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Textbook Details

  • EDITION:
    2nd Edition
  • ISBN:
    0071744509
  • ISBN-13:
    9780071744508
  • PUB. DATE:
    December 2010
  • PUBLISHER:
    McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Physics DeMYSTiFieD / Edition 2 by Stan Gibilisco

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Excellent introductory physics textby Anonymous

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This book starts with the fundamentals so many teachers and texts overlook: the math! In high school, I complained about how much math there was in the physics course. A friend told me, 'That's all physics is.' That might be an overstatement, but it's a fact that without the basic math, no one can do physics. The rest of the book (most of it really is physics) is easy to understand and yet it goes...

A top-notch homeschooling textby Anonymous

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A search through Barnes & Noble for a suitable text on which to base a homeschooling class for our 12-year old narrowed down to "Physics Demystified" as the ideal blend of math basics, theory, understandable explanations and exam material. The inclusion of "Section Tests" covering multiple chapters provided appropriate opportunities for evaluating his long-term retention. The clarity of illustrations...

Abundance of quizzes and testsby Anonymous

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This book is unusual in a couple of good ways. First, there are *lots* of quizzes and tests, with answers in the back. Second, there is a review of math at the beginning. Most other books just assume you know all the math and then let you sink or swim. I'd like to see more worked-out problems in the math section, but then again, that might make the math section disproportionately large. Good overall,...


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Physics DeMYSTiFieD

Product Details

  • Pub. Date: December 2010
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Sales Rank: 136,220

Synopsis

Understanding physics just got a whole lot easier!

Stumped trying to make sense of physics? Here’s your solution. Physics DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition helps you grasp the essential concepts with relative ease.

Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide begins by covering classical physics, including mass, force, motion, momentum, work, energy, and power, as well as the temperature and states of matter. Electricity, magnetism, and electronics are discussed as are waves, particles, space, and time. Detailed examples, concise explanations, and worked problems make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce learning.

It’s a no brainer! You’ll learn about:

  • Scientific notation, units, and constants
  • Newton’s Laws of Motion
  • Kirchhoff’s Laws
  • Alternating current and semiconductors
  • Optics
  • Relativity theory

Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Physics DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition helps you master this challenging subject.

Stan Gibilisco is a technical writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 nonfiction books in the fields of electronics, general science, mathematics, and computing. Stan's book, the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing (McGraw-Hill, 1995), was named as a "Best Reference of 1996" by the ALA. He is considered the "father" of the Demystified series.

Biography

Stan Gibilisco is a technical writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 nonfiction books in the fields of electronics, general science, mathematics, and computing. Stan's book, the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing (McGraw-Hill, 1995), was named as a "Best Reference of 1996" by the ALA. He is considered the "father" of the Demystified series.