Conceptual Physics, Global Edition, 13th edition

For courses in liberal arts physics

Actively engage students in learning and loving physics Paul Hewitt's best-selling Conceptual Physics defined the liberal arts physics course over 30 years ago and continues as the benchmark. Hewitt's text is guided by the principle of 'concepts before calculations' and is famous for engaging students with real-world analogies and imagery to build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles, ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics.

The 13th Edition continues to make physics delightful for students with informative and fun Hewitt-Drew-It screencasts, updated content and applications, and new engaging activities.

Key features

• Icons throughout the book show students where videos can be accessed. They can watch Paul Hewitt's video demonstrations and Hewitt-Drew-It screencasts to prepare for lecture and gain a better conceptual understanding of physics.
• Conceptual Think and Rank end of chapter exercises help students master important concepts.
• An extensive full-colour figure and photo program includes the author's hallmark cartoons, which are both approachable and informative.
• Fun and easy-to-perform projects involve students in the scientific process of exploration and observation.
• Insight boxes provide short snippets of information about how topics in the text relate to real-life situations, experiments, and other parts of the book.
• End-of-Chapter sections align to Bloom's Taxonomy with all end-of-chapter material falling into Bloom's taxonomy categories.
• All sections are numbered to allow for more instructor flexibility in assigning class material.
• Check Yourself and Check Your Answer boxes embedded within the text help students gauge their level of understanding of the material just covered.
• Practicing Physics boxes allow students to work through a problem or experiment based on the material covered in each chapter.
• A wide variety of problems are provided at the end of each chapter.
• Multiple-Choice Practice Exams at the end of each chapter enable the student to assess their grasp of the material they just learned.

New to this edition

• Chapter Openers feature updated photos to reflect the diversity found in the sciences today and include new photos and descriptions of professors and those in industry. 
• Current applications and topics include digital technology, environment, and energy. These topics are at the forefront of everyone's consciousness these days and an intelligent awareness of their scientific foundations will give rise to better decision making in the political arena and keep students aware of current events.