Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Hardcover

Wolfson, Richard; Pasachoff, Jay M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0321035712 ISBN 13: 9780321035714

Verlag: Pearson, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This book emphasizes the conceptual unity of physics while providing a solid approach to help students build problem-solving skills. Scientifically sound, yet lauded by reviewers for clarity and accessibility, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition, provides pedagogical support in recognition of the trouble spots often faced by students. An abundance of interesting and diverse end-of-chapter problems motivate and intrigue students. Other aids include references within examples to related problems found at the ends of chapters, Strategy boxes, extended summaries, paired problems, and cumulative problems to integrate concepts across several chapters. This new edition is correlated with the most comprehensive physics simulation package available, ActivPhysics™ 1 & 2.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jay M. Pasachoff is Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Hopkins Observatory at Williams College. His work as author of Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe, now in its fifth edition, led to his teaming with Rich Wolfson to write Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition. He has also collaborated on a text entitled, Invitation to Physics.

Pasachoff is on the Executive Committee of the Forum on Education of the American Physical Society, is Chair of the Astronomy Divison of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is Chair of the Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0321035712
• ISBN 13: 9780321035714
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1073