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This product is an alternate version of:
Giancoli,  Physics: Principles with Applications with MasteringPhysics®, 6/E

Features

Conceptual Understanding and Problem-Solving

• Worked Examples have all been rewritten to include Approach and Note steps. “Approach” steps help students understand the reasoning behind the method used to solve the problem and answer their questions of "how/where do I start?" “Note” sections sometimes remarks on the solution itself, mentions an application, or gives an alternate approach to solving the problem. (p. 77, 83)
• Free-body diagrams are emphasized with 2 ½ pages reserved for the description, practice and implementation of this important skill.  (p. 84-86)
• Problem Solving Boxes are found throughout the book (see p.xiii for a list of them). Each box outlines a step-by-step approach to get students thinking about and involved in the problem at hand. (p. 85, 96)
• Step-by-Step examples appear after most Problem Solving boxes. The next Example is done step-by-step following the steps of the preceding Problem Solving box to show students how this tool can be used. (p. 86, Ex. 4-11)
• Conceptual examples are brief Socratic questions intended to stimulate student response before reading the response given. (p. 79, 80, 85, 89, 92)
• Estimating examples develop skills for making order-of-magnitude estimates, even when data is scarce, or when you might never have guessed any result was possible.  (p. 76, 110, 119)

Textbook as a Tool

• Page Layout and formatting was a key focus of this revision, even more than in the previous edition. Great effort was made to keep important derivations and arguments on facing pages so students do not have to flip pages to continue derivations or locate key figures referenced in the text.
• Vector arrows over bold face letters denoting a vector, in text and in art provide consistency with the way students write them in homework and professors write them on the board. (79, 80-83)
• Caution margin notes warns students of common misconceptions. (p. 75, 78, 81)
• Exercises within the chapter give students a chance to check their understanding before they proceed to other topics. Answers are given at the end of each chapter. (p. 80, 93)

Applications

• Applications show students how useful physics is in their own lives and future professions: biology and medicine, as well as architecture, other fields, and everyday life. Applications are interesting in themselves, plus they answer the students' question, "Why must I study physics?" (p. 88, 94 - A complete list is found on pages xii and xiii)

 Lecture Tools

• Clicker Questions (located on the Instructor's Resource Center on CD-ROM) are mulitiple-choice questions that challenge students to immediately apply certain material and develop critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills. Questions are grouped and usually ordered by level of difficulty or other pedagogical device.  This allows students to "climb the mountain slowly" when a difficult concept is being practiced. 

Course Management

• OneKey is all instructors and students need to succeed. Available in WebCT, Blackboard, and CourseCompass^™, each option gives instructors online assessment tools that allow them to create and administer homework, tests, and quizzes online for automatic grading and recording, without requiring development of their own content. For students, OneKey provides anywhere/anytime access to online course materials. Conveniently organized by textbook chapter, these compiled resources help students reinforce and apply what they've learned in class. All of OneKey's resources, including text-specific multiple-choice and true/false questions, an interactive eBook, test item file, and all of the Instructor Resource Center assets, are located in one place for maximum convenience, simplicity and success.

Online Homework

• WebAssign (www.webassign.net) is a nationally hosted online homework system that allows instructors to create, post, collect, grade, and record assignments from a ready-to-use database of Problems and Questions from this text.
• CAPA and LON-CAPA is a locally hosted online homework system that allows instructors to create, post, collect, grade and record assignments from a ready-to-use database of Problems and Questions from this text. 

 EI - Pearson Series in Educational Innovation in Physics 

The Pearson Series in Educational Innovation (EI) is a set of books dedicated to disseminating the latest proven teaching techniques from physics education research. The following EI texts are for students and contain exercises for in-class activities and homework assignments. To learn more about these titles, visit www.prenhall.com/tiponline 

New To This Edition

• An “Approach” Step added to each worked Example helps students understand the reasoning behind the method used to solve the problem and answer their questions of "how/where do I start?"   (p. 77, 83)

• “Note” Sections have been added to most Examples after the Solution. These sections sometimes remark on the solution itself, mention an application, or give an alternate approach to solving the problem. (p. 77, 83)

• Exercises within the text give students a chance to check their understanding through practice before they proceed to other topics. Answers are given at the end of each chapter. (p. 80, 93)

• Caution margin notes warn students of common misconceptions. (p. 75, 78, 81)

• Many new applications include: digital cameras, charge coupled devices (CCD); Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD); photocopy machines; inkjet and laser printers; world's tallest peaks (unit conversion); airport metal detectors; underwater vision; SEER rating; jump starting a car; RC circuits in pacemakers, turn signals; wipers; and digital voltmeters. A complete list of the applications follows the Table of Contents on pages xii and xiii. (p. 88, 94 - A complete list is found on pages xii and xiii)

• Vector arrows over bold face letters denoting a vector, in text and in art provide consistency with the way students write them in homework and professors write them on the board. (p. 79, 80-83)

• Step-by-Step Worked-out Examples immediately follow many Problem Solving boxes (which summarizes how to approach problem-solving situations). The very next worked Example follows the steps of the Problem Solving box explicitly. (p. 86, Ex. 4-11)

• Additional Subsections break up the material into smaller bites, making it easier to understand.

• Additional Examples have been added where topics required further clarification. A subhead "Additional Example(s)" provides a variety of Examples for future reference without overwhelming the student. (p. 83, 88, 92)
  

Table of Contents

 1. Introduction 
 2. Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension 
 3. Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors 
 4. Motion and Force: Dynamics 
 5. Circular Motion; Gravitation 
 6. Work and Energy 
 7. Linear Momentum 
 8. Rotational Motion 
 9. Bodies in Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
10. Fluids
11. Vibrations and Waves
12. Sound
13. Temperature and Kinetic Theory
14. Heat
15. The Laws of Thermodynamics
Appendix A: Mathematical Review
Appendix B: Dimensional Analysis
Appendix C: Rotating Frames of Reference; Inertial Forces; Coriolis Effect
Appendix D: Gauss's Law
Appendix E: Galilean and Lorentz Transformations
Appendix F: Selected Isotopes
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
Index

Courses

Algebra-Based Physics  (Physics & Astronomy)

Author Bios

Douglas C. Giancoli obtained his BA in physics (summa cum laude) from the University of California, Berkeley, his MS in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his PhD in elementary particle physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent 2 years as a post-doctoral fellow at UC Berkeley’s Virus lab developing skills in molecular biology and biophysics. His mentors include Nobel winners Emilio Segré and Donald Glaser.

He has taught a wide range of undergraduate courses, traditional as well as innovative ones, and continues to update his texbooks meticulously, seeking ways to better provide an understanding of physics for students.

Doug’s favorite spare-time activity is the outdoors, especially climbing peaks. He says climbing peaks is like learning physics: it takes effort and the rewards are great.

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•   Addison-Wesley, MasteringPhysics™ with Pearson eText Student Access Kit (ME component) (2008)
•   Giancoli, Physics: Principles with Applications Volume I (Ch. 1-15), 6/E (2004)

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