Fundamentals of Physics: Extended (11th Edition) – PDF

About The Author

David Halliday

Dr. David Halliday (late) was associated with the University of Pittsburgh as Professor Emeritus. As department chair in 1960, he and Dr. Robert Resnick collaborated on Physics for Students of Science and Engineering and then on Fundamentals of Physics. The Fundamentals is currently in its 10th edition and has since been handed over from Halliday and Resnick to Jearl Walker. Dr. Halliday passed away in April 2, 2010.

Jearl Walker

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 10th 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 book the most outstanding introductory physics textbook of the 20th century.