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What's NewWe have made several significant changes to the sixth edition. As the book has evolved, however, we have tried to remain faithful to the principles that have guided the writing of the
book from the outset. One of these has been to keep the book to a manageable length, both in the number of chapters and the overall content. Many books become bloated as users and
reviewers request more and more pet topics, We have tried to add material judiciously and have pared material elsewhere so that the overall length of the book has not changed. The
changes include the following:
- New Everyday Phenomenon Boxes. We have added five new everyday phenomenon boxes to this edition. Three of these are related to energy issues designed to better support instructors interested in building an energy emphasis into their courses. The new boxes are:
everyday phenomenon box 6.1 Conservation of Energy
everyday phenomenon box 7.1 The Egg Toss
everyday phenomenon box 12.1 Cleaning Up the Smoke
everyday phenomenon box 15.1 Electric Power from Waves
everyday phenomenon box 19.1 Smoke Detectors
- New Sample Exercises. Many users have pointed out a need for more sample exercises in some chapters. We have added several new sample exercises in places where the need was apparent. Except for the first and the last chapter, most chapters now have three or four
sample exercises.
- Building an Energy Emphasis. Although this book remains a basic conceptual physics text, we are working to make the book better serve instructors who want to teach a conceptual physics course with an energy emphasis. This is reflected in the new everyday phenomenon boxes, but also in other places within the body of the text. In the past few editions, we have added everyday phenomenon boxes on fuel cells and hybrid automobiles, and boxes on solar collectors and nuclear reactors were already included. We have enhanced the discussion of the greenhouse effect in everyday phenomenon box 10.1. A syllabus for instructors wishing to teach a course with an energy emphasis can be found on the Instructor Center of the text website. We plan to continue building this emphasis in future editions.
- New Home Experiments. We have added several new home experiments and have also added a few new synthesis problems. Many users have found these features to be very useful.
- Continued Refinements in Artwork and Textual Clarity. Although the textual clarity of this text has been extensively praised by many reviewers and users, it can always be improved. Reviewers continue to point out places where either the art or text can be improved, and we have responded to many of these suggestions. To this end, we have made many changes, often subtle, to both the art and text. More noticeable changes include an improved and simplified discussion of planetory motion and Kepler’s Laws in chapter 5 and on updated discussion of integrated circuits in chapter 21.
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