Features Maintains a strictly conceptual approach in teaching physics to nonscience university students Uses physical arguments to controvert nonscientific and pseudoscientific beliefs Emphasizes how modern physics is abused by New Age gurus and other mystagogues Includes numerous Food for Thought and epilogue essays, as well as several dedicated chapters, to scrutinize misconceptions about science in general, and physics in particular Requires math at most at the high school level Provides enrichment with an accompanying CD that contains a wealth of mathematical information (at the level of high school algebra) for those who wish to go beyond the concepts Makes use of an elaborate reference scheme that facilitates comprehension by interconnecting the textual material, a comprehensive set of marginal notes, and the CD contents Includes answers to challenging questions posed in each chapter, a glossary, a set of guiding questions, conceptual exercises, and numerical problems at the end of each chapter Test bank and interactive lecture presentations available with qualifying course adoption