University Physics with Modern Physics, Global Edition

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The Fourteenth Edition improves the defining features of the text while adding new features influenced by education research to teach the skills needed by today’s students. A focus on visual learning, new problem types, and pedagogy informed by MasteringPhysics metadata headline the improvements designed to create the best learning resource for physics students. This edition draws on insights from several users to help you see patterns and make connections between problem types rather than simply plugging values into an equation.

Learning Outcomes: sections at the beginning of each chapter prepare your students for the ideas they will explore. It's really amazing – I teach a class of about 300 students, and when you have 300 students all actually talking about physics, it's a pretty exciting place to be. So they interact with each other and they share ideas with each other, which is really very impressive.'

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Hallmark features of this title A series of features aimed at building your students' conceptual understanding Key Concept statements: appear at the end of every example, providing a summary of the key idea used in the solution The sample problems are exhaustive, take you through the concept and the open up your mind to enlightenment. Rare are the set of chapters on Quantum Physics that are delineated to the perfection of a goldsmith. Since its first edition, University Physics has been revered for its emphasis on fundamental principles and how to apply them. This text is known for its clear and thorough narrative, as well as its uniquely broad, deep, and thoughtful sets of worked examples that provide students with key tools for developing both conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Bridging Problems: help students move from single-concept worked examples to multi-concept homework problems.

Hugh D. Young was an Emeritus Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from that university. He earned his PhD in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. Dr. Young joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956 and retired in 2004. He also had two visiting professorships at the University of California, Berkeley. Remember to cross out every unit that appears in the top and bottom of the formula, leaving you with units of feet.month access Mastering Physics with Pearson eText (24 Months) for University Physics with Modern Physics a) Before we start converting, it might be handy to map out how we will get from miles to kilometers. A good place to start would be miles to feet. We know that 5280 feet = 1 mile. Then from feet we could convert to inches. We know that 12 in = 1 ft. The given conversion factor (2.54 cm = 1 in) gets us from inches to centimeters. Now we just have to get from centimeters, to meters, to kilometers. You could go straight from centimeters to kilometers, but I find taking the extra step reduces errors. We know that 100 cm = m and 1000 m = 1 km. If we string all these together we get: Professor Young is an enthusiastic skier, climber, and hiker. He also served for several years as Associate Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh, and has played numerous organ recitals in the Pittsburgh area. Prof. Young and his wife Alice usually travel extensively in the summer, especially in Europe and in the desert canyon country of southern Utah. Key Concept statements to help you learn to look beyond the objects of the problem and recognise the underlying principle or the problem type

The prose style is in a manner that converses with you; an over-the-garden-fence talk not on weather but on the entities around us. University Physics with Modern Physics, 15th edition, now in SI Units, is known for its clear and accessible approach to physics. With its step-by-step guidance and variety of problem types, the textbook will help you solve the most complex problems in physics. The question had three significant figures, so let's make sure our answer does as well. The correct answer is 3280 feet.

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Dr. Young earned a bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Carnegie Mellon in 1972 and spent several years as Associate Organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh. He often ventured into the wilderness to hike, climb, or go caving with students in Carnegie Mellon's Explorers Club, which he founded as a graduate student and later advised. Dr. Young and his wife, Alice, hosted up to 50 students each year for Thanksgiving dinners in their home. Dr. Young’s career was centered entirely on undergraduate education. He wrote several undergraduate-level textbooks, and in 1973 he became a coauthor with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky for their well-known introductory textbooks. In addition to his role on Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics, he was the author of Sears and Zemansky’s College Physics.

Professor Young's career has centered entirely on undergraduate education. He has written several undergraduate-level textbooks, and in 1973 he became a co-author with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky for their well-known introductory texts. With their deaths, he assumed full responsibility for new editions of these books until joined by Prof. Freedman for University Physics. In the 1970s Dr. Freedman worked as a comic book letterer and helped organize the San Diego Comic-Con (now the world’s largest popular culture convention) during its first few years. Today, when not in the classroom or slaving over a computer, Dr. Freedman can be found either flying (he holds a commercial pilot’s license) or with his wife, Caroline, cheering on the rowers of UCSB Men’s and Women’s Crew. b) Same as up top, we'll start this problem by mapping out our conversion. An easy place to start is kilometers to meters. We know that 1000 m = 1 km. Then meters to centimeters at 100 cm = 1 m. Then we can use the given conversion factor 2.54 cm = 1 in. Now we have to convert from inches to feet and we're done. Strung together we get: Extend your professional development and meet your students where they are with free weekly Digital Learning NOW webinars. Attend live, watch on-demand, or listen at your leisure to expand your teaching strategies. Earn digital professional development badges for attending a live session.Complementing the clear and accessible text, the figures use a simple graphic style that focuses on the physics. They also incorporate explanatory annotations-a technique demonstrated to enhance learning. Perhaps one the best calculus-based textbook in Physics. Each section explains every topic in great detail. Examples are exhaustive. Perfect for undergraduate students but I don't recommend bringing it around the campus because its really really bulky. Hugh D. Young is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Carnegie Mellon for both undergraduate and graduate study and earned his Ph.D. in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. He joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956 and has also spent two years as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Get access to all of the answers and step-by-step video explanations to this book and 5,000+ more. Try Numerade free.