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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN num: 9780471401940
ISBN number: 0471401943
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 688
Printing Date: October 29, 2001
Publishing house: Wiley
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Ein zweibandiger Klassiker unter den Physiklehrbuchern und zweifellos eines der umfassendsten und ausfuhrlichsten Werke seiner Art! Auch diese 5. Auflage bemuht sich besonders um eine klare, einleuchtende Darstellung der Grundgedanken, gestutzt auf neueste Erkenntnisse der Physikdidaktik. Die Kapitel zur Thermodynamik und zur Quantentheorie wurden durchgangig aktualisiert; alle Ubungsaufgaben wurden uberarbeitet, neue Aufgaben sind hinzugekommen. Erweitert wurde auch der Erganzungsband.
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Haliday, Resnick, and Krane may all be well into the latter years in life, but the beautiful text they put together remains superb. It has been used, since it was very first published in 1960, by many prominent universities. This text is the most rigorous text in the nation, if not the world. Its perfection stands in its title, fifth edition, which means its only been revised, including the latest edition, a total of 6 times since 1960. Compared to texts of similar authority that are entering 20th editions. The material is tough, but it prepares those who are willing to be avid students and those who are looking to be competitive. The book inquires the mind to open and bend. I reiterate that this text is an authority, because there is no use buying Schaum's or supplementary texts, because almost all the problems used by Schaum's and other "help" books draw their problems from a mix of three authoritative sources. This text is usually the main one for all physics, so in essence buying "help" books is like buying this book twice. Just doing the problems and exercises at the end of each chapter will prepare any student for any physics test there is. It engraves understanding that can be manipulated for the readers own use. I do have to say that like most text in physics and other subjects it doesn't mix topics from other sections like a real test would, but that again is unnecessary if the reader understands each chapter. Another great thing is that the book assumes you know certain things in some problems, so if you don't, you have to go look it up. One example being the astronomical unit. It's very open to getting the reader engaged. I recommend it for all physics courses and just used it for my mechanics and waves course. It's a text that someone can always go back to for a better understanding.
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This is a very bad textbook. Explanations are short, diagrams are scarce, page layout is not good for a textbook, there aren't many examples (and if there are then their explanations suck), no explanations for answers to exercises, and hard to use for test/exam prep because key points are hard to find unless they were manually highlighted. Might be good for you if you're extremely good with physics, but me and many of my friends who are very good at physics found it very confusing and hard to read. I got rid of this book as soon as the course for it ended.
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The questions are decent, the book is clear, and there aren't too many colors (which i found is good because i could focus for a longer period of time). Uses many examples which i found useful. Overall a great book.
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I used this book for my intro to Electricity and Magnetism and for my Intro to Modern Physics - Light, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, quantum mechanics. It has plenty of theory in it in that often the book doesn't just present you equations, but derives them. Of course this isn't always the case as the math in this book doesn't go beyond Calc II and some basic, easy stuff from Calc III. Not only the theory, but it includes plenty of decent historical experimental results to explain how the laws come about. Also, the optional sections are decent as well. I especially liked the optional section regarding electromagnetism and frames of reference. The book also comes with alot of exercises, about half of which are just plug-and chug problems that waste time. But the others require you to know your concepts or to really think. Most of the Problems are decent and require thinking. However, some times the book can get too wordy. Also, the section on quantum mechanics isn't great, but you can't blame this book because quantum mechanics is best described using mathematics including linear algebra and beyond. This book is far better than the one by Serway as this book goes into more detail and offers better explanations and has better Problems.
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The best thing to happen to introductory Physics probabaly since Feynman lectures, the book relies on students thinking out concepts not just commiting formulae to memory. This book is best used by working out everything in detail and solving all the questions if not all the problems.
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