Since defining this course 30 years ago, Paul Hewitt’s best-selling text continues to be the benchmark book that two-thirds of professors use and by which all others are judged. In Conceptual Physics Media Update,Tenth Edition, Paul Hewitt shows how a compelling text and the most advanced media can be integrated to empower professors as they bring physics to life for non-science majors, both in and out of class. For the Tenth Edition, Hewitt helps students connect physics to their everyday experiences and the world around them, and provides additional help on solving mathematical problems.
Hewitt's text is famous for engaging students with analogies and imagery from real-world situations that build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong foundation, students are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and are motivated to explore the thought-provoking exercises and fun projects in each chapter. Icons in the text direct students to fun and effective interactive activities on The Physics Place website. This highly acclaimed website features ten new Interactive Figures™ that coach students through core topics, updated Interactive Tutorials, engaging Video Demonstrations, and hundreds of problems and activities for self-study and assessment.
Table of Contents:
1. About Science
Unit One: Mechanics
2. Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia
3. Linear Motion
4. Newton's Second Law of Motion: Force and Acceleration
5. Newton's Third Law of Motion: Action and Reaction
6. Momentum
7. Energy
8. Rotational Motion
9. Gravity
10. Projectile and Satellite Motion
Unit Two: Properties of Matter
11. Atomic Nature of Matter
12. Solids
13. Liquids
14. Gases and Plasmas
Unit Three: Heat
15. Temperature, Heat and Expansion
16. Heat Transfer
17. Change of Phase
18. Thermodynamics
Unit Four: Sound
19. Vibrations and Waves
20. Sound
21. Musical Sounds
Unit Five: Electricity and Magnetism
22. Electrostatics
23. Electric Current
24. Magnetism
25. Electromagnetic Induction
Unit Six: Light
26. Properties of Light
27. Color
28. Reflection and Refraction
29. Light Waves
30. Light Emission
31. Light Quanta
Unit Seven: Atomic and Nuclear Physics
32. The Atom and the Quantum
33. Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity
34. Nuclear Fission and Fusion
Unit Eight: Relativity
35. Special Theory of Relativity
36. General Theory of Relativity
Appendices
A. Systems of Measurement
B. More About Motion
C. Graphing
D. More About Vectors
E. Exponential Growth and Doubling Time
About the Author :
Paul G. Hewitt was a Silver Medalist flyweight Boxing Champion for New England States at the age of 17. He was then a cartoonist, sign painter, and uranium prospector before beginning his physics studies. Conceptual Physics was first published in 1971, while Hewitt was teaching at City College of San Francisco. He has also served as a guest lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Hewitt returned to San Francisco to teach at the City College and the well-known science museum, The Exploratorium. He retired from full-time teaching in 2000, and currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.
