Physics: Principles with Applications

By Douglas C. Giancoli

Book Overview

Key Benefit: Elegant, engaging, exacting, and concise, Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, Seventh Edition, helps readers view the world through eyes that know physics. Giancoli's book is a trusted classic, known for its elegant writing, clear presentation, and quality of content. Using concrete observations and experiences readers can relate to, the book features an approach that reflects how science is actually practiced: it starts with the specifics, then moves to the great generalizations and the more formal aspects of a topic to show readers why we believe what we believe. Written with the goal of giving readers a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, the book uses interesting applications to biology, medicine, architecture, and digital technology to show readers how useful physics is in their own everyday lives and in their future professions. Key Topics: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating, Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension, Kinematics in Two Dimensions; ectors, Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion, Circular Motion; Gravitation, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Rotational Motion, Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture, Fluids, Oscillations and Waves, Sound, Temperature and Kinetic heory, Heat, The Laws of Thermodynamics, Electric Charge and Electric Field, Electric Potential, Electric Currents, DC Circuits, Magnetism, Electromagnetic Induction and Farady's Law, Electromagnetic Waves, Light: Geometric Optics, The Wave Nature of Light, Optical Instruments, The Special Theory of Relativity, Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom, Quantum Mechanics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids, Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity, Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation, Elementary Particles, Astrophysics and Cosmology Market: Intended for those interested in gaining a basic knowledge of physics. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131846612
• ISBN13: 9780131846616
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Length: 946 Pages
• Weight: 5.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

7th ap edition

fortunately! i got what i want. hardcover 7th ap edition..26$ + 8$ delivery to Israel. kind of worth it.

6th edition came

Not sure if the other reviews were unlucky but I got what I ordered 6th edition good condition. Kind of odd this is the most expensive book brand new and it has so many people getting wrong edition, not sure why but maybe I got lucky. Worth the money for sure

A lot to offer for different learning styles.

A good textbook. It has different types of examples and pictures for different types of learners.

Perfect Pysics Book

The perfect book to study physics. Many pictures and great problems. It applies physics to everyday life and makes physics very interesting. A great book for all levels of study: high school, college, university, grad school, etc.

Outstanding text

I used Giancoli as my primary text in high school, and found it to be a superb text. I think those complaining of a lack of worked problems are missing the entire point of this text and the essence of studying physics. This book is about understanding physics principles and the equations you use to solve physics problems. You will find that with this understanding (certainly provided by this excellent text), the need for mindless...