Physics of Everyday Phenomena

Physics of Everyday Phenomena, 10th Edition, by W. Thomas Griffith and Juliet Brosing, introduces basic concepts of physics by examining real-world events. Published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education, this textbook supports students in one-semester or two-semester conceptual physics courses as well as general readers interested in physical phenomena.

The coverage progresses systematically through core physical topics, starting with foundational science, linear motion, falling objects, projectile motion, and Newton's laws. It extends into circular motion, gravity, energy, oscillations, momentum, rotational movement, and fluid mechanics. Thermal chapters covering temperature, heat engines, and thermodynamics precede electrostatics, electric circuits, and electromagnetism, concluding with wave optics, image formation, atomic structure, nuclear energy, and relativity.

A primary pedagogical feature is that the narrative style uses questions to draw readers into a dialogue about the ideas of physics. This question-focused method encourages active student engagement across introductory conceptual physics programs.