College Physics, Volume 1

by Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn, Chris Vuille

While physics can seem challenging, its true quality is the sheer simplicity of fundamental physical theories--theories and concepts that can enrich your view of the world around you. COLLEGE PHYSICS, 8e, provides you with a clear strategy for connecting those theories to a consistent problem-solving approach, carefully reinforcing this methodology throughout the text and connecting it to real-world examples. For students planning to take the MCAT exam, the text includes exclusive test prep and review tools to help you prepare.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Physics

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kurt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I took two semesters of college physics back in 1982-83. I didn't do all that well – I think I got B- grades – and I found it to be very challenging. Now, forty years later, as a retiree who is trying to keep his mind sharp, I thought I would study up a bit on the subject. I found this textbook among my son's belongings from his college days and thought it might be a good one for me to brush up with. Well, I did okay with some of it, not so well with other parts.

It really seems like a lot of the material could be explained a lot better. But overall, it is probably a good book for college science majors, not so much for novices.

[qivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used this textbook for my AP Physics 1 class. It was good enough. It had as much depth as you can get without using calculus to derive equations, and the example problems were pretty helpful. I still think the version of this book with calculus is better for getting a true understanding of fundamental laws, where they come from, and how they are used to derive other equations/relationships.

[Mohammed Yassin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want get a lot of knowledge & i am a physics student