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Physics: Algebra/Trig (with CD-ROM) | 
 enlarge | Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
List Price: $211.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 593897
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 1200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.6
ISBN: 0534377297
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9780534377298
Publication Date: July 9, 2002
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Condition: Hardcover. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is missing. Heavy wear to cover, inside texts still in good condition. Some pages show wear. Binding is tearing at header and footer. Corners are also tearing. Sticker on back cover. Includes CD.
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Product Description
In Hecht's groundbreaking book, you'll find real-life applications, an unparalleled art and photography program, a presentation that anticipates students' questions, and an approach that emphasizes contemporary physics while interweaving historical perspectives. Hecht's coverage of classical physics is clear and insightful. He shows students how 21st-century physics illuminates the classical topics of each chapter, adding excitement to the subject matter. Over 1,300 illustrations make it possible for students to visualize a diversity of physical phenomena. Many of these are multi-frame, sequential drawings allowing students to comprehend the temporal unfolding of complex events. A selection of sketch art teaches students how to create problem-solving diagrams. This new edition of the text was designed to aggressively address the issue of problem solving for students (guided by contemporary physics education research). To this end Hecht has provided not only his approach to the five-step problem-solving framework but also a wide range of new problems and solutions specifically designed to build student capability and confidence.
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 urnightingale January 17, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
THis is an excellent book...but you really have to be committed to learn anything (esp. Physics). You can't expect to just read through once and understand everything. This book makes the reader think deeply about physical concepts, but again, you have to be committed to grasp them throughly. It is a very interesting book. Excellent resource for to-be-researchers. In fact, it introduces the reader to very interesting facts about different researcher. I used to read it like a story book (some chapters took about a day to read) but i enjoyed it. If you want to learn physics and want to learn it with an open mind, this is the best book. I have taken an engineering physics course also and their book was very boring and confusing compared to this one. so..enjoy!
 One word to describe this book: Horrible December 26, 2005
Renegade (USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm really mad at our school for having this as our textbook.
This book talks too much about the history of physics than to focus on concepts and how to solve problems. It doesn't tell you what kind of equations you should use for what type of problems. Some answers on the back of the book are wrong.
This book is bad for both self studying and for class supplement.
This book is just not for studying physics nor for anything else. I'd say it's garbage.
Students Beware!!!! June 18, 2003
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this book for a class and was hoping it would help me through it, since my teacher was not the best. It just made it more confusing. The book is littered with information, just too much for a person taking algebra based physics. Most people taking Algebra based physics need a step-by-step approach at learning the subject matter. This book does a poor job at doing so. The concepts are not clear and concise, and fails when attempting to outline major equations. The problems in the back have answers for the odd problems, but how do we access answers to the even problems? Where's the student solution manual? It adds much difficulty to the learning process. Wouldn't recommend it.
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