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Elegant, engaging, exacting, and concise, Giancoli’s Physics: Principles with Applications helps students view the world through eyes that know physics.   Giancoli’s text is a trusted classic, known for its elegant writing, clear presentation, and quality of content. Using concrete observations and experiences students can relate to, the text features an approach that reflects how science is actually practiced: it starts with the specifics, then moves to the great generalisations and the more formal aspects of a topic to show students why we believe what we believe.   Written with the goal of giving students a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, the text uses interesting applications to biology, medicine, architecture, and digital technology to show students how useful physics is in their own everyday lives and in their future professions. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Physics: Principles with Applications, Global Edition

• Contents


• Applications List


• Preface


• Dedication


• To Students


• Use of color


• Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating


• 1-1 The Nature of Science


• 1-2 Physics and its Relation to Other Fields


• 1-3 Models, Theories, and Laws


• 1-4 Measurement and Uncertainty; Significant Figures


• Uncertainty


• Significant Figures


• Scientific Notation


• Percent Uncertainty vs. Significant Figures


• Approximations


• Accuracy vs. Precision


• 1-5 Units, Standards, and the SI System


• Length


• Time


• Mass


• Unit Prefixes


• Systems of Units


• Base vs. Derived Quantities


• 1-6 Converting Units


• 1-7 Order of Magnitude: Rapid Estimating


• A Harder Example-But Powerful


• 1-8 Dimensions and Dimensional Analysis


• Summary


• Questions


• MisConceptual Questions


• Problems


• General Problems


• Search and Learn


• Chapter 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension


• 2-1 Reference Frames and Displacement


• 2-2 Average Velocity


• 2-3 Instantaneous Velocity


• 2-4 Acceleration


• Deceleration


• 2-5 Motion at Constant Acceleration


• 2-6 Solving Problems


• 2-7 Freely Falling Objects


• Additional Example-Using the Quadratic Formula


• 2-8 Graphical Analysis of Linear Motion


• Velocity as Slope


• Slope and Acceleration


• Summary


• Questions


• MisConceptual Questions


• Problems


• General Problems


• Search and Learn


• Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors