more than half of the odd-numbered end-of-chapter problems from the text. All solutions follow the same four-step problem-solving framework used in the textbook.
This text for courses in introductory algebra-based physics features a combination of pedagogical tools - exercises, worked examples, active examples and conceptual checkpoints.
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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Elegant, engaging, exacting, and concise, Giancoli’s Physics: Principles with Applications , Seventh Edition, helps you view the world through eyes that know physics. Giancoli’s text is a trusted classic, known for its elegant writing, clear presentation, and quality of content. Using concrete observations and experiences you can relate to, the text features an approach that reflects how science is actually practiced: it starts with the specifics, then moves to the great generalizations and the more formal aspects of a topic to show you why we believe what we believe. Written with the goal of giving you a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, the text uses interesting applications to biology, medicine, architecture, and digital technology to show you how useful physics is to your everyday life and in your future profession.
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Special Features: · Widely acknowledged to be the most complete and authoritative survey text in Physics· Most mathematically complete and challenging text available· Entire book edited to clarify conceptual development in light of recent findings of physics education research· Following the inspiration of Arnold Arons, the Mechanics sequence is re-organized so that energy is the capstone topic· End-of-chapter problem sets are thoroughly over-hauled - new problems are added, out-dated references are deleted, and new short-answer conceptual questions are added· The presentation of Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics has been revised to provide a more modern approach to these topics· The supplement package for both students and instructors has been greatly expanded. For students there are a Student Study Guide, Student Solutions Manual, and Student Website. For instructors there are a Instructor's Solutions Manual (both print and electronic), Test Bank, Computerized Test bank, Transparencies, and IRCD with Simulations. EGrade is also available as a testing option About The Book: This is the most comprehensive and detailed book on the market. It has been edited to clarify conceptual development in light of recent findings from physics education research, and the mechanics sequence has been re-organised so that energy is a capstone topic. The presentation of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics has been updated to provide a more modern approach, and the end-of-chapter problem sets have been thoroughly over-hauled: new problems added; out-dated references deleted; and new short-answer conceptual questions added. The supplements package has been expanded to include more materials for student and instructor.
This book arms engineers with the tools to apply key physics concepts in the field. A number of the key figures in the new edition are revised to provide a more inviting and informative treatment. The figures are broken into component parts with supporting commentary so that they can more readily see the key ideas. Material from The Flying Circus is incorporated into the chapter opener puzzlers, sample problems, examples and end-of-chapter problems to make the subject more engaging. Checkpoints enable them to check their understanding of a question with some reasoning based on the narrative or sample problem they just read. Sample Problems also demonstrate how engineers can solve problems with reasoned solutions. INCLUDES PARTS 1-4 PART 5 IN FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS, EXTENDED
