Sears and Zemansky's University Physics With Modern Physics

This book has clear explanations, nice pictures and good exercise problems. Interesting applications of physics like swiping of an ATM card and working of touchscreen devices are also mentioned. Exercise problems are categorized by section. Knowledge of differential and integral calculus is recommended, although you can learn a great deal even without it. Overall, this is simply the best introductory physics textbook out there!The following is the table of contents:MECHANICS1. Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors2. Motion Along a Straight Line3. Motion in Two or Three Dimensions4. Newton's Laws of Motion5. Applying Newton's Laws6. Work and Kinetic Energy7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation8. Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion11. Equilibrium and Elasticity12. Fluid Mechanics13. Gravitation14. Periodic MotionWAVES/ACOUSTICS15. Mechanical Waves16. Sound and HearingTHERMODYNAMICS17. Temperature and Heat18. Thermal Properties of Matter19. The First Law of Thermodynamics20. The Second Law of ThermodynamicsELECTROMAGNETISM21. Electric Charge and Electric Field22. Gauss's Law23. Electric Potential24. Capacitance and Dielectrics25. Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force26. Direct-Current Circuits27. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces28. Sources of Magnetic Field29. Electromagnetic Induction30. Inductance31. Alternating Current32. Electromagnetic WavesOPTICS33. The Nature and Propagation of Light34. Geometric Optics and Optical Instruments35. Interference36. DiffractionMODERN PHYSICS37. Relativity38. Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles39. Particles Behaving as Waves40. Quantum Mechanics41. Atomic Structure42. Molecules and Condensed Matter43. Nuclear Physics44. Particle Physics and Cosmology

The University Physics book has the distinction from the College physics series to be complicated by calculus. This isn't the case. Calculus is a prominent topic when one studies kinematics and from then on, calculus isn't really a big deal. This book is the biggest book I have, for the simple fact, that there is an immense amount of material and also because they really take up a lot of space to discuss ideas. The highlight of this book is the modern physics portion, in which quantum mechanics, atomic physics, particle physics, relativity and cosmology is discussed. To me, the weakness of this book is fluid mechanics. However, there is quite enough on fluids if you want to take the MCAT, for example. There are a rich variety of problems that, when solved, allow you to pick up on certain tricks and learn different tools for attacking problems. Therefore, it is advised to pick up the solutions manual if you can. This is the only book I have in which the problem sets are just as valuable as the text.

This book is very good. It provides clear examples and gives enough information to fully understand the subject matter. It has never let me down when I needed to understand something. On the other hand, it has an online homework website that is not as high in quality. The questions often haven't been proofread, the system often rounds too much so answers that are right are marked as incorrect so you have to work backwards from what they said was correct on previous steps to figure out the "correct" answer as far as their system is concerned. Occasionally, you have to modify your answer to be in a different form that is equivalent because the system tells you it is wrong even though it isn't. Not all is bad about the online portion though. It is helpful that it will give you hints when you get a wrong answer saying something like "mg must be part of your answer"

I am very happy with this textbook.The set up and flow of each chapter is pretty much what I would hope for. Explanations range from adequate to excellent. The diagrams and graphics are very good and clear - excellent help for visualizing what is going on. My favorite part: the chapter summaries include distilled, categorized recaps of the mathematical relationships introduced during the chapter. Chapter reviews that are excellent for reviewing the chapter.The one thing I find myself not loving is how often examples and chapter questions require the reader to flip pages back & forth, referring the reader back to a previous example, sometimes in a previous chapter, in order to obtain the given information and/or picture required for the current example/question. In all fairness, I can understand why the author did it. The book is already mammoth. I just prefer examples & questions to be self-contained, is all. A minor nuisance: not enough for me to downrate the book.(The solutions manuals are an entirely different story, but-)This textbook is outstanding.

I love this book. It covers every thing and it doesn't soft pedal the materiel. So yes, it can be difficult to understand, but it gives some good complicated examples so if your in a class with a teacher the likes to give difficult homework, it helps. The book was given as a sample to our school and put in a study room for reference which is how I found it. I liked the book so much, I bought the hard copy with the solution manuals for a supplement to my course.

My school is selling this book alone from almost 300 dollars. It's so crazy for a book? Like who wants to read physics and have to pay 300 dollars just to do so? No one!Book came in on time and in perfect condition. What I loved about it more was it came with the access code! The code itself if almost 100 dollars so honestly the best bundle ever!