Physics, 12th Edition
By John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson, David Young, and Shane Stadler
Physics 12e gives students the skills necessary for building conceptual understanding, problem solving, and real-world discovery. WileyPLUS provides instructors increased flexibility to tailor a variety of assignments and practice activities to their students. Activities are designed to keep students on track and confident.
A wide array of WileyPLUS tools helps students navigate through the course and encourage active learning. Animated pre-lecture videos, created and narrated by the authors, explain the basic concepts of each section while discussing problem-solving strategies, common misconceptions, and potential pitfalls. Chalkboard videos and tutorials demonstrate step-by-step practical solutions to typical homework problems.
The 12th edition WileyPLUS Digital Update reflects the authors’ deep investment in supporting both instructors and students at every stage of the course. With new ready-to-use lecture slides (thoughtfully designed for multiple classroom formats) and student notes built for real in-class use, every resource is shaped by what the authors themselves would have wanted walking into a physics classroom.
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259 Pre-Lecture Video Animations
259 total lecture videos narrated by the authors for every section. They introduce the basic concepts and learning objectives for each section. Each video is accompanied by assignable questions in New WileyPLUS. These are designed to check students understanding and provide an additional learning medium while accommodating additional learning strategies. This is well suited for “flipping the classroom,” although it also serves for conventional lecturing. Videos are available for students for review at any time.
Vector Drawing Questions
For many problems involving multiple forces, an interactive free body diagram drawing tool is available to construct the diagrams. This is a critical first step for students solving many equilibrium and non-equilibrium problems with Newton’s Second Law.
Adaptive Assignments powered by Knewton
Adaptive Assignments for every chapter offer personalized, mastery-based practice. Artificial intelligence targets just-in-time remediation directly from the 12th edition enhanced etext or multimedia content when a knowledge gap is identified, ensuring students are building their confidence and continuing to engage with the course material in New WileyPLUS. Adaptive Assignments ignite students’ confidence to persist so that they can succeed in their courses and beyond. By continuously adapting to each students’ needs and providing achievable goals with just-in-time instruction, Adaptive Assignments close knowledge gaps to accelerate learning.
550 GO Guided Tutorials present extensive feedback for both correct and incorrect answers, ensuring students have a full answer explanation keeping them focused on the problem at hand and paying attention to the content and pedagogy presented in New WileyPLUS.
What’s New to This Course
- A New Complete Guided Lecture Notes System
- Instructor Guided Lecture Notes give instructors ready-to-use PowerPoint slides for traditional and flipped classroom formats, complete with practice problems and detailed solutions. Accompanying Slide Notes provide additional instructor context and extra questions to pair with each lecture.
- New Student Guided Lecture Notes let students follow along with the instructor PowerPoint slides and fill in notes during lecture or complete them as homework.
- New WileyPLUS problems include questions directly tied to the Guided Lecture Notes for in-class and online practice alignment.
- Significant figure treatment has been reviewed and standardized across WileyPLUS questions for greater accuracy and consistency.
- Accessibility improvements have been made across questions and course resources.
- An updated EEPUB with interactive figures will be available in June 2027.
Additional Features Include:
- Chalkboard Short Videos: 170+ videos guide a student step-by-step through a practical solution for problems presented in the course.
- Group/Team Problems: New group problems have been added to each chapter and are useful for in-class group activities.
- Biological Application Examples: “The Physics of …” are bio-inspired examples like what pre-med students will encounter in the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems passages section of the MCAT.
- Math Help Videos.
- Physics Demonstration Videos with Assessment Questions.
- Problem-Solving Help.
Instructor Resources
- New TestGen computerized test bank allows for quick creation of quizzes or tests. TestGen provides a variety of question types and also allows instructors to create their own questions.
- Interactive Lecture Questions Appropriate for “clicker” classroom response systems, Interactive Lecture questions are intended for use in an interactive lecture setting.
- Reading Quiz Questions Appropriate for “clicker” classroom response systems, Reading Quiz questions are intended to be straightforward for any student who reads the assigned material.
- Team Problem Solutions Solutions to the Team Problems presented in Physics 12th Edition.
- 11e to 12e Correlation Guide Correlation guide that maps the changes from the 11th edition to the 12th edition.
- Physics 1 and 2 AP Exam Practice Questions Practice questions for the AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 courses.
- Image Gallery Downloadable files of text images in JPEG format.
- Instructor Solutions Manual Contains worked-out solutions to all end-of-chapter problems.
- Lecture Note PowerPoints Highlight key concepts and contain numerous clicker questions and include examples and illustrations. Includes images from the text.
- Test Bank (Word) Questions include multiple-choice, true-false, short answer, fill in the blank and critical thinking problems.
David Young received his Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from Florida State University in 1998. He then held a post-doc position in the Department of Chemistry and the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University before joining the faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University in 2000. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of high-quality single crystals of novel electronic and magnetic materials. The goal of his research group is to understand the physics of electrons in materials under extreme conditions, i.e., at temperatures close to absolute zero, in high magnetic fields, and under high pressure. His is the coauthor of more than 250 research publications that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, such as Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, and Nature. Professor Young has taught introductory physics with the Cutnell & Johnson text since he was a senior undergraduate almost 30 years ago. He routinely lectures to large sections, often more than 300 students. To engage such a large number of students, he uses WileyPLUS, electronic response systems, tutorial-style recitation sessions, and in-class demonstrations. Professor Young has received multiple awards for outstanding teaching of ungraduated. David enjoys spending his free time with his family, playing basketball, and working on his house.
I would like to thank my family for the continuous love and support. – David Young
Shane Stadler earned a Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from Tulane University in 1998. Afterwards, he accepted a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, where he conducted research on artificially structured magnetic materials. Three years later, he joined the faculty in the Department of Physics at Southern Illinois University (the home institution of John Cutnell and Ken Johnson, the original authors of the textbook), before joining the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University in 2008.
Over the past 20 years, Professor Stadler has taught the full spectrum of physics courses, from physics for students outside the sciences to graduate-level physics courses, such as classical electrodynamics. He teaches classes that range from fewer than ten students to those with enrollments more than 300. His educational interests are focused on developing teaching tools and methods that apply to both small and large classes, and which are applicable to emerging teaching strategies, such as “flipping the classroom.”
In his spare time, Shane writes science fiction/thriller novels.
I would like to thank my parents, George, and Elissa, for their constant support and encouragement. – Shane Stadler
- Introduction and Mathematical Concepts
- Kinematics in One Dimension
- Kinematics in Two Dimensions
- Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
- Work and Energy
- Impulse and Momentum
- Rotational Kinematics
- Rotational Dynamics
- Simple Harmonic Motion and Elasticity
- Fluids
- Temperature and Heat
- The Transfer of Heat
- The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory
- Thermodynamics
- Waves and Sound
- The Principle of Linear Superposition and Interference Phenomena
- Electric Forces and Electric Fields
- Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential
- Electric Circuits
- Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Alternating Current Circuits
- Electromagnetic Waves
- The Reflection of Light: Mirrors
- The Refraction of Light: Lenses and Optical Instruments
- Interference and the Wave Nature of Light
- Special Relativity
- Particles and Waves
- The Nature of the Atom
- Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
- Ionizing Radiation, Nuclear Energy, and Elementary Particles