College Physics (2nd Edition) – Freedman/Ruskell/Kesten/Tauk – PDF

About The Author

David L. Tauck

Dr. David L. Tauck holds both a B.A. in biology and an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College. He got his Ph.D. in physiology at Duke University and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University and Stanford University in neuroscience and anesthesia, respectively. Since joining the Santa Clara University faculty in 1987, he has served as the College Committee on Rank and Tenure, Chair of the Biology Department, and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; he has also served as president of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Philip R. Kesten

Dr. Philip Kesten is the Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies at Santa Clara University, USA. Dr. Philip R. Kesten got his B.S. in physics from MIT and earned his Ph.D. in High Energy Particle Physics from the University of Michigan. Dr. Kesten was a member of the experimental collaboration at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory that announced the discovery of the top quark in 1994.

Since joining the Santa Clara faculty in 1990, Philip has served as Faculty Director of the ATOM, Chair of Physics, and da Vinci Residential Learning Communities, Associate Provost for the Residential Learning Communities Program, and Director of the Ricard Memorial Observatory. He has received Santa Clara University’s highest awards for teaching excellence, curriculum innovation, and student advising

Dr. Kesten holds two US patents and has published two internationally acclaimed best-selling physics textbooks.

Roger A. Freedman

Dr. Roger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and did his doctoral research in nuclear theory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. Roger came to UCSB in 1981 after 3 years of research and teaching at the University of Washington.

At UCSB, Professor Freedman has taught in both the College of Creative Studies and the Department of Physics. He has published research in elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has worked to make physics lectures a more interactive experience through the use of classroom response systems and pre-lecture videos.

Todd Ruskell