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Understanding physics / David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, James Rutherford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cassidy, David C., 1945-
- Series:
- Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 851 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, [2002]
- Summary:
- Understanding Physics is an innovative introductory course designed for students preparing to enter careers in fields outside of science or engineering, including students planning to teach, or already teaching, in K-12 classrooms. It is inspired by the famous Project Physics course, which became known for its success in attracting students with the excitement of physics by placing its concepts within a broader humanistic context. Understanding Physics enables students to gain a full appreciation of physics both as a discipline and as a body of knowledge: a sense of what the concepts mean, where they came from, and why we think we know what we know. The course is among the first to accommodate recommendations of the "National Science Education Standards" from the National Academy of Sciences and the "Benchmarks for Science Literacy" from Project 2061 at the college level. Understanding Physics also incorporates the most recent advances in understanding how students learn physics and where they encounter difficulties, and it offers great flexibility to instructors to adapt the course to the needs of their students and to their own needs and interests. The course components -- textbook, student guide, instructor guide -- all work together to provide students with an integrated experience in physics.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Matter and Motion
- 1 Motion Matters 15
- 2 Moving the Earth 57
- 3 Understanding Motion 117
- 4 Newton's Unified Theory 171
- 5 Conserving Matter and Motion 211
- 6 The Dynamics of Heat 253
- 7 Heat: A Matter of Motion 293
- 8 Wave Motion 331
- 9 Einstein and Relativity Theory 405
- Part 2 Fields and Atoms
- 10 Electricity and Magnetism 459
- 11 The Electric Age 505
- 12 Electromagnetic Waves 549
- 13 Probing the Atom 585
- 14 The Quantum Model of the Atom 621
- 15 Quantum Mechanics 661
- 16 Solids Matter 693
- 17 Probing the Nucleus 723
- 18 The Nucleus and Its Applications 763.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: The project physics course. 1971.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0387987568
- OCLC:
- 49351296
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