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intereact!Paul G. Hewitt
Edition: 9th
Retail Price (not our price): $117.00
ISBN: 0321052021
ISBN-13: 9780321052025
Publication Date: 2001-07-02
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Product Description
Thirty years ago, this best-selling book defined the "conceptual" approach to introductory physics. Today, the Ninth Edition shows how text and media can be integrated to bring physics to life for non-scientists. Hewitt's book engages readers with analogies and imagery from real-world situations to build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong foundation, readers are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and motivated to explore the thought-provoking exercises and fun projects in each chapter. Icons in this new edition direct readers to The Physics Place web site (www.physicsplace.com) where they will find interactive and animated tutorials, video demonstrations, and hundreds of problems and activities. This new text-media combination gives readers more of what they need -whether it's animated explanations or interactive exercises -to make the connections between the concepts of physics and their everyday world. For college instructors and students.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) Conceptual Physics [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I am a retired engineer, but now translating technical document.The book of "Conceptual Physics" is helpful to learn basic theoryof technical writing.2) Not conceptual [Rating: 1 out of 5]
My daughter used this textbook in her HS physics class and I was apalled with how much useless information it contained. Little to no historical information about who, what and when it was discovered and how it brought about changed. Her teacher used the chapter on the conservation of energy to talk about energy conservation, an entirely different subject. I agree with teaching the concepts of physics in HS before diving into the math in college, but there are much better texts available!3) Not what they stated [Rating: 1 out of 5]
Well, they made it seem like this is the paperback version of the hardcover. It is NOT.This is an EXERCISE BOOK and no such description exists.Be careful when purchasing. The only version of the book itself is the hardback version costing over a hundred bucks.4) Incredible textbook [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Going into intro physics this semester, my boyfriend (who had aced his physics course no problem) was utterly ready to hold my hand through the ordeal. But a good instructor and this very comprehensible text makes everything quite easy to understand. Highly recommended to anyone wanting a firm grasp of physics.5) Very useful book for those who would like to learn physics without equations [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I used Conceptual Physics by Paul G. Hewitt along with a more technical university-level introductory physics book that had a lot of equations but not much conceptual explanation. I should admit that I was not very fond of physics until I started to read this book. It explained physical concepts in a simple language that was easy to understand. Although it did not cover some of the more complicated physical concept, it did cover enough material so that I could understand most of the physics equations in my other more technical physics book much better. Conceptual Physics was even exciting to read and I usually looked forward to doing so. After finishing this book, because I understood physical concepts much better, I started to read other popular physics books. Conceptual Physics is not intended to be used in a course that requires solving physics problems based on understanding equation. So it should not be used as such unless it is accompanied by another book containing equations. But if you would like to learn conceptual physics without equation, it has a tremendous value.