Physics & Astronomy

Re>University Physics with Modern Physics, Twelfth Edition continues an unmatched history of innovation and careful execution that was established by the bestselling Eleventh Edition. Assimilating the best ideas from education research, this new edition provides enhanced problem-solving instruction, pioneering visual and conceptual pedagogy, the first systematically enhanced problems, and the most pedagogically proven and widely used homework and tutorial system available.

Using Young & Freedman's research-based ISEE (Identify, Set Up, Execute, Evaluate) problem-solving strategy, students develop the physical intuition and problem-solving skills required to tackle the text's extensive high-quality problem sets, which have been developed and refined over the past five decades. Incorporating proven techniques from educational research that have been shown to improve student learning, the figures have been streamlined in color and detail to focus on the key physics and integrate 'chalkboard-style' guiding commentary. Critically acclaimed ‘visual’ chapter summaries help students to consolidate their understanding by presenting each concept in words, math, and figures.

Renowned for its superior problems, the Twelfth Edition goes further. Unprecedented analysis of national student metadata has allowed every problem to be systematically enhanced for educational effectiveness, and to ensure problem sets of ideal topic coverage, balance of qualitative and quantitative problems, and range of difficulty and duration.

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• The acclaimed, consistent, and explicit four-step problem-solving framework (Identify, Set Up, Execute, and Evaluate) is now used throughout the Instructor Solutions Manuals as well as in the Student Solutions Manual and every Example and Problem-Solving Strategy in the text.
• The figures have been revised thoroughly to enhance their instructional power. They now incorporate the research-proven technique of "annotation" — chalkboard-style guiding commentary incorporated directly into the figure. They also use color strategically to focus the student on the key elements of a figure, and they pare back distracting detail.
• The worked examples now incorporate pencil sketches to help students learn the skills of visualization and sketching that are key to expert problem-solving.
• Most of the end-of-section Test Your Understanding questions now consist of ranking or multiple-choice problems, making them more effective as probes for misconceptions and more appealing as a quick-check tool.
• Many more subheadings have been added to the text to help students review the material and locate topics.
• The chapters now begin with learning goals to help students focus their efforts, and they end with visual chapter summaries incorporating new headings and enhanced graphics.

Mechanics

1. Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
2. Motion Along a Straight Line
3. Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
4. Newton's Laws of Motion
5. Applying Newton's Laws
6. Work and Kinetic Energy
7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
8. Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies
10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion
11. Equilibrium and Elasticity
12. Gravitation
13. Periodic Motion
14. Fluid Mechanics
    
    Waves/Acoustics
    
15. Mechanical Waves
16. Sound and Hearing
    
    Thermodynamics
    
17. Temperature and Heat
18. Thermal Properties of Matter
19. The First Law of Thermodynamics
20. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
    
    Electromagnetism
    
21. Electric Charge and Electric Field
22. Gauss's Law
23. Electric Potential
24. Capacitance and Dielectrics
25. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force
26. Direct-Current Circuits
27. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
28. Sources of Magnetic Field
29. Electromagnetic Induction
30. Inductance
31. Alternating Current
32. Electromagnetic Waves
    
    Optics
    
33. The Nature and Propagation of Light
34. Geometric Optics and Optical Instruments
35. Interference
36. Diffraction
    
    Modern Physics
    
37. Relativity
38. Photons, Electrons, and Atoms
39. The Wave Nature of Particles
40. Quantum Mechanics
41. Atomic Structure
42. Molecules and Condensed Matter
43. Nuclear Physics
44. Particle Physics and Cosmology

Calculus-Based Physics  (Physics & Astronomy)

Hugh D. Young is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Carnegie Mellon for both undergraduate and graduate study and earned his Ph.D. in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. He joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956 and has also spent two years as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

Prof. Young’s career has centered entirely around undergraduate education. He has written several undergraduate-level textbooks, and in 1973 he became a co-author with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky for their well-known introductory texts. With their deaths, he assumed full responsibility for new editions of these books until joined by Prof. Freedman for University Physics.

Prof. Young is an enthusiastic skier, climber, and hiker. He also served for several years as Associate Organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh, and has played numerous organ recitals in the Pittsburgh area. Prof. Young and his wife Alice usually travel extensively in the summer, especially in Europe and in the desert canyon country of southern Utah.

Roger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Freedman was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles, and did his doctoral research in nuclear theory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. He came to UCSB in 1981 after three years teaching and doing research at the University of Washington.

At UCSB, Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies, a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has helped to develop computer-based tools for learning introductory physics and astronomy. When not in the classroom or slaving over a computer, Dr. Freedman can be found either flying (he holds a commercial pilot’s license) or driving with his wife, Caroline, in their 1960 Nash Metropolitan convertible.

A. Lewis Ford is Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University. He received a B.A. from Rice University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. After a one-year postdoc at Harvard University, he joined the Texas A&M physics faculty in 1973 and has been there ever since. Professor Ford’s research area is theoretical atomic physics, with a specialization in atomic collisions. At Texas A&M he has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, but primarily introductory physics.

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  A broad and thorough introduction to physics, this new edition carefully integrates many solutions from educational research to help students to develop greater confidence in solving problems, deeper conceptual understanding, and stronger quantitative-reasoning skills, while helping them connect what they learn with their other courses and the changing world around them. 

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  Building on the results of an extensive NSF-funded educational research program and detailed input from an unprecedented 4,500 students and 250 instructors, Randy Knight and Addison-Wesley published Physics for Scientists and Engineers in 2003. Already the most widely adopted new physics text published in more than 30years, this book has attracted widespread critical acclaim with instructors and is preferred by 85% of their students over other available texts. In College Physics: A Strategic Approach, Randy Knight is joined by Brian Jones and Stuart Field to carefully apply the best solutions from educational research to the algebra-based introductory physics course, and the particular needs of those students.

   

  Built from the ground up on a wealth of research into how students learn physics and how they can be taught more effectively, College Physics leads students to more proficient and long-lasting problem-solving skills, a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts, and a broader picture of the relevance of physics to their chosen career and the world around them. In particular, College Physics 

  • BUILDS students’ problem-solving abilities and confidence—starting with basic skills and core concepts, using explicit and systematic problem-solving strategies, and carefully progressing to more advanced and wide-ranging problems
  • INTEGRATES relevant examples and interesting topics—drawing from students’ majors and the world they live in and carefully woven into the text and worked examples to give students motivation, a means to consolidate their understanding, and a clear context for how physics is valuable to them
  • EXPLICITLY ADDRESSES students’ preconceptions, misconceptions, and common stumbling blocks—guiding students to a solid foundational knowledge of connected concepts and to confidence in applying their understanding
  • PROVIDES a highly readable and accessible text—building from familiar and concrete examples, providing a carefully structured learning path, and employing key ideas from educational research into how visual pedagogy can be used to help make physics more accessible

  College Physics is accompanied by MasteringPhysics^TM—the most advanced, educationally effective, and widely used online physics tutorial and homework system in the world. MasteringPhysicsä provides a next-generation solution for assigning uncompromising quantitative and conceptual online homework, giving each student tutorial help precisely where and when they need it, and evaluating student performance in detail on an individual and class level.

   

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  Knight, Jones & Field
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package; 1104 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0805390626 | ISBN-13: 9780805390629
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  Building on the results of an extensive NSF-funded educational research program and detailed input from an unprecedented 4,500 students and 250 instructors, Randy Knight and Addison-Wesley published Physics for Scientists and Engineers in 2003. Already the most widely adopted new physics text published in more than 30years, this book has attracted widespread critical acclaim with instructors and is preferred by 85% of their students over other available texts. In College Physics: A Strategic Approach, Randy Knight is joined by Brian Jones and Stuart Field to carefully apply the best solutions from educational research to the algebra-based introductory physics course, and the particular needs of those students.

   

  Built from the ground up on a wealth of research into how students learn physics and how they can be taught more effectively, College Physics leads students to more proficient and long-lasting problem-solving skills, a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts, and a broader picture of the relevance of physics to their chosen career and the world around them. In particular, College Physics 

  • BUILDS students’ problem-solving abilities and confidence–starting with basic skills and core concepts, using explicit and systematic problem-solving strategies, and carefully progressing to more advanced and wide-ranging problems
  • INTEGRATES relevant examples and interesting topics–drawing from students’ majors and the world they live in and carefully woven into the text and worked examples to give students motivation, a means to consolidate their understanding, and a clear context for how physics is valuable to them
  • EXPLICITLY ADDRESSES students’ preconceptions, misconceptions, and common stumbling blocks–guiding students to a solid foundational knowledge of connected concepts and to confidence in applying their understanding
  • PROVIDES a highly readable and accessible text–building from familiar and concrete examples, providing a carefully structured learning path, and employing key ideas from educational research into how visual pedagogy can be used to help make physics more accessible

  College Physics is accompanied by MasteringPhysics^TM–the most advanced, educationally effective, and widely used online physics tutorial and homework system in the world. MasteringPhysicsä provides a next-generation solution for assigning uncompromising quantitative and conceptual online homework, giving each student tutorial help precisely where and when they need it, and evaluating student performance in detail on an individual and class level.

   

  All end-of-chapter problems from the text have been tested in MasteringPhysics by hundreds of students, ensuring unprecedented clarity, accuracy and quality.

   

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  Essential University Physics
  Wolfson
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 848 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0805392122 | ISBN-13: 9780805392128
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  Richard Wolfson’s Essential University Physics is a concise and progressive calculus-based physics textbook that offers clear writing, great problems, and interesting real-life applications. At nearly half the length and half the price of other physics texts, Essential University Physics is a compelling alternative for professors who want to focus on the fundamentals.

   

  Based on Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Wolfson and Pasachoff, Essential University Physics retains many of the favorite features of the original text, while introducing new pedagogical elements that incorporate proven results from physics education research. The text focuses on the fundamentals of physics, teaches sound problem-solving skills, emphasizes conceptual understanding, and makes connections to the real world. Features such as annotated figures and step-by-step problem-solving strategies help provide a clear learning path for students.

   

  The crisp two-color design is clear and engaging. The book incorporates the research-proven approach of annotated figures, pencil-style sketches in worked examples, and visual chapter summaries. A self-evident hierarchy of pedagogical features guides the student easily through the material.

   

  Essential University Physics is offered as two paperback volumes, available shrink-wrapped together and for sale individually. (Sold individually in select markets only.)

   

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  Essential University Physics Volume 1 with MasteringPhysics™ for Essential University Physics
  Wolfson & Pritchard
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 457 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0805339787 | ISBN-13: 9780805339789
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  Essential University Physics Volume 2 with MasteringPhysics™ for Essential University Physics
  Wolfson & Pritchard
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 340 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0805340041 | ISBN-13: 9780805340044
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  Essential University Physics with MasteringPhysics™
  Wolfson
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 800 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0805302964 | ISBN-13: 9780805302967
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  Richard Wolfson’s Essential University Physics is a concise and progressive calculus-based physics textbook that offers clear writing, great problems, and interesting real-life applications. At nearly half the length and half the price of other physics texts on the market, Essential University Physics is a compelling alternative for professors who want to focus on the fundamentals. 

   

  Based on Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Wolfson and Pasachoff, Essential University Physics retains many of the lauded features of the original text, while introducing new pedagogical elements derived from physics education research. The text focuses on the fundamentals of physics, teaches sound problem-solving skills,  emphasizes conceptual understanding, and makes connections to the real world. Features such as annotated figures and step-by-step problem-solving strategies help provide a clear learning path for students.

   

  The crisp two-color design is clear and engaging. The streamlined art uses careful color and shade choices to distinguish physical quantities consistently. The art also incorporates the author’s voice annotations, pencil-style sketches, and visual chapter summaries. A self-evident hierarchy of screens organizes the pedagogical features, which allows the student to navigate easily through the material. 

   

  Essential University Physics is offered as two paperback volumes, available shrink-wrapped together and for sale individually. 

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  Physics, 3/E
  Walker
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth; 1248 pp | Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0131536311 | ISBN-13: 9780131536319
  Brief Description

  

  Walker uses an integrated "suite" of tools, worked Examples, Active Examples, and Conceptual Checkpoints,  to make conceptual understanding an integral part of solving quantitative problems.  The pedagogy and approach are based on over 20 years of teaching and reflect the results of physics education research.

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  Physics for Scientists & Engineers Vol. 1 (Chs 1-20) with MasteringPhysics™, 4/E
  Giancoli
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013613923X | ISBN-13: 9780136139232
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  For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors).

   

  This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics. The new edition also features an unrivaled suite of media and online resources that enhance the understanding of physics.

   

  This book is written for students. It aims to explain physics in a readable and interesting manner that is accessible and clear, and to teach students by anticipating their needs and difficulties without oversimplifying.

   

  Physics is a description of reality, and thus each topic begins with concrete observations and experiences that students can directly relate to. We then move on to the generalizations and more formal treatment of the topic. Not only does this make the material more interesting and easier to understand, but it is closer to the way physics is actually practiced.

   

   

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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Chs 1-37) with MasteringPhysics, 4/E
  Giancoli
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136139264 | ISBN-13: 9780136139263
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  For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors).

   

  This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics. The new edition also features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics.

   

  This book is written for students. It aims to explain physics in a readable and interesting manner that is accessible and clear, and to teach students by anticipating their needs and difficulties without oversimplifying.

   

  Physics is a description of reality, and thus each topic begins with concrete observations and experiences that students can directly relate to. We then move on to the generalizations and more formal treatment of the topic. Not only does this make the material more interesting and easier to understand, but it is closer to the way physics is actually practiced.

   

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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics and MasteringPhysics, 4/E
  Giancoli
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136139221 | ISBN-13: 9780136139225
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  For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors).

   

  This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics. The new edition also features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics.

   

  This book is written for students. It aims to explain physics in a readable and interesting manner that is accessible and clear, and to teach students by anticipating their needs and difficulties without oversimplifying.

   

  Physics is a description of reality, and thus each topic begins with concrete observations and experiences that students can directly relate to. We then move on to the generalizations and more formal treatment of the topic. Not only does this make the material more interesting and easier to understand, but it is closer to the way physics is actually practiced.

   

   

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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach Boxed Set Vol 1-5 with MasteringPhysics¿, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Boxed Set; 1464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321516370 | ISBN-13: 9780321516374
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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach Vol 3 (Chs 20-25) with MasteringPhysics®, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321516648 | ISBN-13: 9780321516640
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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics and MasteringPhysics™, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package; 1464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321513339 | ISBN-13: 9780321513335
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  The package for Physics for Scientists and Engineers includes:

  • Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics, 2/e (text)
  • Student Workbook for Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics  (workbook)
  • MasteringPhysics® Student Access Kit (access kit)

  As the most widely adopted new physics text in more than 50 years, Knight’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers was published to widespread critical acclaim from professors and students. In this eagerly awaited second edition, Knight builds on the research-proven instructional techniques he introduced, as well as national data of student performance, to take student learning even further. Knight’s unparalleled insight into student learning difficulties, and his impeccably skillful crafting of text and figures at every level — from macro to micro — to address these difficulties, results in a uniquely effective and accessible book, leading students to a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts and more proficient problem-solving skills.

   

  Building on an NSF-sponsored educational research program and input from tens of thousands of student users, the second edition refines and extends the pedagogical innovations that years of use has now shown to be effective. Unprecedented analysis of national student metadata has allowed every problem to be systematically enhanced for educational effectives, and to ensure problem sets of ideal topic coverage, balance of qualitative and quantitative problems, and range of difficulty and duration.

   

  The second edition comes with the latest edition of MasteringPhysics™—the most advanced, educationally effective (as shown by gains in student exams scores and independent tests), and widely used online physics tutorial and homework system in the world. It provides the largest library of research-based tutorials and textbook problems available, and automatic grading of activities as wide-ranging as numerical problems with randomized values and algebraic answers to free-hand drawn graphs and free-body diagrams.

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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Standard Edition (Chs 1-37) with MasteringPhysics, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package; 1145 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321516613 | ISBN-13: 9780321516619
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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Vol 1 (Chs 1-15) with MasteringPhysics®, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 48 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321516621 | ISBN-13: 9780321516626
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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Vol 2 (Chs 16-19) with MasteringPhysics®, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package | Instock
  ISBN-10: 032151663X | ISBN-13: 9780321516633
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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Vol 4 (Chs 26-37) with MasteringPhysics™, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321516656 | ISBN-13: 9780321516657
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  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Vol 5 (Chs 37-43) with MasteringPhysics™, 2/E
  Knight
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 80 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321516664 | ISBN-13: 9780321516664
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  Physics Vol. 1 with MasteringPhysics¿, 3/E
  Walker
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package | Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0136138977 | ISBN-13: 9780136138976
  

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  Physics Vol. 2 and MasteringPhysics¿, 3/E
  Walker
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package | Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0136138985 | ISBN-13: 9780136138983
  

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  Physics with Mastering Physics™, 3/E
  Walker
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package | Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0136138969 | ISBN-13: 9780136138969
  Brief Description

  

  Walker uses an integrated "suite" of tools, worked Examples, Active Examples, and Conceptual Checkpoints,  to make conceptual understanding an integral part of solving quantitative problems.  The pedagogy and approach are based on over 20 years of teaching and reflect the results of physics education research.

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  University Physics Vol 1 (Chapters 1-20) with MasteringPhysics, 12/E
  Young, Freedman & Ford
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Bound with PIN; 760 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321500563 | ISBN-13: 9780321500564
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  University Physics Vol 2 (Chapters 21-37) with MasteringPhysics, 12/E
  Young, Freedman & Ford
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Bound with PIN; 648 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321500393 | ISBN-13: 9780321500397
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  University Physics Vol 3 (Chapters 37-44) with Mastering Physics, 12/E
  Young, Freedman & Ford
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Bound with PIN; 336 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321500407 | ISBN-13: 9780321500403
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  University Physics with MasteringPhysics¿, 12/E
  Young, Freedman & Ford
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package; 1368 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321501616 | ISBN-13: 9780321501615
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  University Physics with Modern Physics with MasteringPhysics™, 12/E
  Young & Freedman
  ©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth Package; 1632 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 080532187X | ISBN-13: 9780805321876
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  Re>University Physics with Modern Physics, Twelfth Edition continues an unmatched history of innovation and careful execution that was established by the bestselling Eleventh Edition. Assimilating the best ideas from education research, this new edition provides enhanced problem-solving instruction, pioneering visual and conceptual pedagogy, the first systematically enhanced problems, and the most pedagogically proven and widely used homework and tutorial system available.

   

  Using Young & Freedman's research-based ISEE (Identify, Set Up, Execute, Evaluate) problem-solving strategy, students develop the physical intuition and problem-solving skills required to tackle the text's extensive high-quality problem sets, which have been developed and refined over the past five decades. Incorporating proven techniques from educational research that have been shown to improve student learning, the figures have been streamlined in color and detail to focus on the key physics and integrate 'chalkboard-style' guiding commentary. Critically acclaimed ‘visual’ chapter summaries help students to consolidate their understanding by presenting each concept in words, math, and figures.

   

  Renowned for its superior problems, the Twelfth Edition goes further. Unprecedented analysis of national student metadata has allowed every problem to be systematically enhanced for educational effectiveness, and to ensure problem sets of ideal topic coverage, balance of qualitative and quantitative problems, and range of difficulty and duration.

   

  If a professor adopts MasteringPhysics^TM, every new copy of the text includes access to it — the most widely used, educationally proven, and technically advanced tutorial and homework system in the world. Uniquely able to tutor each student individually with feedback specific to their errors and simpler subproblems upon demand, MasteringPhysics^™ now incorporates free-hand graphs, free-body diagrams, ray-tracing diagrams, even ranking-task activities. MasteringPhysics^™ provides all the problems from the text as well as tutorials specific to the Problem-Solving Strategies and Test Your Understanding questions in each chapter.

This package contains:
•   Young & Freedman, MasteringPhysics™ with E-book Student Access Kit for University Physics (ME component), 12/E (2008)
•   Young, Freedman & Ford, University Physics with Modern Physics, 12/E (2008)

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