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Principles of Physics (Chapters 1-34), Global Edition

Principles of Physics (Chapters 1-34), Global Edition

by Eric Mazur
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/02/2015

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Based on his storied research and teaching, Eric Mazur's Principles & Practice of Physics builds an understanding of physics that is both thorough and accessible. Unique organisation and pedagogy allow students to develop a true conceptual understanding of physics alongside the quantitative skills needed in the course.

This product contains Volume 2 of Principles & Practice of Physics (Chapters 22-34) Features The book is structured to help students learn physics in an organised way that encourages comprehension and reduces distraction.




The separation of the Principles and Practice volumes
addresses students' tendency to focus on shallow problem solving at the expense of understanding. The Principles volume teaches the physics; the Practice volume teaches the skills needed to apply physics to the task of solving problems. For example, Principles includes simple worked examples aimed at promoting understanding; Practice contains complex worked examples, problem sets, and related features.
The division of each Principles chapter into a Concepts section and a Quantitative Tools section
helps students to build a robust understanding of the material instead of focusing too quickly on equations. The Concepts section develops the ideas in qualitative terms, using words and pictures and building from specific observations to general principles. The Quantitative Tools section formalises the ideas mathematically.
The core ideas of mechanics are developed in one dimension,
helping students to concentrate on learning them before tackling the mathematical complexities of two-dimensional analysis. Chapter 10, 'Motion in a Plane,' introduces the second dimension.

Physics on a contemporary foundation

Traditional texts take a somewhat 19th-century approach to physics, delaying the introduction of ideas that we now see as unifying and foundational. This text builds physics on those unifying foundations, helping students to develop an understanding that is stronger, deeper, and fundamentally simpler.




Conservation laws.
The conservation laws are the backbone of contemporary physics. This text develops conservation of momentum and energy before Newton's laws, and it emphasises symmetry, conservation, and unity throughout. In mechanics, this approach avoids many of the pitfalls related to the concept of force, leads naturally to the two-body character of forces, and enables students to solve a range of problems before bringing in calculus.
Concept of a system.
Many ideas in physics depend on distinguishing system from surroundings, and selecting an appropriate system is a key skill for solving many types of problems. This text uses the idea of a system explicitly and consistently.
Relativity.
Both Galilean and special relativity help to explain many ideas of physics. This text introduces reference frames in Chapter 6, and it covers special relativity in Chapter 14, rather than at the end of the second semester.
Statistical treatment of thermodynamics.
The traditional, 19th-century approach to thermodynamics is intensely confusing to students. This text builds thermodynamics on a more logical and coherent foundation, starting with an accessible treatment of the statistical basis for entropy.
ISBN:
9781292078861
9781292078861
Category:
Physics
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-02-2015
Publisher:
Pearson Education Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
1072
Dimensions (mm):
276x220x42mm
Weight:
2.12kg

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