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The 13th edition of this enduring introductory text updates the previous edition (2009), maintaining a commitment to communicating the fundamentals to undergraduate non-science majors in an engaging, stimulating manner. The text is adaptable to a one- or two-semester course. The new edition features organizational changes and additional pedagogical supports including conceptual questions (no math required) and answers, initial listings of facts in each chapter, section preview questions, summaries, worked-out examples, nine appendixes, and plenty of web content. The three authors are physicists affiliated as follows: James T. Shipman (deceased, 2009; formerly, Ohio State U.), Jerry D. Wilson (Lander U.), and Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (Middle Tennessee State U.). Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
