Fundamentals of Physics [Hardcover]

David Halliday (Author), Robert Resnick (Author), Jearl Walker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471232319 | ISBN-13: 978-0471232315 | Publication Date: June 16, 2004 | Edition: Extended 7th Edition

No other book on the market today can match the 30-year success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics!

Fundamentals of Physics, 7th Edition and the Extended Version, 7th Edition offer a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, helping readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving, in a breezy, easy-to-understand style. A unique combination of authoritative content and stimulating applications.
* Numerous improvements in the text, based on feedback from the many users of the sixth edition (both instructors and students)
* Several thousand end-of-chapter problems have been rewritten to streamline both the presentations and answers
* 'Chapter Puzzlers' open each chapter with an intriguing application or question that is explained or answered in the chapter
* Problem-solving tactics are provided to help beginning Physics students solve problems and avoid common error
* The first section in every chapter introduces the subject of the chapter by asking and answering, "What is Physics?" as the question pertains to the chapter
* Numerous supplements available to aid teachers and students

The extended edition provides coverage of developments in Physics in the last 100 years, including: Einstein and Relativity, Bohr and others and Quantum Theory, and the more recent theoretical developments like String Theory.

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Self-Assessment. A study and Practice area links directly to the multimedia version of Fundamentals of Physics , allowing students to review the text while they study and complete homework assignments. In addition to the complete on-line text, students can also access the Student Solutions Manual, the Student Study Guide, interactive simulations, and the Interaction LearningWare Program.

Interactive LearningWare. Interactive LearningWare leads the students step-by-step through solutions to 200 of the end-of-chapter problems from the text.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1328 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Extended 7th Edition edition (June 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471232319
• ISBN-13: 978-0471232315
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #462,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How I learned physics, April 19, 2005

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Paul Baker (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals of Physics (Hardcover)

This book saved me in my first physics class. Working through the example problems really helped me when the teacher was obtuse. Most of basic physics that I know now I learned from this text. I found it slow reading, but what engineering/physics text is not? If you're looking to be spoon-fed the Understanding of Physics, then this book is not it. If you're looking to do well in class, then this book is worth the time and effort. My high regard for this book is biased by my abysmally low regard for the "teacher" who taught me less physics ideas than I can count with one hand of fingers. But when it's 1 am in the morning, you have a physics test in 9 hours, and you can only have one text, this is definitely it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best For First-Time Physcists, July 17, 2008

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J. SONG "scholar in practice" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Physics (Hardcover)

Halliday certainly does an excellent at making the student understand the basic and essential concepts of physics. His text is by far the most simple and best arranged compared to other authors such as Serway, and keeps the student motivated to learn further.

I first opened this book at the beginning of last summer, having known absolutely nothing at all about Physics. Using this book as my sole resource, I self-studied for the AP Physics C exam and often used this book in lieu of my school's Physics B text for its simplicity and ease of understanding. The 5's on all three of my exams were in no doubt attributed to Halliday's great ability to teach the material.

However, I will admit that the problems that are presented in this book are short of the perfection reached in Halliday's ability to teach physics. There are an ample amount of problems per unit, about 100 per chapter, which is by far plenty. However, the majority of the problems are too hard to solve given the examples in the book and definitely require further studying and experience with physics problem.

On the otherhand, the main reason I chose this book over others is because of its availability of Instructors Solutions Manual, which has every single problem solved in the text. The manual can easily be found on the internet through google, which saves you from the trouble of only being able to solve odd problems and a often lame student's solutions manual.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Years old and still near my bedside, February 1, 2010

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This review is from: Fundamentals of Physics (Hardcover)

Very interesting and dense book to help you understand the fundamental properties of big(ger) things.
Some bonuses:
Lots of problems
Interesting associations given to perk interests
Not too much history (through I do appreciate remembering the true heroes of yore)
Thick enough to fend off flying objects, symbolic of remonstration, from near-retirement professor in response to happily given wrong answers
Laminated enough to proof against drool for the back row students

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