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Touch This! Conceptual Physics for Everyone
ISBN-10: 0321051629
ISBN-13: 9780321051622
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paper; 200 pp
Published: 12/03/2001
Status: Instock
Written by Paul G. Hewitt, the man who created the conceptual physics course, this book was written for a general audience and assumes no prior knowledge of physics or mathematics. For a variety of reasons, many students feel inadequate in science, particularly in physics. This book is an attempt to strengthen students' conceptual knowledge of physics—conceptual physics, the understanding of nature's rules in common language—so they can better discuss the basic laws of science with anyone giving them a strong foundation on which to build an understanding of science as a whole.
- A focus on the basics of physics gives students a strong foundation to build an understanding of science as a whole.
- Author-drawn cartoons explain difficult concepts and make learning physics fun and less intimidating.
- Explains such concepts as speed, friction, gravity, energy, and motion.
1. Being in Equilibrium.
2. Linear Motion.
3. Newton's Laws of Motion.
4. Momentum.
5. Energy.
6. Rotational Motion.
7. Gravity.
8. Projectile and Satellite Motion.
9. On Science.
Paul Hewitt was a Silver Medalist Flyweight Boxing Champion for New England States at the age of 17. He was then a cartoonist, sign painter, and uranium prospector before beginning his physics studies.
Conceptual Physics was first published in 1971 while Hewitt was teaching at City College of San Francisco. He has also served as a guest lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and most recently at the Universlty of Hawaii at Hilo. Currently, Hewitt enjoys teaching at the City College of San Francisco and at San Francisco's science museum, The Exploratorium.
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