APlusPhysics: Your Guide to Regents Physics Essentials
is a fun, friendly and concise roadmap to the entire New York State Regents Physics curriculum, preparing students for success in high school physics classes as well as reviewing for highest marks on the Regents Physics Exam.Topics covered include pre-requisite math and trigonometry; kinematics; forces; Newton's Laws of Motion, circular motion and gravity; impulse and momentum; work, energy, and power; electrostatics; electric circuits; magnetism; waves; optics; and modern physics.
Featuring more than five hundred questions from past Regents exams with worked out solutions and detailed illustrations, this book is integrated with the completely free APlusPhysics website, which includes online question and answer forums, videos, animations, and supplemental problems to help you master Regents Physics essentials.
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What do you think readers will find most notable about this book?
Dan Fullerton
This book is designed to be a light, comfortable, informal introduction to physics. Math is limited to basic algebra and trigonometry, and sample problems (with full solutions) are included in the text directly after the concepts required for problem solving... no "answer manual" or flipping to the back of the book required. Further, this book is integrated with the APlusPhysics.com website, providing readers an avenue to ask further questions, receive clarification, and even view video demonstrations, take interactive quizzes to check understanding, and create their own learning blogs!
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Have you acquired any good anecdotes surrounding this book? If so, could you share one?
Dan Fullerton
A former student of mine, who requested the book as a graduation present, stated that she wished this had been available when she'd been taking physics, as the sample questions with provided solutions "help the readers see how much they know as well as what they still need to practice... it is truly written for students."
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Did researching and writing this book teach you anything or influence your thinking in any way?
Dan Fullerton
Writing this book allowed me to more deeply explore the underlying fundamental concepts that a modern course in physics is built upon. Clear, simple objectives with straightforward explanations and repeating themes open a thorough understanding of physics fundamentals to all students with a desire to learn more about the world around them.
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What would you most like readers to tell others about this book?
Dan Fullerton
I would like readers to tell others that this book is more than just a standalone text... rather, APlusPhysics: Your Guide to Regents Physics Essentials
is a learning program featuring a hard copy book, supported by a free website full of tutorials, videos, animations, and interactive demonstrations, a discussion forum, a news site, student and teacher blogs, projects, activities, and challenges.Free Book Reviews
Can you suggest one question readers might find interesting to discuss, concerning you, your writing in general, or this book?
Dan Fullerton
What are the pros and cons of including practice problems and solutions immediately following a discussion of the concepts, as opposed to end-of-chapter or end-of-book question sets?
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How can readers help you promote this book?
Dan Fullerton
Readers can help promote this book by referring students and science educators to the book website at http://aplusphysics.com/regents.
About You: Dan Fullerton
Dan Fullerton is a physics teacher at Irondequoit High School in Rochester, NY, and an adjunct professor of microelectronic engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He lives in Webster, NY, with his wife, daughter, and dog/hand warmer. When not teaching physics, Fullerton enjoys volleyball, grilling critters on the back porch, piano, guitar, and chasing a toddler all around the house.
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Why do you write?
Dan Fullerton
I write to provide my students the greatest opportunity to better themselves and grow to their potential.
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What is your greatest strength as a writer?
Dan Fullerton
My greatest strength as a writer is my ability to place myself in the shoes of my readers, providing my students the information I would want, without the extra fluff and complications included in so many other genre books.
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What quality do you most value in yourself?
Dan Fullerton
Discipline sets the foundation for my success in all aspects of life.
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In addition to writing, what else are you passionate about?
Dan Fullerton
I enjoy spending time with my family, playing volleyball, cycling, and annoying my neighbors with the piano and guitar.
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What are you most proud of accomplishing so far in your life?
Dan Fullerton
My family is, and always will be, my ultimate purpose and greatest accomplishment.
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Is there any new or established author whom you feel deserves more attention, and what is it that strikes you about his or her work?
Dan Fullerton
Patrick J. Rothfuss produces creative and unique fiction in a genre where so many authors seem content to follow in the footsteps of others. I look forward to seeing where his work takes him.
Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" novels are fun, light reading that combine exciting plots with the smart-ass remarks you wish you were witty enough to come up with.
More information: http://aplusphysics.com/regents
