Student Workbook for College Physics: A Strategic Approach, Volume 2 (Chapters 17-30)

About Brian JonesRandall KnightStuart Field

Randy Knight taught introductory physics for 32 years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic State University where he is Professor Emeritus of Physics. Professor Knight received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California Berkeley and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. It was at Ohio State that he began to learn about the research in physics education that many years later led to Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching and this book as well as Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach. Professor Knights research interests are in the fields of laser spectroscopy and environmental science. When hes not in front of a computer you can find Randy hiking sea kayaking playing the piano or spending time with his wife Sally and their five cats. Brian Jones has won several teaching awards at Colorado State University during his 30 years teaching in the Department of Physics. His teaching focus in recent years has been the College Physics class including writing problems for the MCAT exam and helping students review for this test. In 2011 Brian was awarded the Robert A. Millikan Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers for his work as director of the Little Shop of Physics a hands-on science outreach program. He is actively exploring the effectiveness of methods of informal science education and how to extend these lessons to the college classroom. Brian has been invited to give workshops on techniques of science instruction throughout the United States and in Belize Chile Ethiopia Azerbaijan Mexico Slovenia Norway and Namibia. Brian and his wife Carol have dozens of fruit trees and bushes in their yard including an apple tree that was propagated from a tree in Isaac Newtons garden. Stuart Field has been interested in science and technology his whole life. While in school he built telescopes electronic circuits and computers. After attending Stanford University he earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago where he studied the properties of materials at ultralow temperatures. After completing a postdoctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he held a faculty position at the University of Michigan. Currently at Colorado State University Stuart teaches a variety of physics courses including algebra-based introductory physics and was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Knights Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Stuart maintains an active research program in the area of superconductivity. Stuart enjoys Colorados great outdoors where he is an avid mountain biker; he also plays in local ice hockey leagues.