Raymond A. Serway
Auteur de Physics for Scientists and Engineers
A propos de l'auteur
Raymond A. Serway is Physics Professor Emeritus at James Madison University, Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Œuvres de Raymond A. Serway
Concepts, Problems, and Solutions in General Physics: A Study Guide for Students of Engineering and Science (1975) 5 exemplaires
Bundle: Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text, 5th WebAssign Printed Access Card for Serway/Jewett's Principles… (2012) 1 exemplaire
Fundamentos de la Física 1 exemplaire
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Fifth Edition, Instructor's Annotated Edition (Saunders College Publishing) (2000) 1 exemplaire
Princípios de física v.4 : óptica e física moderna 1 exemplaire
Física texto basado en cálculo / II 1 exemplaire
Física texto basado en cálculo / I 1 exemplaire
FŁsica texto basado en c lculo / II 1 exemplaire
University Physics: volume 2 / 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Utica College of Syracuse University (AAS, BA)
University of Colorado (MS)
Illinois Institute of Technology (PhD) - Professions
- Professor
- Organisations
- James Madison University
Clarkson University
Sigma Pi Sigma - Prix et distinctions
- Madison Scholar Award (James Madison University, 1990)
Distinguished Teaching Award (Clarkson University, 1977)
Alumni Achievement Award (Utica College, 1985) - Courte biographie
- Raymond A. Serway received his doctorate at Illinois Institute of Technology and is Professor Emeritus at James Madison University. In 1990, he received the Madison Scholar Award at James Madison University, where he taught for 17 years. Dr. Serway began his teaching career at Clarkson University, where he conducted research and taught from 1967 to 1980. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Clarkson University in 1977 and the Alumni Achievement Award from Utica College in 1985. As Guest Scientist at the IBM Research Laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland, he worked with K. Alex Müller, 1987 Nobel Prize recipient. Dr. Serway also was a visiting scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, where he collaborated with his mentor and friend, Sam Marshall. Dr. Serway is the coauthor of PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS, 4e; PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, 7e; ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PHYSICS; MODERN PHYSICS, 3e; and the high school textbook PHYSICS, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. In addition, Dr. Serway has published more than 40 research papers in the field of condensed matter physics and has given more than 60 presentations at professional meetings. Dr. Serway and his wife Elizabeth enjoy traveling, playing golf, gardening, singing in the church choir, and spending quality time with their four children and eight grandchildren.
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This was a decent book, but not great. My main issues with it were:
1.) I prefer more concise, math-first presentations for physics. This book had too many pictures; it had many small diagrams and "active figures" surrounded by description, but few large diagrams with e.g. concise descriptions, math in the text, etc.) Wasted space, and distracting!
2.) I wished that e.g. Maxwell's equations had both the integral AND vector/differential forms were given; this book doesn't go over the differential form, which is pretty darn standard.
I carried this book around a lot, so let me re-stress how important it is to be concise. That said, I did like many example problems in the text, with discussions of how to solve, etc (I actually wished there were a few harder ones.)… (plus d'informations)
1.) I prefer more concise, math-first presentations for physics. This book had too many pictures; it had many small diagrams and "active figures" surrounded by description, but few large diagrams with e.g. concise descriptions, math in the text, etc.) Wasted space, and distracting!
2.) I wished that e.g. Maxwell's equations had both the integral AND vector/differential forms were given; this book doesn't go over the differential form, which is pretty darn standard.
I carried this book around a lot, so let me re-stress how important it is to be concise. That said, I did like many example problems in the text, with discussions of how to solve, etc (I actually wished there were a few harder ones.)… (plus d'informations)
This is easily one of the most interesting books I have ever read. I wish that every person on the face of the earth could take a modern physics class, and this book is the perfect companion. It gives a wonderful historical account of modern physics, giving you each of the bits of experimental evidence as they became available to the scientists of the day and allowing you to see exactly how we have come to understand the universe the way we do. Perhaps the best part about this method is that you get to spend a little bit of time studying a lot of different topics. You get to see all the important introductory parts of relativity, quantum mechanics,nuclear physics, and the rest without getting bogged down in all the details that make dedicated courses in those topics so difficult and time consuming. Truly, I wish everyone could study this. Alas, it will prove quite difficult if you haven't had introductory physics in mechanics, electromagnetism, and optics.… (plus d'informations)
Absolutely the best physics textbook I encountered in my whole university career. The explanations were clear, with a good number of examples to learn from.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 60
- Membres
- 1,762
- Popularité
- #14,608
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 344
- Langues
- 5
Confession, I haven't read all the book. I've only dipped into it in a few places ....like general relativity. Well, what can you expect with just two pages devoted to general relativity? But, I must confess to being surprised. I think the authors have done an incredible job in the two pages of distilling much of the essence of general relativity. And one thing that I've never seen before in a book of this nature is the section 1.9....setting out a general problem solving strategy for physics. Really very useful...and I don't think I was ever given such a strategy when I did physics at high school and university.
The structure of the book is interesting;
1. Mechanics
2. Thermodynamics
3. Vibrations and waves.
4. Electricity and magnetism
5. Light and optics
6. Modern physics...relativity, quantum physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, elementary particles.
I thought that they might have started with the modern physics but it all hangs together in a reasonably logical sequence. (Though one might argue that studying light and electricity before studying the photon and the electron is a bit back-to front).
My version is second-hand and the section on mechanics is thoroughly worked over in the previous owner's own hand. I always find it extraordinary that notations like this are always most intense at the start of the book and inevitably drop off later in the book. I guess our good intentions have their limits!.
I had a look at the section on nuclear physics and found it a bit limited. One gets much better and more thorough expositions in Chemistry books...but I suppose one might expect this.
Overall, quite impressed and I'll probably be dipping into it fro time to time...liked the detailed worked sample questions. Four stars from me.… (plus d'informations)