Product Description

The primary goal of this text is to provide students with a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and to help them apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1937882 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

Customer Reviews

Wiley Publishing produces great indroductory physics book
What really makes this book great is the layout and format used. With clearly indexed chapters, main in-chapter headlins, practice problems, free interactive learning on the internet, and end of chapter synopsis, this book can explain physics to anyone interested. Physics is a science that needs to be understood correctly the first time. I really would have liked this book in high school. The end of chapter problems are very difficult, but they require you to really understand the material. the writing style used is similar to the times you read those great articles and say to yourself, "why can't everything be that clear." Great for physics majors, and good for other majors. 5 Stars

GOOD BUT NOT FOR MODERN PHYSICS PARTS
I think Prof.Halliday had done a good job in the parts of mechanics,thermodynamics and electromagnetism.It helps us a lot to get the idea on classical physics and some question are really creative and quite challenging.However,it not very good for those who try to learn modern physics from this book,especialy the explanation of Schrodinger equation.Readers will find it confusing because Halliday just touch on it lightly without giving us a clear view of Quantum Mechanics.Especialy I don't like the Schrodinger equation form in this book.It seems that the author try to prevent the undergratuates scare about Mathematics.But we all know that the only language in Physics is Mathematics.So I suggest readers who want to learn the fundamentals idea of modern physics can try Young's University Physics.

This was a tough book to learn physics from
Everyone in my class hated this textbook, and as a result, the following year, the department changed to using "University Physics" 11th ed, Young&Freedman. This book isn't too bad for somebody who needs to review the material and refresh their memory, but learning it for the first time... this book made it tough.