Halliday’s Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition is one of the most important and easy to navigate physics textbooks available in either print or ebook form. This latest edition of the textbook sees a large amount of updates to both the print and electronic versions, with both including sample questions and module assignments for use as homework to ensure the principles detailed in the textbook are understood by students.
When compared with the 9th edition, The Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition sees a large amount of rewritten material to bring simpler and easier to understand explanations of the subjects students found difficult to understand. In the twenty-first century, educators and academic authors understand that students learn in different ways, meaning the electronic version of the textbook can be an important tool for educators in teaching physics to those who do not find reading scientific detail easy.
The electronic version of the book brings the same information as the print copy, but includes different ways of delivering this often difficult to grasp scientific information. To ensure students understand the required information within the textbook the electronic version includes video and animation options, which help explain some difficult to understand aspects of physics.
As all students and teachers of physics know the need to understand some difficult areas of maths information, which is used in calculations and assignments used in The Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition. Because of the need to understand some difficult maths concepts the book also includes some review chapters for these concepts to refresh the minds of students, and help educators ensure each student is capable of completing their required classroom and homework assignments.
Combining the included maths refreshers with a large amount of new information and assignment questions, the latest edition of this physics textbook includes a large number of assignment questions relating directly to the information in the book. Unlike a large number of textbooks students are not left to their own devices during the assignment portions of the book, and instead are given assistance in the completion of assignment questions. In both the electronic and print version of the book some form of feedback is provided for students in response to their answers to assignment questions.
The Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition also undertook a face lift in terms of the way chapters and assignment questions are numbered to ensure all chapters and questions can be easily sourced. One of the main things the textbook is known for is the high quality of the end of chapter questions relating directly to the information contained within the relevant chapter. The questions contained within the book remain without comparison amongst its peers and relate directly to the information students should have read and understood.
To ensure the information within The Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition was simple to understand, author Jearl Walker discussed the information and presentation with students. In response to the information gained from the students certain portions have been rewritten and organised differently to that contained in the 9th edition.