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by: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9780805321876
ISBN: 080532187X
Label: Addison Wesley
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1632
Publication Date: April 02, 2007
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Sales Rank: 90059
Studio: Addison Wesley
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Product Description:
Refining the most widely adopted and enduring physics text available, University Physics with Modern Physics, Twelfth Edition continues an unmatched history of innovation and careful execution that was established by the best selling Eleventh Edition. Assimilating the best ideas from education research, this new edition provides enhanced problem-solving instruction, pioneering visual and conceptual pedagogy, the first systematically enhanced problems, and the most pedagogically proven and widely used homework and tutorial system available. Mechanics, Waves/Acoustics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics, Modern Physics. For all readers interested in university physics.
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Average Rating: 
Rating: - Looks good!
Just opened the book, but it looks like it's has what I need to get a grounded in university physics.
Rating:  - Good material, VERY poor quality
The University Physics is pretty much the standard for college physics, but I think that they have really dropped the ball with this edition.
The material is very clear with lots of good illustrations, making the book very easy to self-study.
However, the quality of the book is terrible! Here are the things that my physics class learned to hate about it after the second semester:
-VERY heavy! The book weighs almost 10 lbs! Even on my small campus, I got tired of lugging ... Read More
Rating:  - Better without wrong answers
I second the earlier review of John Horstkamp. Good text, but I've found 2 end of chapter (odd numbered) problems that are wrong in the 1st 10 chapters. An errata (still unavailable as of 7/08) would help.
Rating: - Good book but has flaws
Very good text however it does has its issues.
The grammar of some of the end of chapter problems is atrocious.
Some of the answers to the (even numbered) end of chapter problems are incorrect - adding even more frustration to a subject that may be difficult to learn. I don't know if an errata sheet is available.
Given the price of the book, I would have expected it to be better edited and proof read. (Perhaps that is more of a comment on the state of education ... Read More
Rating:  - Just as expected.
Everything was in order, just as I had expected, it showed up a couple days earlier than scheduled, so great.
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