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Physics-1 - Ten Copy License

Imagine a textbook in which the illustrations were working models of the objects being studied so that a pendulum, for example, actually swings. Further imagine that the reader has the ability to choose what view of the pendulum is displayed. It might be an animation view representing the movement of the pendulum in real space. It might be a graph of angular position and velocity vs. time. It might be a plot of position vs. velocity...
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Physics_T Ten Copy License

Imagine a textbook in which the illustrations are working models of the objects being studied. Now suppose that the reader could change the system parameters while the model is running. Further, let's imagine that in this textbook the text may be edited, added to or written from scratch by the reader and that the new physical systems may be created to illustrate the principles expounded in the text.....
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2D3D Scientific Engineering Calculator

"This program offers many features for doing numerical or graphing calculations in math, physics, statistics, and engineering...
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Success GCSE Physics

Authored by practising Physics teachers, this software is based on the National Curriculum for Physics at GCSE level....
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Haunted House Sound Effects Design Software

The wave file mixer / soundscape designer is software for your PC which allows you to mix many wave .WAV files togther in loop mode for background sound effects. This program come with separate haunted house .WAV files. However, if you wanted to engineer an ocean soundscape, then you would need to record diferent sounds at the beach and use this program to mix them together in a repeated loop. All ...
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Astronomy- A Beginner-s Guide to the Universe- Fourth Edition

5 stars (good condition and speedy delivery) - item arrived in 2 days and was in perfect condition. completely satisfied. would recommend to others! 2 stars (Way too expensive for a paperback) - Attractive book but not a good value. All the information is available for free on the internet where it is periodically updated and can be referenced for free without wearing out. 5 stars (Astronomy Text Book) - Text book arrived in excellent condition (brand spankin' new) and in a timely manner (about 3 business days). I got a great deal too! No problems whatsoever. Thanks a bunch! ...
Prentice Hall :: Science & Physics :: Astronomy :: Space & Time :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Astronomy - General :: Astronomy (General) :: Astronomy :: Steve McMillan :: Eric Ch :: Astronomy- A Beginner-s Guide to the Universe- Fourth Edition

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 2nd Edition

1 stars (Typical Griffiths Drivel) - As usual, Griffiths replaces formalism and math with hand waving nonsense. While that may work to some extent in E&M, it fails miserably with a topic such as quantum mechanics. Also, as others have mentioned, Griffiths leaves a good chunk of the actual learning to exercises, which would be fine if there were answers in the back to select important problems or *gasp* a solutions manual, but Griffiths lacks both. Save yourself the grief and buy someone else's book. Griffiths, as usual, just doesn't cut it. 5 stars (Book Review) - excellent book for studying QM with a very comprehensive set of highly instructive problems. 1 stars (Terrible book to learn from QM) - I decided to refresh my QM skills and decided to buy Griffith....bad idea. At the university I used Messiah, B.H. Bransden - C.J. Joachain and Cohen - Tannoudj. All these manuals are much more better than Griffith. If you are not following a course don't buy this book, everything is an exercise, it is interesting to prove your skills and awarness on the matter, but every real stuff is left as an exercise then no explanation at all: for example Ehrenfest theorem and all the mathematics used in Schrodinger equation...these as a starter.... I really don't understand the love for this book, probably as the author tells you QM with an hippy style...if you don't believe me go to the author site.... If you want to learn QM start with Feynman and Greeinstein then read Bransden or Liboff if you are at an undergraduated level otherwise go to Cohen or Sakurai. ...
Prentice Hall :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Quantum Theory :: Quantum Mechanics :: Physics :: David J Griffiths :: :: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition)

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

1 stars (Classical Mechanics is a Foundation) - After using this book(or better trying to use this book) I've observed, after complementing the theory that is just trying to resemble Goldstein obviusly omiting most of the theory and proposing to fill those gaps with little examples. Exercises are poorly described maybe asuming you memorize examples, very few derivations are included most is tenth grade algebra. If you are trying to learn classical mechanics try Goldstein or Landau 5 stars (A Road to Higher Realms) - Whether knowingly or unknowingly, most of the physics text reviews that I have read may be divided into two categories: - those who loved or hated the book because it was not written to teach physics through a conceptual framework. - those who loved or hated the book because it was not written to teach physics through the development of skills. Then the reviews may be divided again into two categories: - those who loved or hated the book because it conveyed an exclusively classic and/or historical treatment of physics. - those who loved or hated the book because it conveyed a modern treatments of physics. Therefore, I will write my review within the same framework that everyone else seems to... I loved this book because it was written to teach physics through the development of SKILLS; I loved this book because it did so through a CLASSIC TREATMENT of physics. Now I will explain why... The study of physics is FAR MORE than an extraction of information from a book, the way that, say, reading an encyclopedia entry is. The study of physics, rather, is a MENTAL DISCIPLINE, that takes 10,000 hours of intensive mental effort just to become a 'fairly skilled beginner', and at least half a lifetime of intensive mental effort to become an expert in just one, very small, sub-sub-field. It is a journey in which one must tavel the same mental footsteps that the great physicists of the past did before one is ready to travel the new and original mental footsteps of...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Quantum Theory :: Physics :: Mechanics - Dynamics - General :: Dynamics :: Jerry B Marion :: Stephen T Thornt :: Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

Physics for Scientists and Engineers 3rd Edition

5 stars (Physics Student) - This is a great book for Calculus base physics. It offer in-depth explaintion of the theory and how it derive a theory. The problem at the end of each chapter are challenging and encourge the student to work at it in able to solve it. Also, after doing these problem, it a guarantee that you will at least learn something. 2 stars (blehhh) - Like the other reviewer from UCB, I had to use Giancoli for two semesters of physics, and this book did not help me one bit. All it did was make me feel completely helpless. The explanations of most concepts are pretty clear and concise. The problem is when you get to the problems. Most of the practice problems at the end of the chapters are much harder than the level at which the actual text covers the physics. As another reviewer said, this book may be good if you've taken a rigorous Honors Physics or AP Physics class in high school, but not everyone has. If your high school only offered a regular college-prep physics class (non-calculus based at that), you will suffer from all the knowledge that it is assumed you can automatically derive or figure out (as if it were common sense) on your own. I highly regret not looking for other, better, physics textbooks at the time I took my introductory physics classes. I urge anyone who doesn't feel like they already have a good solid background in calculus-based physics, and is assigned this book, to go and find one that explains things in a more in-depth way. Physics is all about the problems, if you can't do the problems then you're screwed in the class. This book does not help you figure out how to solve problems. 5 stars (well written) - Great book, well written, great organization, one of the best books for classroom. Very good and practical examples. You'll actually see how knowing a little bit of physics can help you understand your usage of daily appliances, and you can participate in intelligent converstaions without sounding silly! ...
Prentice Hall :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physics (General) :: Physics :: Douglas C Giancoli :: :: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (3rd Edition)

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics- Third Edition

5 stars (Good deal) - I got a quick response to my email. Happy to do business with an organization doing some good in the community. 4 stars (Outstanding) - I had to use this book during my two semesters of non-calculus college physics, and my first reaction to this 1000+ page monster was mathematical FEAR. However, as I kept reading the book I realized that it explained the majority of concepts clearly even for a person with limited calculus knowledge. The book does an excellent job early on with the 3 Laws of motion, but it gets a little confusing on statics. The last half of the book was covered in my second semester, and it was also excellent in explaining the topics of thermodynamics, DC and AC circuits, Magnetisms and Optics among others. Nevertheless, there were times when the explanation and examples of the book were not enough to answer some of the problems at the end of each chapter. Furthermore, my only complain about the book is that sometimes it uses what my instructor called "Shortcuts" in the sample problems without explaining how the author arrived to a given equation or derivation of a formula. Physics is by no means an easy subject and to do well at it you will need a great instructor and a great book - I was lucky enough to have both. There are very few books that I keep after I take a class, but I have to say that this book is an invaluable reference that will be in my professional bookshelf for many years. 5 stars (excellent book) - This book is very easy to understand and fun to study from. Very helpful for beginners. ...
Prentice Hall :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physics (General) :: Physics :: Applied Physics :: Douglas C Giancoli :: :: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics- Third Edition

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with PhysicsNow and InfoTrac

2 stars (Mixed Reception) - This book has its ups and downs. Like another reviewer mentioned, this book is very verbose and unnecessarily full of pictures that are not helpful. Concepts are often very poorly worded. Just because I'm an EE undergrad doesn't mean I like to decipher sentences that appear to be paragraphs at first glance. After 4 commas, two dashes, and a colon, I no longer have any interest in net-torque on a cylinder. A subtitle of "for scientists and engineers" is not an excuse to write in indecipherable technical terms. There are easier ways to explain things. Ultimately, I think this book fails for the same reason most physics books and professors fail: it is written by and for people with a natural gift for physics. For the other 98% of the world, it might as well be greek. While a thorough reference and good guide for physically-inclined folk, this is a very difficult book for first year undergrads to use. I would opt for a different textbook if I had the chance. 3 stars (Verbose and not precise writing) - When Serway and Jewett confuse me, I read an older Physics book that I have. For an expensive scientific textbook, I would expect less ambiguous writing. Perhaps I am too critical when reading. A quick example in chapter 20: " . . .we explore more details about heat as a means of energy transfer and consider two other transfer methods that are often related to temperature changes - convection ( a form of matter transfer) and electromagnetic radiation." At first, I thought convection and radiation might be another form of energy transfer that is not heat nor work. I really don't know what they are trying to say. Latter in the section they say radiation is the transfer of energy. I waste hours in each chapter trying to decipher the ambiguity. Also, The mixture of text with resolving equations is tedious. I would rather have the concepts explained and then have the equations derived. I would rather spend less money and receive less col...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physics :: John W Jewett :: Raymond A Serway :: :: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (with PhysicsNow and InfoTrac)

The Road to Reality - A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

1 stars (Who is the audience for this book?) - This is the first review I have been moved to write ... I bought this book because I like to read other people's perspectives on Physics; particularly when they are as smart as Roger Penrose undoutedly is. I have a PhD in theoretical physics (QFT) so I am hardly uneducated, or uninterested, in these topics. I found that this book tried to jump straight to an elegant mathermatical explanation without trying to impart any of the physical understanding. If you don't already know this material, this book won't help. At several points I just laughed out loud; one in particular when after explaining some arcane point in complex algebra involving a fraction, Penrose adds a comment along the lines of "I explained what a fraction was at the start of the book". He seems to be under the total delusion that you can just present the results of 20yrs of education in as many pages and people will just pick it up. I can only conclude that he is so familiar with this material that he has completely lost touch with its difficulty. The same must be said for those reviewers who liked this book; or else they are just lying to make themselves feel good; or perhaps they don't understand as much as they think they do! 5 stars (Shining brilliance!) - Penrose's book is really a thrilling experience. His intuition is brilliant. His explanations are crisp. His teaching ability can be probably only matched by Feynman. I got the book yesterday, but couldn't stop reading it so far. The first 150 pages I've read gave me a completely new perspective on complex calculus, which I had studied in undergraduate and thought I understood it. I am looking forward to other sections on differential geometry and other advanced topics. The book is very appropriate for people who have taken/are taking math courses but don't have good intuitive feel for the subjects covered---most math courses (especially, the grad ones) only emphasize the mathematics not the in...
Knopf :: Science & Astrophysics & Space Science :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physical laws :: Mathematical Physics :: General :: Cosmology :: Astrophysics & Space Sc :: The Road to Reality - A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

5 stars (Still great!) - I used this book for my Electrical Engineering curriculum way back in 1977-1981, and I remember the pleasure I had learning Math from it. In some cases I hardly took notes in the class, but relied almost completely on the book to learn the subject. Well, it's almost 30 years later, and I've decided to re-learn the Math I loved so much but lost over the years. What a surprise to find Kreyszig's book is still around. I believe the reason for its longevity is just that it presents the complcated Math very effectively. When studying a particular subject, it was sometimes necessary for me to go back and re-read and re-read (the Math covered is not easy!), but the concept was there waiting for me to find it. I believe this book is an excellent tool for grasping some very complicates subjects. 5 stars (The all-in-one math reference book) - I love this book! I'll tell you why. As a student of Mechanical Engineering, I have taken all the mandatory Math courses that every student takes. During this time, however, I was advised to use a plethora of math books that employed different notations and had different approaches to solving the same problems. Now, this resulted in me knowing the mathematical procedures to solve problems without understanding what the math actually meant. What I desperately wanted was one all encompassing book-something like a reference manual that would contain all the information about every topic in mathematics you could ever think of, one book which would follow a consistent notation and offer a consistent approach to solving problems. This is exactly that book! This book is not meant to be a used for a first course in Engineering math. Hence, if you find yourself overwhelmed by this book, use a more detailed book dealing with your particular topic of interest and then return to this. This is how this book is meant to be used. Thanks. 1 stars ( Advanced Engineering Mathematics ) - This book is useless as a learning too...
Wiley :: Mathematics for scientists & engineers :: Mathematics & Applied :: Technology :: Science&Mathematics :: Mathematics :: Mathematical Physics :: Engineering Mathema :: Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Physics- Second Edition

3 stars (Didn't think that much of it ) - Of course, that may be because I didn't like the course all that much. I thought that the text was too wordy and did not present concepts well enough. The example problems are good to have and so are the chapter summaries. All in all, I thought the concepts could have been explained much better and with less words. 3 stars (I've neven seen a book used less by students that this book.) - The better book lets you get ahead of the class by simply devoting your time on it, in some cases, you don't even need to attend lecture. This book, doesn't allow you that--your pace is limited to the pace of the class. (Students in my class don't rely on this book--only on the lecture--our prof doesn't even refer to the book!) The worked out examples are too simple. I know what you're thinking...you just need to synthesize key concepts from simplier problems to solve the complicated ones...but imagine solving complicated assignments and the book doesn't even explain --at all-- how to approach that kind of problem? The book should deal more with larger number of exercises with varying difficulty. The book should extend key examples in like "what if scenarios," (i.e. if this variable is missing this is how to approach it; if that is missing, this is how you aproach that . . .) The publisher should think about cutting more of the introductory section to each chapter and devote that to added worked out problems. For $150 each, shouldn't the book at least come with a multimedia cd with more worked out problems? Come on! 3 stars (Decent but not great) - I used this book for my first class in college physics. The book is a decent text for learning physics, but I think that several improvements could be made. This book is Volume 1 of a two volume set. It includes topics about kinematics, Newton's Laws, Energy, Waves and Sound, Fluids, and Thermodynamics, among other topics. To tell the truth, I don't r...
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Physics

4 stars (Thoughts from both sides...) - Because this book is paperback, and only the first half of the entire book it is awesome. As far as the information goes inside, it is helpful. The only thing that bothers me about this book is that some of the problems at the end of the chapters make NO sense what so ever, and there is no help in sight of figuring out HOW to do the ridiculous problem they present. I have heard, though, that this is true of any physics book and that you can still make a good grade without ever getting the book's answer for homework problems. Another unfortunate thing is that unless you are a professor you really have no say in whether you get this book or not. =) 2 stars (Newton betrayed) - At a first glance I was attracted by this book and reccommendd it to the library. But later I realized tha the too many figures are close to be junk stuff...but later on I discovered a very band thing: Calculus is completely absent, i.e., the powerful instrument devised by Netwon and Leibniz is completely avoided and I think deliberately. A book for ignorants of mathematics and a betrayal of Newton and Leibniz, that what it is. In my country it would not even be adopted for High Schools. 4 stars (solid textbook) - this comment only refers to volume one of the text, as i bought the two separately and just finished physics I. i hated physics in high school and almost failed it too. i got an A this time around, by studying the book. my professor in college wasnt of much help, so the class had to learn from the text. for the most part, the concepts are very well explained, with sample problems throughout the text. there is also a very helpful website which has concept understanding questions, chapter tests and interactive solutions. there are more than enough review questions at the end of the chapter, with answers to odd problems at the back of the book. the book is especially good for explaining kinematics in 1 and 2D, if that's a problem for ...
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Essentials of Geology 8th Edition

1 stars (Hmmm.) - I honestly do not know how to rate this, because I still have not received this book. I already had my first test. So, I had to go buy this textbook from the bookstore on campus and was charged an outrageous amount. Also, I emailed the seller to see what the tracking number was and still haven't had response. 5 stars (Essentials of Geology) - The book has a wealth of information, I have enjoyed reading it, and using it in my class. 4 stars (A good textbook for the the physical geology student) - This book is intended as a text for the collegiate course in physical geology. The course encompasses a general overview of the physical processes by which the Earth continues to develop, both gradually and by sudden events of great magnitude. Plate tectonics, volcanism, erosion, mountain building and shaping, mineralogy, mass wasting, the impact of man, glaciation, and all other manner of things are clearly discussed in nineteen separate chapters. The color photography and diagrams are remarkably good, and closely follow the text, which is a real boon, especially to a student who is hard-pressed for time. The coverage is up-to-date and accurate in all respects. Many of the photographs, such as the those of the eruptions at Montserrat, are very current. Given the fact that physical geology is the first of six courses required for any geology degree, and that any well-informed person should have no trouble understanding the contents of this book, I would recommend it to any reader interested in earth science, student or not. ...
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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer- 5th Edition

5 stars (Excellent book (Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer), price, and quick shipment ) - Book came quickly, exactly as described, better than expected. Look forward to the next purchases. 5 stars (Excellent book) - The book is very useful for students or engineers who want to have a heat and mass transfer book at hand. I am a student and want to find a good book about heat and mass transfer, after buying this book using a discount from coupons-center.com and used it for 3 months, I found this book is very helpful when I am studying. It not only teaches you the basic knowledge, but also list a lot of good examples which are easily understood. I learned a lot from this book. 5 stars (GR8 book for the NOVICE) - This book is one of the best I have ever read for all my courses I had in my ME curriculum. Heat transfer is a very interesting phenomena and I didnt know about it till I was introduced to this courses. All the various modes of heat transfer-conduction,convection and radiation give you a better insight about normal day physics, I shud say..... As far as the book is concerned, its great in fact its written by one of our Professor's Dewitt here at Purdue.. Yeah but he doenst teach anymore too bad:( enjoy this subject! ...
Wiley :: Thermodynamics :: Science & Thermodynamics :: Transmission :: Thermophysics :: Technology & Industrial Arts :: Technology :: Science&Mathematics :: Power Resources :: :: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer- 5th Edition

Climatology- An Atmospheric Science 2nd Edition

Climatology: An Atmospheric Science (2nd Edition)...
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Conceptual Physics

5 stars (Speedy) - The book is just as they said. They told me it didn't include a workbook the same day I bought it. I told them that was ok, and if they could just mail it as soon as possible and I got it extremely fast! 4 stars (Math Lite? Hello, Check the Title! ) - I have seen several scathing reviews here, based on the fact this text is not Math Intensive; but that is exactly the point of the book! I can teach kids who previously had little interest in the sciences and none in Physics, and suck 'em right on in to the beauty of understanding how the world works. We can then progress to other resources for "Problem Solving". I agree that by itself, this is not adequate preparation for the AP Exams. It does, however, provide the framework for understanding what we are working toward, and getting the attention of the non- "Math-head" students, so they can see some point to the science. Since many, many adolescents have a hard time applying themselves to subject matter which seems purely theoretical, this an invaulable service. I believe every student should start with Conceptual Physics . Every educated person should have some basic understanding of these ideas, even if he or she is a (gasp!) Liberal Arts type. Those who wish to pursue engineering, obviously, should then progress further, with a more mathematically challenging follow-on text. 5 stars (Worth it!) - I must say that this is one of the few physics text you should have if you are having trouble trying to understand what is being taught in class. Though this book is clearly lacking in actual mathematical examples (you might need another one for that), you will go away having grasped the concepts necessary in helping you understand what your teacher is trying to get across as well as how the mathematical equations involved in physics work out. The author manages to break down complex topics into an easy-to-grasp manner, ensuring that you understand what it is all about. A great...
Addison Wesley Publishing Company :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physics :: Paul G Hewitt :: :: Conceptual Physics

Essential Cosmic Perspective- The 3rd Edition

5 stars (Everything you want to know, plus a great CDRom!) - This book is really good, especially for those interested in the universe and its formation. It also comes with a CDRom with video clips and a study guide for students. A useful, and interesting book! ...
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