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Elegant, engaging, exacting, and concise, Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, Seventh Edition, helps you view the world through eyes that know physics. Giancoli's text is a trusted classic, known for its elegant writing, clear presentation, and quality of content. Using concrete observations and experiences you can relate to, the text features an approach that reflects how science is actually practiced: it starts with the specifics, then moves to the great generalizations and the more formal aspects of a topic to show you "why" we believe what we believe. Written with the goal of giving you a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, the text uses interesting applications to biology, medicine, architecture, and digital technology to show you how useful physics is to your everyday life and in your future profession.

1088 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

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April 27, 2022
TECHNICALLY I AM DONE WITH THIS. SLAY. MY OFFICIAL REVIEW? HONESTLY A SOLID 2.756/5. I UNDERSTOOD NONE OF THE CONCEPTS THIS DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING STUFF BUT HOLY HECK I HAVE NEVER HAD A BOOK WITH MORE THOROUGH SOLUTION GUIDES THAN THIS. SAVED MY ASS FOR THE HW TBH. goodbye giancoli, may we never meet again.
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April 4, 2024
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May 26, 2018
It is safe to say that Physics: Principles with Applications is, by far, the most comprehensive non-calculus physics textbook. I am currently reading this book and it has been fantastic. The author explains things in clear detail and provides quality problems at the end of each chapter.
One thing D. Giancoli could add is a separate solutions manual for the book instead of giving just the answers to the odd-numbered problems.
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20 reviews
May 3, 2023
This book has my blood sweat and tears poured into it, literally! I would get really anxious when doing AP physics homework and pick at my nails until I bled on the pages. Sorry Swager!
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9 reviews1 follower
March 18, 2025
Was gonna give it 1 star cause physics has become my most annoying final, alas they do explain the content quite well and I cannot spite the author on behalf of a mediocre professor!
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May 22, 2025
Brilliant book, fantastic questions, sufficient to master fundamentals of physics.
3 reviews4 followers
July 2, 2007
This book presents the material quite clearly -- provides a great explanation to historically daunting material, making it easier to grasp.

The class in which I am reading it, though... 3 quarters of Physics in 8 weeks does not a good foundation make.
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12 reviews3 followers
March 29, 2008
ini buku tpb juga, kami biasanya nyebut "buku giancoli", hiksss.... buku yang sangat menyeramkan, fisika..oh fisika..
Enak dibaca dan mudah dimengerti kalau suka fisika, kalau ga suka, ya cuma enak dibaca aja..hahhahaha
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67 reviews12 followers
July 18, 2007
Q: How do you teach physics without using calculus?
A: This book.
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77 reviews4 followers
November 9, 2007
bahasanya mudah dimengerti, aplikatif, gampang, cetakannya bagus, contoh soalnya mudah diikutin tapi luar biasa, jau2 lebih bagus daripada buku bikinan Sutrisno dari institut tetangga sebelah..
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3 reviews
May 17, 2008
Anyone a physics person?! I am severely struggling. I've never been much of a science/math girl...
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May 28, 2012
Really not great. At all. Am depending on other texts to explain things more clearly and concisely.
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September 6, 2015
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