College Physics: Explore and Apply, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (March 18, 2027) © 2028

  • Eugenia Etkina Rutgers University
  • Gorazd Planinsic University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Alan Van Heuvelen
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Physics: Explore and Apply encourages you to learn physics by doing physics. You’ll participate actively in learning and will practice scientific skills such as observing, analyzing, and testing through a framework known as the Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE). You’ll not only learn to master concepts but will become a problem solver who designs and evaluates your own experiments, communicates effectively, and most importantly sees physics as a process based on evidence.

The 3rd Edition adapts to a wide range of learners. Enhancements include new and expanded questions and question types, additional math support and remediation, new historical context, and much more.

Table of contents

  1. Introducing Physics
  2. Kinematics: Motion in One Dimension
  3. Newtonian Mechanics
  4. Applying Newton's Laws
  5. Circular Motion
  6. Impulse and Linear Momentum
  7. Work and Energy
  8. Extended Bodies at Rest
  9. Rotational Motion
  10. Vibrational Motion
  11. Mechanical Waves
  12. Gases
  13. Static Fluids
  14. Fluids in Motion
  15. First Law of Thermodynamics
  16. Second Law of Thermodynamics
  17. Electric Charge, Force, and Energy
  18. The Electric Field
  19. DC Circuits
  20. Magnetism
  21. Electromagnetic Induction
  22. Reflection and Refraction
  23. Mirrors and Lenses
  24. Wave Optics
  25. Electromagnetic Waves
  26. Special Relativity
  27. Quantum Optics
  28. Atomic Physics
  29. Nuclear Physics
  30. Composition of the Universe

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