Last edition Elsevier Richard Wolfson’s Essential University Physics, Third Edition is a concise and progressive calculus-based physics textbook that offers clear writing, great problems, and relevant real-life applications in an affordable and streamlined text. Essential University Physics teaches sound problem-solving skills, emphasizes conceptual understanding, and makes connections to the real world. Features such as annotated figures and step-by-step problem-solving strategies help students master concepts and solve problems with confidence.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292114842
Imprint: Pearson Education Limited
Language: English
Authors: Richard Wolfson
Pub Date: 10/2015
Pages: 416
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,910.00 grams
Size: h 215 x 278 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • NEW! Big Picture features begin each chapter, connecting past, present, and future content. Students will develop an understanding of the connections between different physics principles helping them to see how the overarching principles fit together.
- • Got It? questions present multiple-choice and ranking task problems in most sections to prompt students to check their understanding of key concepts as they read.
- • NEW! “GOT IT?” questions have been revised for clicker systems to inspire classroom discussion.
- • Big Picture features begin each chapter, connecting past, present, and future content. Students will develop an understanding of the connections between different physics principles helping them to see how the overarching principles fit together.
- • Got It? questions present multiple-choice and ranking task problems in most sections to prompt students to check their understanding of key concepts as they read.
- • “GOT IT?” questions have been revised for clicker systems to inspire classroom discussion.
- Richard Wolfson. Richard Wolfson is the Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College, where he also teaches environmental studies. He holds a BA in physics and philosophy from Swarthmore College, an MS in environmental studies from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in physics from Dartmouth. His research involves solar astrophysics and terrestrial climate, and he has published nearly 100 papers in the scientific literature. Wolfson’s other books include several introductory physics texts, as well as Nuclear Choices: A Citizen’s Guide to Nuclear Technology (1993) and Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified (2003). He has five video courses for the Teaching Company’s Great Courses series: Einstein’s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Nonscientists (1999); Physics in Your Life (2004); Earth’s Changing Climate (2007); Physics and Our Universe: How It All Works (2011); and Understanding Modern Electronics (2014).
- Volume 1 contains Chapters 1-19.
- Volume 2 contains Chapters 20-39.
- 1. Doing Physics
- I. MECHANICS
- 2. Motion in a Straight Line
- 3. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
- 4. Force and Motion
- 5. Using Newton's Laws
- 6. Work, Energy, and Power
- 7. Conservation of Energy
- 8. Gravity
- 9. Systems of Particles
- 10. Rotational Motion
- 11. Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
- 12. Static Equilibrium
- II. OSCILLATIONS, WAVES, AND FLUIDS
- v13. Oscillatory Motion
- 14. Wave Motion
- 15. Fluid Motion
- III. THERMODYNAMICS
- 16. Temperature and Heat
- 17. The Thermal Behavior of Matter
- 18. Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- 19. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- IV. ELECTROMAGNETISM
- 20. Electric Charge, Force, and Field
- 21. Gauss's
- 22. Electric Potential
- 23. Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors
- 24. Electric Current
- 25. Electric Circuits
- 26. Magnetism: Force and Field
- 27. Electromagnetic Induction
- 28. Alternating-Current Circuits
- 29. Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
- V. OPTICS
- 30. Reflection and Refraction
- 31. Images and Optical Instruments
- 32. Interference and Diffraction
- VI. MODERN PHYSICS
- 33. Relativity
- 34. Particles and Waves
- 35. Quantum Mechanics
- 36. Atomic Physics
- 37. Molecules and Solids
- 38. Nuclear Physics
- 39. From Quarks to the Cosmos
- APPENDICES
- Appendix A Mathematics
- Appendix B The International System of Units (SI)
- Appendix C Conversion Factors
- Appendix D The Elements
- Appendix E Astrophysical Data
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