An accessible, problem-solving approach to physics, grounded in real-world applications. James Walker's Physics provides students with a solid conceptual understanding of physics that can be expressed quantitatively and applied to the world around them. Instructors and students praise Walker's Physics for its friendly voice, the author's talent for making complex concepts understandable, an inviting art program, and the range of excellent homework problems and example-types that provide guidance with problem solving. The Fifth Edition includes new "just-in-time" learning aids such as "Big Ideas" to quickly orient students to the overarching principles of each chapter, new Real-World Physics and Biological applications, and a wealth of problem-solving support features to coach students through the process of applying logic and reasoning to problem solving.

 

KEY TOPICS: Guide to Features of the Text, Introduction to Physics, MECHANICS, One-Dimensional Kinematics, Vectors in Physics, Two-Dimensional Kinematics, Newton's Laws of Motion, Applications of Newton's Laws, Work and Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy, Linear Momentum and Collisions, Rotational Kinematics and Energy, Rotational Dynamics and Static Equilibrium, Gravity, Oscillations About Equilibrium, Waves and Sound, Fluids, THERMAL PHYSICS, Temperature and Heat, Phases and Phase Changes, The Laws of Thermodynamics, ELECTROMAGNETISM, Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields, Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy, Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits, Magnetism, Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction, Alternating-Current Circuits, LIGHT AND OPTICS, Electromagnetic Waves, Geometrical Optics, Optical Instruments, Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction, MODERN PHYSICS, Relativity, Quantum Physics, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation

 

MARKET: For all readers interested in introductory algebra-based physics.