Title: Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics
Author: R. Shankar
ISBN: 9780300206791
ASIN: B00IPJGWAK
Publisher: Yale University Press (March 28, 2014)
Genres: Academic, Reference, Science & Math, Physics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Professional & Technical, Professional Science
Formats: Retail .azw3 and .epub
Professor R. Shankar, a well-known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, was among the first to offer a course through the innovative Open Yale Course program. His popular online video lectures on introductory physics have been viewed over a million times. In this concise and self-contained book based on his online Yale course, Shankar explains the fundamental concepts of physics from Galileo’s and Newton’s discoveries to the twentieth-century’s revolutionary ideas on relativity and quantum mechanics.
The book begins at the simplest level, develops the basics, and reinforces fundamentals, ensuring a solid foundation in the principles and methods of physics. It provides an ideal introduction for college-level students of physics, chemistry, and engineering, for motivated AP Physics students, and for general readers interested in advances in the sciences.