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Conceptual Physics, 9/E
Paul G. Hewitt, City College of San Francisco

ISBN-10: 0321052021
ISBN-13: 9780321052025

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2002
Format: Cloth Package
Published: 07/02/2001
Status: Out of Print

Net price: $90.45 (What's this?)

Thirty years ago, this best-selling text defined the “conceptual” approach to introductory physics. Today, the Ninth Edition shows how text and media can be integrated to bring physics to life for non-science majors. Hewitt's text engages students with analogies and imagery from real-world situations to build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong foundation, students 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. Icons in this new edition direct students to The Physics Place Web site where they will find interactive and animated tutorials, video demonstrations, and hundreds of problems and activities. Each new copy of the text includes a Practicing Physics Workbook. This new text-media combination gives students more of what they need - whether it's animated explanations or interactive exercises - to make the connections between the concepts of physics and their everyday world.

NEW - NEW! Part I delays kinematics for one chapter. Students learn about the concept of force before the concepts of velocity and acceleration, which gives them an easier-to-grasp introduction to mechanics and vector mathematics.

NEW - REVISED! Each of Newton's laws is now given its own chapter.

NEW - NEW! Topical boxes, Practicing Physics boxes, and boxes on Pseudoscience connect chapter content to contemporary topics, such as electromagnetic fields around power lines and magnetic strips on credit cards, and seek to debunk pseudo-scientific fads and phobias, such as magnetic therapy and food irradiation.

REVISED! Problem sets in each chapter have been revised.

NEW - NEW! Icons in text point to The Physics Place, www.physicsplace.com, to engage, test, and help students in an interactive exploration of fundamental physics concepts.

NEW - NEW! The Physics Tutor Center, www.aw.com/tutorcenter, offers free tutoring with qualified instructors by phone, fax, email, and the Internet.

Conversational writing style and upbeat tone engages students.

Concept Checks reinforce the concepts as they are presented.

Fun and easy to perform tasks and projects involve students in exploration and observation.

Extensive full-color line art and photo program includes amusing and informative cartoons drawn by the author that reinforce and extend key concepts.

Exercises and questions have been refined through use by over 1 million students.

1. About Science.

I. MECHANICS.

2. Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia.

3. Linear Motion.

4. Newton's Second Law of Motion: Force and Acceleration.

5. Newton's Third Law of Motion: Action and Reaction.

6. Momentum.

7. Energy.

8. Rotational Motion.

9. Gravity.

10. Projectile and Satellite Motion.

II. PROPERTIES OF MATTER.

11. Atomic Nature of Matter.

12. Solids.

13. Liquids.

14. Gases and Plasmas.

III. HEAT.

15. Temperature, Heat and Expansion.

16. Heat Transfer.

17. Change of Phase.

18. Thermodynamics.

IV. SOUND.

19. Vibrations and Waves.

20. Sound.

21. Musical Sounds.

V. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.

22. Electrostatics.

23. Electric Current.

24. Magnetism.

25. Electromagnetic Induction.

VI. LIGHT.

26. Properties of Light.

27. Color.

28. Reflection and Refraction.

29. Light Waves.

30. Light Emission.

31. Light Quanta.

VII. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS.

32. The Atom and the Quantum.

33. Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity.

34. Nuclear Fission and Fusion.

VIII. RELATIVITY.

35. Special Theory of Relativity.

36. General Theory of Relativity.

APPENDICES.

A. Systems of Measurement.

B. More About Motion.

C. Graphing.

D. More About Vectors.

E. Exponential Growth and Doubling Time.

Liberal Arts Physics (Physics & Astronomy)

Conceptual Physics Media Update, 10/E
Hewitt
©2009 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package; 816 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321548094 | ISBN-13: 9780321548092
Suggested retail price: $149.33 Net price: $112.00 (What's this?)Brief Description

Since defining this course 30 years ago, Paul Hewitt’s best-selling text continues to be the benchmark book that two-thirds of professors use and by which all others are judged. In Conceptual Physics Media Update,Tenth Edition, Paul Hewitt shows how a compelling text and the most advanced media can be integrated to empower professors as they bring physics to life for non-science majors, both in and out of class. For the Tenth Edition, Hewitt helps students connect physics to their everyday experiences and the world around them, and provides additional help on solving mathematical problems.

Hewitt's text is famous for engaging students 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, students are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and are motivated to explore the thought-provoking exercises and fun projects in each chapter. Icons in the text direct students to fun and effective interactive activities on The Physics Place website. This highly acclaimed website features ten new Interactive Figures^™ that coach students through core topics, updated Interactive Tutorials, engaging Video Demonstrations, and hundreds of problems and activities for self-study and assessment.

Conceptual Physics with Practicing Physics Workbook |
Author Bios

Paul G. 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo. Currently, Hewitt enjoys teaching at the City College of San Francisco and at San Francisco's science museum, The Exploratorium.

Blackboard Access Code Card, 9/E
Hewitt
©2003 | Addison-Wesley | Access Card Package | Instock (Additional assembly time required)
ISBN-10: 032118663X | ISBN-13: 9780321186638
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Stand-alone Access Code Tutor Center
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ISBN-10: 0201721708 | ISBN-13: 9780201721706
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Hewitt
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Blackboard, 9/E
Hewitt
©2002 | Addison-Wesley | Electronic Book | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321051645 | ISBN-13: 9780321051646

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Stand-alone Access Code Tutor Center
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This package contains:
• Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, 9/E (2002)
• Hewitt, Practicing Physics Workbook, 9/E (2002)

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