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Essential University Physics: Volume 2: International Edition Paperback – 7 January 2011
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Richard Wolfson’s Essential University Physics, Second Edition is a concise and progressive calculus-based physics textbook that offers clear writing, great problems, and relevant real-life applications. This text is a compelling and affordable alternative for professors who want to focus on the fundamentals and bring physics to life for their students.
Essential University Physics focuses on the fundamentals of physics, teaches sound problem-solving skills, emphasizes conceptual understanding, and makes connections to the real world. The presentation is concise without sacrificing a solid introduction to calculus-based physics. New pedagogical elements have been introduced that incorporate proven results from physics education research. Features such as annotated figures and step-by-step problem-solving strategies help students master concepts and solve problems with confidence.
The Second Edition features dramatically revised and updated end-of-chapter problem sets, significant content updates, new Conceptual Examples, and additional Applications, all of which serve to foster student understanding and interest.
Essential University Physics is offered as two paperback volumes, available shrink-wrapped together, or for sale individually.
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- Essential University Physics: Volume 2, Second Edition (which includes Chapters 20-39)
- Print length456 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPearson
- Publication date7 January 2011
- Dimensions27.6 x 1.4 x 21.5 cm
- ISBN-100321761944
- ISBN-13978-0321761941
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- Publisher : Pearson
- Publication date : 7 January 2011
- Edition : 2nd
- Language : English
- Print length : 456 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0321761944
- ISBN-13 : 978-0321761941
- Item weight : 358 g
- Dimensions : 27.6 x 1.4 x 21.5 cm
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- MarkReviewed in the United States on 11 June 2017
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Verified PurchaseThe only full physics textbook that's better is the one by Freedman. This book is concise, but not in a classic 1930's Dover book on physics concise, there's more explanation. The explanations are all useful and are not overly complicated.
This book works well if you already know how to read science and mathematics textbooks. I'll admit when I first took physics using this book I hated it. But now that I have more experience with mathematics I enjoy it (notice I don't say physics).
My advice to anyone reading STEM books is to read the chapter once, and then read it again and take notes over explanations, derivations (which may not seem important at first), and examples.
The only things I'd like to see in subsequent editions are one more example on average per section and a little more explanation on derivations. Great book overall.
- DanReviewed in the United States on 5 April 2012
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Verified PurchaseThis is a solid and above average textbook. I think people are getting confused. They see that the book is short and terse and think that it "lacks depth." Actually, the idea behind the book is to focus on people understanding the ideas instead of losing that by doing too much math. There is not too much tricky math or too much calculus here. I think in intro physics you learn from newton mechanics, torque, to optics and gases and magnetism there is so much to learn it is impossible to ask a student to learn all of this while doing crazy calculus on it too. The depth is there, some of the math isn't, which is a good thing there is so much to learn in physics we can focus on the right stuff with this book.
- JeromeVLReviewed in the United States on 28 February 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars More Practice, Less Reading
Verified PurchaseThis book provides a great way to learn basic physics without getting into conceptual topics (which are usually discussion topics in class anyway). Instead it provides a lot more examples (in ratio) than a usual textbook would provide which is a lot more beneficial and saves time from reading something that I would've brisked over anyway.