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Conceptual Physics, 12/e


Conceptual Physics, 12/e
Author(s)  Paul G. Hewitt
ISBN  9789352861774
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2018
Pages  816
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 1070.00
  
 
 

Intended for non-science majors Physics Courses

Since defining this course 30 years ago, Paul Hewitt's best-selling text continues as the benchmark by which all others are judged. In Conceptual Physics Twelfth Edition Paul Hewitt makes physics interesting, understandable, and relevant for non-science majors. The Twelfth Edition will delight students with informative and fun Hewitt-Drew-It screencasts, updated content and applications.
 
Hewitt's text is guided by the principle of ""concepts before calculations"" and is famous for engaging students with analogies and imagery from the real-world that build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics.

This program presents a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students.

Prepare for lecture: NEW! 100 Hewitt-Drew-It screencasts, authored and narrated by Paul Hewitt, explain physics concepts through animation and narration. The exciting new Screencasts, accessed through QR codes in the textbook, will enable students to engage with the physics concepts more actively outside of class.
Make physics delightful: Relevant and accessible narrative, analogies from real-world situations, and simple representations of the underlying mathematical relationships make physics more appealing to students.
Build a strong conceptual understanding of physics: Students gain a solid understanding of physics through practice and problem solving in the book.
 

  • About the book
  • Contents
  • Features
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Paul G. Hewitt



Former silver-medal boxing champion, sign painter, uranium prospector, and soldier, Paul began college at the age of 27, with the help of the GI Bill. He pioneered the conceptual approach to teaching physics at the City College of San Francisco. He has taught as a guest teacher at various middle schools and high schools, the University of California at both the Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses, and the University of Hawaii at both the Manoa and Hilo campuses. He also taught for 20 years at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, which honored him with its Outstanding Educator Award in 2000. He is the author of Conceptual Physics and a co-author of Conceptual Physical Science and Conceptual Physical Science Explorations (with John Suchocki and Leslie Hewitt)."


 

 

1. About Science



I. MECHANICS



2. Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia



3. Linear Motion



4. Newton's Second Law of Motion: Force and Acceleration



5. Newton's Third Law of Motion: Action and Reaction



6. Momentum



7. Energy



8. Rotational Motion



9. Gravity



10. Projectile and Satellite Motion



II. PROPERTIES OF MATTER



11. Atomic Nature of Matter



12. Solids



13. Liquids



14. Gases and Plasmas



III. HEAT



15. Temperature, Heat and Expansion



16. Heat Transfer



17. Change of Phase



18. Thermodynamics



IV. SOUND



19. Vibrations and Waves



20. Sound



21. Musical Sounds



V. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM



22. Electrostatics



23. Electric Current



24. Magnetism



25. Electromagnetic Induction



VI. LIGHT



26. Properties of Light



27. Color



28. Reflection and Refraction



29. Light Waves



30. Light Emission



31. Light Quanta



VII. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS



32. The Atom and the Quantum



33. Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity



34. Nuclear Fission and Fusion



VIII. RELATIVITY



35. Special Theory of Relativity



36. General Theory of Relativity



Appendices



A. Systems of Measurement



B. More About Motion



C. Graphing



D. More About Vectors



E. Exponential Growth and Doubling Time"


 

 

Make physics delightful


NEW! Updated applications are available for digital technology, environment, and energy. These topics are at the forefront of everyone's consciousness these days and an intelligent awareness of their scientific foundations will give rise to better decision making in the political arena.


NEW! A new interior design provides an attractive, fresh, and accessible new look, updating a classic text to be even more student friendly.


An extensive full-color figure and photo program includes the author's hallmark cartoons, which are both approachable and informative.


Fun and easy-to-perform projects involve students in the scientific process of exploration and observation.


Insight boxes provide short snippets of information about how topics in the text relate to real-life situations, experiments, and other parts of the book. 


Enhanced coverage of topics in energy and environment are included and help to keep students aware of current events.


 

 
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