About the book

These three volumes form a course on elementary physics that has become very popular in the Soviet Union. Each sectioh was written by an authority in the appropriate field, while the overall unity and editing was supervised by Academician G.S. Landsberg (1890-1957). This textbook has gone through ten Russian editions and a great deal of effort went into the last edition to introduce SI units and change the terminology and notation for the physical units.

A feature of this course is the relatively small number of formulas and mathematical manipulations. Instead, attention was focussed on explaining physical phenomena in such a way as to combine scientific rigour and a form understandable to school children. Another aspect of the text is the technological application of the physical laws.

These features make the text a world-class textbook.

For students preparing to enter universities and colleges to study physics, and for those it high schools specialising in physics.

Contents 

From the Preface to the First Russian Edition 
From the Publishers of the Tenth Russian Edition 
Introduction 
Part One Mechanics 
Chapter 1 Kinematics 

Chapter 2 Dynamics 

Chapter 3 Statics

Chapter 4 Work and Energy 

Chapter 5 Curvilinear Motion 

Chapter 6 Motion in Noninertial Reference Systems and Inertial Forces 

Chapter 7 Hydrostatics 

Chapter 8 Aerostatics

Chapter 9 Fluid Dynamics

Part Two Heat. Molecular Physics 
Chapter 10 Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids 

Chapter 11 Work. Heat. Law of Energy Conservation

Chapter 12 Molecular Theory 

Chapter 13 Properties of Gases 

Chapter 14 Properties of Liquids

Chapter 15 Properties of Solids. Transition from Solid to Liquid State 

Chapter 16 Elasticity and Strength 

Chapter 17 Properties of Vapours 

Chapter 18 Physics of the Atmosphere

Chapter 19 Heat Engines 

Answers and Solutions 
Index