University Physics (Addison-Wesley Series in Physics) [Hardcover]

Hugh D. Young (Author), Roger A. Freedman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201505835 | ISBN-13: 978-0201505832 | Publication Date: March 1996 | Edition: 9th

An introduction to the elements comprising an introductory physics course. The emphasis in this text is on the physicist's approach to understanding nature and the importance of model building to set up the correct analysis of the problems. This edition includes material based on latest research.

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About the Author

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Roger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Freedman was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles, and did his doctoral research in nuclear theory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. He came to UCSB in 1981 after three years teaching and doing research at the University of Washington.

 

At UCSB, Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies, a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has helped to develop computer-based tools for learning introductory physics and astronomy. 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 driving with his wife, Caroline, in their 1960 Nash Metropolitan convertible.

 

A. Lewis Ford is Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University. He received a B.A. from Rice University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. After a one-year postdoc at Harvard University, he joined the Texas A&M physics faculty in 1973 and has been there ever since. Professor Ford’s research area is theoretical atomic physics, with a specialization in atomic collisions. At Texas A&M he has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, but primarily introductory physics.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1259 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley; 9th edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201505835
• ISBN-13: 978-0201505832
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,152,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect book for a general course, March 4, 2002

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G. Avvinti (Sicily, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sears and Zemansky's University Physics With Modern Physics (Addison-Wesley Series in Physics) (Hardcover)

I've used both this book and Halliday's Extended 6th edition for my course on Physics. My conclusion, chapter after chapter, has been clear to me: this is the perfect book for a general course on Physics at university level. The language is simple to understand (Halliday too), the figures and tables are well done and useful (Halliday too), the content is thorough (Halliday: not so much !). Yes, this last is the striking thing: it's thorough and reaches a level of detail that is not a common feature for these kind of Physics books.
The problems set is well balanced both in content and number (an average of 85-90 for each chapter), and as usual odd-numbered problems' solutions are provided.
I've tried this book without anybody advising it to me, now I'm happy I've had it for the exam.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Academic Investment, August 16, 2005

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J. David - See all my reviews
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This review is from: University Physics Ninth Edition Second Printing Extended Version (Hardcover)

I used this textbook for my first college level physics course. The electricity and magnetism section are simply the best. Later on, I found myself referring back to it when I took an undergrad electromagnetism course. Now, even as a graduate student--when I find myself drowning in an ocean of details, this textbook has helped me navigate with purpose and understanding. Simply put, this book is a true academic investment.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Understand, July 25, 2001

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F_Luciano (College Station, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: University Physics, Volume 2 (10th Edition) (Paperback)

If I had to sum up this textbook in three words, it would be "easy to understand". The writing style is pretty informal when compared to most textbooks, but yet, this informality does NOT compromise on the depth of the explanations.

It is one of the main physics textbooks used for intro classes across the US, and though I've never read any other intro physics books besides this one, I'm not surprised to see on many university's intro physics courses web pages that THIS is the book that is used.

Unlike most textbooks that I've had to read, I can't really think of any complaints with this one. This doesn't mean that this book is perfect, but looking back, I really can't think of any major (or minor for that matter) problems I had with the book. I relied on this book instead of lectures to learn the material, so it isn't that I had a great physics teacher that helped me explain the material.