Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics 5e, AP Edition ©2022
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, published by Pearson, provides a focused curriculum for students pursuing a career in the sciences. The text uses familiar examples from everyday life to encourage conceptual and problem-solving skill development, as well as visualization.
- A systematic, scaffolded approach that builds qualitative reasoning
- New and expanded media and assessments
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4-Step Problem-Solving Approach
Model/Visualize/Solve/Review. This framework structures how students work through problems in the text with detailed strategies to reach solutions for different topics and types of problems.
Promote a Deeper and Better-Connected Understanding
Looking Back Pointers refer students to a previous chapter and section when the information is relevant to the topic at hand for a broader perspective on the subject.
Visual Physics
Visual chapter summaries consolidate understanding by providing each concept in words, math, and figures and organizing these into a vertical hierarchy—from General Principles (top) to Applications (bottom).
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AP® Physics Teaching Solutions
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Skills and Confidence Development
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Creating a Holistic Picture of Physics
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Resources for Learner Empowerment
Skills and Confidence Development
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Tactics BoxesTactics Boxes appear throughout the text to provide specific examples of critical skills with step-by-step instructions students can then apply to later problems
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Updated Worked ExamplesUpdates to the Worked Examples follow the 4-step strategy and include detailed explanations of the underlying principles that connect physics to everyday life.
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Model BoxesModel Boxes analyze a complex, real-world situation through idealizations that can be applied in later problems.
Creating a Holistic Picture of Physics
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Enhanced Chapter PreviewsEnhanced Chapter Previews address questions students will likely have as they encounter new concepts. These cover the important ideas and provide a high-level perspective on the key principles of each chapter.
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Visual Chapter SummariesVisual Chapter Summaries combine text, math, and figures to create a vertical hierarchy that consolidates understanding.
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Online anytime–digital resourcesShift to online anytime–digital resources like podcasts, videos, and graphs offer amazing ways for students to delve into new social studies topics.
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Teacher and Student Support
Includes teacher and student support, in the text and online video modules, for implementing project-based learning.
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End-of-Chapter QuestionsNumerous end-of-chapter questions have been updated to provide wrong-answer feedback, and end-of-chapter problem sets push students to use more physics and math skills to reach a solution.
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Open-Ended QuestionsAdditional open-ended questions help students and teachers identify difficult areas and targets for “just-in-time” instruction to keep everyone on track.
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Dynamic Study ModulesNew Dynamic Study Modules pose questions that adapt to each student’s performance then offer personalized, targeted feedback, so everyone in class can participate meaningfully.
Resources for Learner Empowerment
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Interactive Prelecture VideosNew Interactive Prelecture Videos introduce key topics and assess students’ understanding so teachers know what to focus on in class.
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Passage and Physics ProblemsA blend of 140 new passage problems and physics problems combine the subject with biology to align with the 2015 MCAT exam based on the Foundational Concepts and Content Categories from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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Direct Measurement VideosDirect Measurement Videos can be assigned through Mastering to show students physical phenomena in action. With the grid, ruler, and frame counter overlays, accurate measurements can be taken that help solve problems or answer questions after the video.
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Correlations for AP®
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More About Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Table of Contents
I. Newton’s Laws
1. Concepts of Motion
2. Kinematics in One Dimension
3. Vectors and Coordinate Systems
4. Kinematics in Two Dimensions
5. Force and Motion
6. Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line
7. Newton’s Third Law
8. Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane
II. Conservation Laws
9. Work and Kinetic Energy
10. Interactions and Potential Energy
11. Impulse and Momentum
III. Applications of Newtonian Mechanics
12. Rotation of a Rigid Body
13. Newton’s Theory of Gravity
14. Fluids and Elasticity
IV. Oscillations and Waves
15. Oscillations
16. Traveling Waves
17. Superposition
V. Thermodynamics
18. A Macroscopic Description of Matter
19. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
20. The Micro/Macro Connection
21. Heat Engines and Refrigerators
VI. Electricity and Magnetism
22. Electric Charges and Forces
23. The Electric Field
24. Gauss’s Law
25. The Electric Potential
26. Potential and Field
27. Current and Resistance
28. Fundamentals of Circuits
29. The Magnetic Field
30. Electromagnetic Induction
31. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
32. AC Circuits
VII. Optics
33. Wave Optics
34. Ray Optics
35. Optical Instruments
VIII. Relativity and Quantum Physics
36. Relativity
37. The Foundations of Modern Physics
38. Quantization
39. Wave Functions and Uncertainty
40. One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
41. Atomic Physics
42. Nuclear Physics
Appendix A Mathematics Review
Appendix B Periodic Table of Elements
Appendix C Atomic and Nuclear Data
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Randy Knight Author Bio
Randy Knight taught introductory physics for thirty-two years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic State University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Physics. Professor Knight received a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. A growing awareness of the importance of research in physics education led first to Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach and later College Physics: A Strategic Approach. Professor Knight's research interests are in the fields of laser spectroscopy and environmental science. When he's not in front of a computer, you can find Randy hiking, traveling, playing the piano, or spending time with his wife Sally and their five cats.
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