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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
Publication date June 1, 2002
Pages 288
Binding Paperback
Edition 5 sub
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780072472172
ISBN-10 0072472170
Dimensions 0.50 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $135.65
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Very accessible, brief, introduction to physics for the non-science major. A text written for the curious, non-scientist who wants to know how modern physics came to be, and figure out what lies behind the stories in the science columns of their newspapers.

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Paperback
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5th edition from McGraw-Hill (June 1, 2002)
9780071198530 | details & prices | List price $22.01
About: Very accessible, brief, introduction to physics for the non-science major.
The price comparison is for this edition
5 sub edition from McGraw-Hill Science Engineering (June 1, 2002)
9780072472172 | details & prices | 288 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $135.65
About: Very accessible, brief, introduction to physics for the non-science major.
Custom edition from McGraw-Hill College (February 1, 2002)
9780072825558 | details & prices | 298 pages | 7.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $77.05
About: The early editions of this book were motivated by a desire to restore some equilibrium by offering professors the oppottunity to teach the twentieth-century science they knew and loved, and the nonscience student some exposure to the revolutionary ideas of which that science was built.
With Jefferson Powell, H. Jefferson Powell | 4th edition from McGraw-Hill College (September 1, 1995)
9780070402485 | details & prices | 282 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $61.10
This edition also contains A Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics
With Wyatt C. Wells (other contributor), Sam B. Smith, J. Clint Clifft (other contributor), Andrew Jackson, Harold D. Moser (other contributor) | 3rd edition from McGraw-Hill College (January 1, 1992)
9780070402454 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $30.00
This edition also contains The Papers of Andrew Jackson: 1825-1828, The Papers of Andrew Jackson: 1825-1828
About: Designed for one-term courses on physics for liberal arts majors, this book aims to give an insight into the connections between physics and cultural history.
from Contemporary Books (May 1, 1983)
9780809255320 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: A developmental approach to the study of physics, which focuses on the fields of classical mechanics, special relativity, and the quantum theory

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