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
 Chapter 1 Electric Charges

 Chapter 2 Electric Field

 Chapter 3 Direct Current

 Chapter 4 Thermal Effect of Current 

 Chapter 5 Electric Current in Electrolytes 

 Chapter 6 Chemical and Thermal Generators 

 Chapter 7 Electric Current in Metals

 Chapter 8 Electric Current in Gases

 Chapter 9 Electric Current in Semiconductors

 Chapter 10 Basic Magnetic Phenomena 

 Chapter 11 Magnetic Field

 Chapter 12 Magnetic Field of Current

 Chapter 13 Magnetic Field of the Earth

 Chapter 14 Forces Acting on Current-Carrying Conductors in a Magnetic Field

 Chapter 15 Electromagnetic Induction 

 Chapter 16 Magnetic Properties of Bodies

 Chapter 17 Alternating Current 

 Chapter 18 Electric Machines: Generators,Motors and Electromagnets

 Answers and Solutions 

Appendices 

1. Fundamental Physical Constants 

2. Factors and Prefixes Used with the SI Units 

Subject Index