Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
Changes in the Seventh Edition
A large number of changes and improvements have been made in preparing the seventh
edition of this text. Some of the new features are based on our experiences and on current
trends in science education. Other changes have been incorporated in response to
comments and suggestions offered by users of the sixth edition and by reviewers of the
manuscript. The features listed here represent the major changes in the seventh edition.
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS A substantial revision to the end-of-chapter questions and
problems was made in an effort to improve their variety, interest, and pedagogical
value, while maintaining their clarity and quality. Approximately 23% of the questions
and problems are new or substantially changed. Several of the questions for each chapter
are in objective format. Several problems in each chapter explicitly ask for qualitative
reasoning in some parts as well as for quantitative answers in other parts: