Understanding physics

David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, James Rutherford

874 pages, parution le 17/10/2002

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Understanding physics is an innovative introductory course designed for students preparing to enter careers in fields outside of science or engineering, including students planning to teach, or already teaching, in K-12 classrooms. It is inspired by the famous Project Physics Course, which became known for its success in inspiring students with the excitement of physics by placing its concepts within a broader humanistic context. Understanding physics enables students to gain a full appreciation of physics both as a discipline and as a body of knowledge: a sense of what the concepts mean, where they came from, and why we think we know what we know. The course is among the first to accommodate recommendations of the "National Science Education Standards" from the National Academy of Sciences and the "Benchmarks for Science Literacy" from Project 2061 at the college level. Understanding Physics also incorporates the most recent advances in understanding how students learn physics and where they encounter difficulties, and it offers great flexibility to instructors to adapt the course to the needs of their students and to their own needs and interests. The course components - textbook, student guide, instructor guide - all work together to provide students with an integrated experience in physics.

The text provides a conceptual framework and connecting narrative for the course that promotes an active engagement with the material.
Each chapter contains questions designed to help students confirm what they have learned as well as questions to encourage them to go beyond the reading, in individual study, laboratory work, and group discussion.
The student guide provides both written and hands-on activities for enhancing understanding
The suggested laboratory work includes in-depth explorations, student-designed inquiries, and text-related mini-explorations that may be used as hands-on activities or as demonstrations with student participation.

ContentsPart One MATTER AND MOTION
Prologue to Part One

Motion Matters
Moving the Earth
Understanding Motion
Newton's Unified Theory
Conserving Matter and Motion
The Dynamics of Heat
Heat - A Matter of Motion
Wave Motion
Einstein and Relativity Theory

Part Two MOVING THE EARTH
Prologue to Part Two

Electricity and Magnetism
The Electric Age
Electromagnetic Waves
Probing the Atom
The Quantum Model of the Atom
Quantum Mechanics
Solids Matter
Probing the Nucleus
The Nucleus and its Applications

L'auteur - David Cassidy

David Cassidy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

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L'auteur - Gerald Holton

Gerald Holton, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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L'auteur - James Rutherford

James Rutherford, Project AAAS, Washington, DC

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, James Rutherford
Parution	17/10/2002
Nb. de pages	874
Format	18,7 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1544g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387987569
ISBN13	978-0-387-98756-9