Student Solutions Manual for Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 5th

Thornton, Stephen T.

ISBN 10: 0534408974 / ISBN 13: 9780534408978

Published by Brooks Cole, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Student Solutions Manual for Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 5th
• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534408974
• ISBN 13: 9780534408978
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The Student Solutions Manual contains detailed solutions to 25 percent of the end-of-chatper problems, as well as additional problem-solving techniques.

About the Author

Stephen Thornton is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia. He has published over 130 research articles in experimental nuclear physics and has done research at several accelerator facilities in the United States and Europe. He has directed research for 25 graduate students and has held two U.S. Senior Fulbright-Hays Fellowships and a Max-Planck Fellowship to do research at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany on two occasions. He was the founding Director of the University of Virginia Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics. He has published three college textbooks for physics: "Classical Dynamics," "Modern Physics, " and "Physics for Scientists and Engineers. He was Director of the Master of Arts in Physics Education program at the University of Virginia, which has graduated more than 150 high school physics teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of several organizations including American Association of Physics Teachers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Teachers Association, Virginia Association of Science Teachers (past President), and the Virginia Math and Science Coalition. He was awarded the Pegram Award by the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society for “Excellence in Physics Education in the Southeast.” He has developed multiple courses for undergraduate students and high school physics teachers.