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Understand Physics gives you a solid understanding of the key skills and ideas that run through the subject. You will explore the important concepts of force and motion, electricity, light, molecules, matter and space and discover the frontiers of physics. With numerous questions, answers and worked examples throughout, you will feel confident in approaching the science and applying your knowledge.
Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive
Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.
Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of physics.
Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.
Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Understand Physics gives you a solid understanding of the key skills and ideas that run through the subject. You will explore the important concepts of force and motion, electricity, light, molecules, matter and space and discover the frontiers of physics. With numerous questions, answers and worked examples throughout, you will feel confident in approaching the science and applying your knowledge.
Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive
Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.
Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of physics.
Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.
Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
288 pages, Paperback
First published February 26, 2010
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August 5, 2013
Simple and easy to understand for someone who knows almost nothing
September 30, 2014
Teach Yourself Understand Physics
By Jim Breithaupt
This book is about physics how it was before the scientific age and inventions or experiments that changed the meaning of science. It gives lots of information and shows what it can be like for the future and how physics can improve. It gives a good understanding of what physics is. There are lots of discoveries and famous people such as Galileo who changed science as we know it.
I recommend this book to people who want to know lots about physics and the history before or of physics. Mainly I read this book because for my science we do physics and I want to get a really good understanding about the subject so that I am with the topic we are doing. There are notes in this book and different questions that it answers if you have any so I rate this book a four.
By Jim Breithaupt
This book is about physics how it was before the scientific age and inventions or experiments that changed the meaning of science. It gives lots of information and shows what it can be like for the future and how physics can improve. It gives a good understanding of what physics is. There are lots of discoveries and famous people such as Galileo who changed science as we know it.
I recommend this book to people who want to know lots about physics and the history before or of physics. Mainly I read this book because for my science we do physics and I want to get a really good understanding about the subject so that I am with the topic we are doing. There are notes in this book and different questions that it answers if you have any so I rate this book a four.
January 21, 2021
With this wonderful teacher of a book, I taught myself physics!
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