College Physics

A Strategic Approach with Mastering Physics: International Edition

Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field (Autoren)

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1104 Seiten

2007
Pearson
978-0-321-49138-1 (ISBN)

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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. MasteringPhysicsä 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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.1.2007
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 277 mm
Gewicht	3260 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
ISBN-10	0-321-49138-6 / 0321491386
ISBN-13	978-0-321-49138-1 / 9780321491381
Zustand	Neuware