Tools
Conceptual physics
- Author
- Hewitt, Paul G.
- Title
- Conceptual physics / written and illustrated by Paul G. Hewitt.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Published
- San Francisco : Pearson Addison Wesley, c2006.
- Description
- xix, 788 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005013760.html
- Series
- Practicing physics
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Mechanics
- Properties of matter
- Heat
- Sound
- Electricity and magnetism
- Light
- Atomic and nuclear physics
- Relativity.
- Summary
- Hewitt's text is famous for engaging readers with analogies and imagery from real-world situations that build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong foundation, readers are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and motivated to explore the thought-provoking exercises and fun projects in each chapter.
- Subject headings
- Physics--Textbooks.
- ISBN
- 0805393757 9780805393750 0805392130 (instructor) 9780805392135 (instructor) 0805391924 (high school) 9780805391923 (high school) 0805391908 9780805391909 0321315405 (hbk.) 9780321315403 (hbk.) 0321315324 (pbk. : international ed.) 9780321315328 (pbk. : international ed.) 0805391983 9780805391985