Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics
R. Shankar, "Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics "
English | ISBN: 0300192207 | 2014 | 446 pages | AZW3 | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 0300192207 | 2014 | 446 pages | AZW3 | 10 MB
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.