Published: September 2011
The ideal review for your college physics course
More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum’s Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice.
Outline format facilitates quick and easy review of college physics
984 solved problems
Hundreds more practice problems with answers
Exercises to help you test your mastery of college physics
Appropriate for the following courses: College Physics, Introduction to Physics, Physics I and II, Noncalculus Physics, Advanced Placement H.S. Physics
Eugene Hecht has authored nine books including Optics, published by Addison Wesley, which has been the leading text in the field for several decades. He has also written Schaum’s Outline of Optics and coauthored Schaum’s Outline of Quantum Mechanics.
Frederick J. Bueche was a Distinguished Professor at Large at the University of Dayton and received his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University.
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