Description

• Text has been thoroughly revised to maximize rigor, clarity, readability and approachability
• Key Concepts throughout the book are especially marked and highlighted
• Chapter Reviews at the end of each chapter are highlighted and provide itemized summaries of all key material
• Approximately 50percent of the homework problems are new to this eighth edition. All new Problems have been independently solved in order to ensure a high degree of accuracy.
• Sample Problems have been integrated throughout, inclusing problems with computer-oriented solutions.
• Answers to all problems listed in a special section at the very end of the book.
• New photographs reinforce students understanding of how the concepts relate to the real world