Physics for Scientists & Engineers (Chapters 1-37)

by Douglas C. Giancoli

Book Overview

Key Message: This book aims to explain physics in a readable and interesting manner that is accessible and clear, and to teach readers by anticipating their needs and difficulties without oversimplifying. Physics is a description of reality, and thus each topic begins with concrete observations and experiences that readers can directly relate to. We then move on to the generalizations and more formal treatment of the topic. Not only does this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132275597
• ISBN13: 9780132275590
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 1120 Pages
• Weight: 5.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.7" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

GREAT TEXTBOOK

THE TEXTBOOK IS AS GOOD AS ANY I HAVE SEEN. KNOW YOUR CALCULUS IF YOU USE THE BOOK FOR SELF STUDY. FOR WHAT PROBLEMS DOES THE SOLUTIONS MANUAL GIVE SOLUTIONS? ALL OR SOME OF THE ODD, OR EVEN, OR SELECTED FROM ODD AND EVEN?

Readable, accessable. Excellent text unlike many others

I bought this because the text for my class is a worthless convoluted piece of crap that assumes you already have two semesters and A's in the classes it is for... and now it is going to show you fancy notation and pictures. This book from Giancoli, however, is amazing. I learn from this book in order to do the problems from my required text. If you are a physics professor, do not use Tipler, use Giancoli. Tipler assumes you already know physics, or want to spend hours a day in self discovery, sorry I am not Isaac Newton.

Excellent

This book is well organized, fairly rigorous, and contains lots of useful examples and problems. This text requires, at very least, a semester of calculus for an excellent understanding. 3 semesters of calculus will allow the reader to have a truly complete understanding of the text. The organization is mainly by color/font and is self-explanitory. The text is calc-based and the level of this material is the hardest that is actually covered in any freshman physics course in the country. (This is based off the info that that this text is used at MIT, which has one of the most difficult and best physics programs in the U.S.) The examples in this text really top it off; they lead the reader through the text and make all the problems at the end of the chapter feasible.The main difference between this book and Serway's calc-based text (Serway's larger set ISBN: 0030317169) is that Serway's is slightly harder. (One review believed the Serway text to be easier, but I am guessing this was one of Serway's non-calc texts. Serway's calc-based text covers more than what is needed for the AP Phys-C Exam.)Topics covered: Classical Mechanics, Oscillations/Waves, Fluids, and Thermodynamics.THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT FOR SELF-STUDY.