Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Ninth Edition | Date: 28 April 2011, 11:58
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More than 500,000 students have purchased previous editions of this book! That's because this powerful study tool offers clear explanations and constant reinforcements, so that students quickly grasp this potentially difficult subject matter. It takes students from vectors to thermodynamics to applied nuclear physics, teaching effective problem-solving skills. The numerous, valuable appendixes make often-needed, basic information easy to find quickly, so this book is also an excellent reference.
The new edition of this best-selling book gives users a solid grasp of the principles of general physics through their application to a large number of carefully selected problems. The Ninth Edition features a new order of presentation that reflects the current physics curriculum and textbooks. Existing problems have been updated, and new problems have been added that deal with more realistic and practical situations, including those in the life sciences.
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Summary: A Must Have Physics Text
Rating: 5
Schaum's Outline of College Physics (Paperback) Ninth Edition By Bueche, Frederick J.; Hecht, Eugene Product Description
More than 500,000 students have purchased previous editions of this book! That's because this powerful study tool offers clear explanations and constant reinforcements, so that students quickly grasp this potentially difficult subject matter. It takes students from vectors to thermodynamics to applied nuclear physics, teaching effective problem-solving skills. The numerous, valuable appendixes make often-needed, basic information easy to find quickly, so this book is also an excellent reference.
The new edition of this best-selling book gives users a solid grasp of the principles of general physics through their application to a large number of carefully selected problems. The Ninth Edition features a new order of presentation that reflects the current physics curriculum and textbooks. Existing problems have been updated, and new problems have been added that deal with more realistic and practical situations, including those in the life sciences.
From the Back Cover
A state-of-the-art, easy-to-use study tool that virtually gurantees better grades There is no more effective way to learn the principles of general physics than by using this ultimate toolkit featuring Mathcad-today's leading technical calculation software. By studying hundreds of solved problems, including more than 200 live equations using Mathcad, you can practice until you've mastered the material completely. With this amazing electronic tutor and your textbook, you'll be transported to the head of your physics class in no time! In the electronic book, more than 200 completely interactive problems are presented. With powerful Mathcad technology, you can change any parameter in any of these equations and watch as the equations are recalculated correctly each time. In this way, you will learn how each change affects the end result. Drawn from the eighth edition of Theory and Problems of College Physics, a best-seller by Frederick J. Bueche in Schaum's top-rated Outline Series, the electronic tutor includes chapters on equilibrium under the action of concurrent forces; uniformly accelerated motion; Newton's laws of motion; mass, weight, and force; work, energy, and power; impulse and momentum; rigid body rotation; simple harmonic motion and springs; density and elasticity; kinetic theory; Kirchoff's laws; forces in magnetic fields; relativity; quantum physics and wave mechanics; and much, much more.
Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
McGraw-Hill; 9 edition (June 1, 1997)
English
ISBN-10: 0070089418
ISBN-13: 978-0070089419
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
Summary: Saved my Bacon
Rating: 5
I attend an ivy league school, and the physics textbook for physics I and II is incredibly difficult. Last semester I spent almost a thousand dollars on a tutor to get me through physics I because the 150+ person lectures didn't help, and the textbook only made me "dumber". For physics II this semester, I ordered this book hoping that the summary and problems might help - I felt I didn't have much to lose since the book costs the equivalent of 15 minutes worth of tutoring. I used this book almost exclusively to study for the first test, although I was concerned that the problems might be too easy given that they were actually solvable. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the actual test questions could have been pulled from this book (these problems would have been too easy for the tests from the particular teacher I had for physics I, but I still wish I'd had it then). I would have been completely lost trying to study for this test since there were no practice exams to review, and the textbook homework problems were not very helpful. I intend to read this book exclusively, and feel that the combination of lecture, summary and problem solving will be the best use of my time.
Summary: Engineering Physics I & II level coverage
Rating: 5
This book is fantastic for either supplementary study or serving as stand-alone text. All of the Phys I chapter content found in most other texts will be presented in depth and in concert; typical layout is anywhere from 6-10 pgs of theory and subject explanation, followed by 5-15 pgs of fully solved, worked out problems. The step-by-step nature of the problems is amazing and helped me get an A in both Phys I & II moreso than attending lecture - which was a rarity some weeks. The progression is: Vectors, Mechanics & Motion in several dimensions (mostly 2), Angular & Rotational Dynamics (Center of Inertia), brief Thermodynamics overview (too simple of systems, but at least there's something), Sound & Vibration, Electrical Forces, RC RL RLC circuits, magnetism, induction principles, fields and charges, poles and magnetic materials, optics (reflection, refraction, diffraction, lenses, interference patterns, optical instruments, and finally a cursory examination of relativity.
Ideally, read everything (solved problems included) and you're on your way to success. 4-5 pages daily (assumming 100+ day semesters) should do fine. The supplementary problems are optional in my book, and I intend on reading many of them (i.e. those from biology, chemistry, calculus, geometry, digital circuits, engineering math, electric circuits, topology, differential geometry, electronics, discrete & finite maths, quantum mechanics, signals and systems, differential equations......Schaums has superb variety). Thing of it is, there's on average, oh lets say 20-30 chapters per Schaums outline guide. So then, only 2-3 pgs of 20-50 supplementary problems per chapter results in roughly 400-1500 additional problems. As you may expect, on top of already some 500-1000 solved problems, there's a lot of familiary gained with not only problem solving but the entire process of how to state a question and sort out its exact details in equation form.
Summary: Essential for success in college freshman physics
Rating: 5
Many freshman college physics textbooks are just awful. They often go on and on about what is obvious and gloss over the finer points...and of course there are no examples. This is where this book comes in. As in all Schaum's outlines, for each topic there are a few pages of theory including equations, then some problems with the solutions worked out extensively, and then finally some problems with the answers but no extensive solution. The format of the outline is the same that you should expect in any two semester college freshman physics sequence. The first part of the book is an explanation of vectors, newtonian mechanics, fluids, and thermodynamics. The second part of the book follows the usual second semester of freshman physics - electricity, magnetism, and optics. The final six chapters of the outline are an introduction to modern physics, which engineers and physics students would normally take after they finish t
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