Description: The student edition offers an ideal balance of conceptual and problem solving instruction in a very readable, engaging, and accessible format. It includes an extensive Appendix with over 100 pages of helpful resources. In addition, over 30 feature articles help students connect physics principles to real world applications such as sky diving, seat belts, driving, black holes, gasoline engines and more. Historical Timelines are provided recapping breakthroughs in physics from 1540 until 1950. A variety of physics careers are also highlighted. Each chapter of the student textbook presents lab exercises, which include Skills Practice Labs, Inquiry Labs, CBL labs, and Quick Labs. Safety rules and symbols are included with all labs. Most chapters include sections called Why It Matters, which helps connect physics concepts with real world applications. At the end of each chapters, key concepts are summarized in a Highlights and Review section, and Standardized Test Prep gives students practice exercises for test preparation in the same format they will see on standardized science tests. Format: hardcover, 973 full color pages. Copyright 2009.

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