Physics: for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Third Edition - Hardcover

Fishbane, Paul M.; Gasiorowicz, Stephen G.; Thornton, Stephen T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130352993 ISBN 13: 9780130352996

Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co, 2004

Synopsis

For Calculus-based Physics courses. This text is designed for a calculus-based physics course at the beginning university and college level. It is written with the expectation that students have either taken or are currently taking a beginning course in calculus. Students taking a physics course based on this book should leave with a solid conceptual understanding of the fundamental physical laws and how these laws can be applied to solve many problems. The key word for this edition is "understanding." The third edition of this text remains rigorous while including a number of new pedagogical elements which emphasize conceptual understanding.

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From the Back Cover

Appropriate for both scientists and engineers. A comprehensive introduction to calculus-based physics which presents balance between theory and applications, between concepts and problem-solving, between mathematics and physics, and finally, between technology and traditional pedagogical methods. Maintains theoretical coverage, but supplements it with applications boxes, on topics such as: timed traffic lights, jet engines, simple machines, drag racing, flight navigator, cranes, quartz watches, smoke detectors, capacitors as power sources for laptop computers, television antennas, and fiber optics. Places emphasis on concepts, showing the motivation for the physics. This conceptual emphasis has been maintained, but supporting problem-solving apparatus has been dramatically revised. All mathematics in the book is self-contained, and major mathematical tools are introduced as needed. Vectors, a topic that requires a lot of practice, are covered in depth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0130352993
• ISBN 13: 9780130352996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1269