Fundamentals of Physics, Extended (12th Edition) – eBook

About The Author

David Halliday

Dr. David Halliday (deceased) held the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1960, during his tenure as department chair, he partnered with Dr. Robert Resnick to co-author Physics for Students of Science and Engineering, followed by Fundamentals of Physics. The Fundamentals, now in its 10th edition, has transitioned from the hands of Halliday and Resnick to Jearl Walker. Dr. Halliday departed this life in April 2010.

Jearl Walker

Dr. Jearl Dalton Walker is an American physicist known for his book The Flying Circus of Physics and for teaching physics at Cleveland State University. He edited Fundamentals of Physics with Halliday and Resnick and popularized physics through demonstrations, including those on PBS's Kinetic Karnival. Born in Pensacola, Florida, raised in Fort Worth, Texas, he graduated from MIT in 1967 and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1973. Walker authored The Amateur Scientist column in Scientific American (1978-1988) and hosted The Kinetic Karnival of Jearl Walker (1981-1982). He received the Outstanding Teaching Award from Cleveland State University in 2005, which was later named in his honor.

Robert Resnick

Dr. Robert Resnick (Late – January 29, 2014) was a physics teacher and author of many best-selling physics textbooks.

He graduated from the Baltimore City College high school in 1939. He received his B.A. in 1943 and his Ph.D. in 1949, both in physics from Johns Hopkins University. From 1949 to 1956, he was a member of the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where he first met Dr. David Halliday, with whom he wrote his most widely read textbook. He later became a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was head of the interdisciplinary science curriculum for 15 years. During his years at RPI, Resnik authored or co-authored 7 textbooks on quantum physics, relativity, and general physics, which have been translated into more than 47 languages. It is estimated that over 11 million students have studied from his textbooks. Now in its 12th edition in a 5-volume set revised by Dr. Jearl Walker, and under the title Fundamentals of Physics, it is still very highly regarded. It is noted for its very thorough but highly readable pedagogy, clear standardized diagrams, outlook into modern physics, and challenging, thought-provoking problems. In 2002 the American Physical Society named the ebook the most outstanding introductory physics textbook of the 20th century.