Conceptual Physics
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Product Description
Written for students of introductory physics, this best-selling text offers students an upbeat, non-threatening overview of the discipline which focuses on concepts and critical thinking rather than number-crunching. It presents physics in a language students can comprehend, using analogies and mental imagery based on real world situations. Mathematical equations, formulas, and calculations appear as a footnote on the page to reference and supplement chapter concepts and help students see the connection between math and science.
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I absolutely loved the service provided. I received the books 10 days early and in mint condition!!! Excellent job.
Rating: 5 / 5
I did not think this book should be printed except for the students that cannot understand the most elementary concepts.
Rating: 3 / 5
I am a Yr. 11 high school student who is taking a Physics course that uses Hewitt’s book. All I can say is that it is one of the worst books I have seen on the subject.
I presume it does a great job of conveying concepts to Yr. 5 Science – not Physics – students. Firstly, Hewitt’s book has NO mathematics in it. Even the most elementary algebra has at times been omitted. One cannot possibly study Physics without the Maths. Even some elementary equations are not present! How can this book expect you to be prepared for University or higher Physics with remarks almost like “You can work out how to add two numbers if you take a later physics course”?
The huge simplification of the concepts confuses rather than clarifies them. For instance, Hewitt spends prodigious amounts of time explaining the Moon “falling” around the Earth, and yet never mentions that this is centripetal acceleration! There is an entire chapter dedicated to Eclipses and Tides, concepts that one learns during the first years of Primary School. Our whole Physics class is having trouble obtaining high marks because of the over-simplification of the book.
I don’t know what Hewitt had in mind when writing “Conceptual Physics”, but it is rare that Physics students will not be taking a Maths course concurrently. There are only one or two numerical examples in the entire book, and none actually showing how to solve real problems. The end of chapter exercises are simple and they can be mechanically answered by reading the chapter.
Overall, for students who want to actually learn Physics, instead of waste time, I recommend “Physics with Principles and Applications” by Douglas Giancoli. For those who wish to obtain a profession in Physics or Engineering, I recommend “Physics for Scientists and Engineers” by Raymond Serway, paired with a book on Calculus.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is complete nonsense. It reflects an ever growing ideology among the so called ‘pedagogs’ who themselves never understood physics. It can not even be considered a physics textbook. The book pressums utter stupidity on the part of the reader, and it is painful to think anyone besides 5-year-olds can be forced to read this.
No one would attempt teaching history without first teaching how to speak english (or some other language).
It is similary impossible to teach physics without math.
And even for a layperson who enjoys popular science books (the kind intended for people who hate math), this too is a complete failure.
I can’t think of a worse book.
The cartoons, however, are quite amusing (will make your two-year -old very excited about physics).
Hewitt should prehaps first obtain a physics education before attempting to teach.
Rating: 1 / 5
Quedé muy gratamente sorprendido cuando hace unos años encontré este libro.
Mi sorpresa fue doble, primero por encontrar un libro que tratara la Física de esta manera (sin fórmulas, yendo a la esencia) y por otro el tan acertado tratamiento y desarrollo de los diferentes temas.
La multitud de imágnes, lo cuidado del texto, hacen de este libro una auténtica joya para todos aquellos, como yo que han estudiado Física durante tantos años, centrándose en el aspecto formal y matemático de la materia. Refugiarse en costosos desarrollos matemáticos es lo fácil, ir a la esencia del concepto y acertar de manera tan extraordinaria en su exposición merecerían que este realmente fuese el libro de texto obligatorio para todos los estudiantes de los primeros niveles.
Carlos Ortega
2006-01-30
Rating: 5 / 5