About the book

Putting physics based on his storied research and teaching, Eric Mazur's Principles & Practice of Physics Volume 1 (chapters 1-21)1/e builds an understanding of physics that is both thorough and accessible. Unique organization and pedagogy allow you to develop a true conceptual understanding of physics alongside the quantitative skills needed in the course. New learning the book is structured to help you learn physics in an organized way that encourages comprehension and reduces distraction. Physics on a contemporary Traditional texts delay the introduction of ideas that we now see as unifying and foundational. This text builds physics on those unifying foundations, helping you to develop an understanding that is stronger, deeper, and fundamentally simpler. Research-based this text uses a range of research-based instructional techniques to teach physics in the most effective manner possible. The result is a ground-breaking book that puts physics first, thereby making it more accessible to you to learn. 

Content:    

1. Foundations

 2. Motion in One Dimension

 3. Acceleration

 4. Momentum

 5. Energy

 6. Principle of Relativity

 7. Interactions

 8. Force

 9. Work

10. Motion in a Plane

11. Motion in a Circle

12. Torque

13. Gravity

14. Special Relativity

15. Periodic Motion

16. Waves in One Dimension

17. Waves in Two and Three Dimensions

18. Fluids

19. Entropy

20. Energy Transferred Thermally

21. Degradation of Energy

22. Electric Interactions

23. The Electric Field

24. Gauss’s Law

25. Work and Energy in Electrostatics

26. Charge Separation and Storage

27. Magnetic Interactions

28. Magnetic Fields of Charged Particles in Motion

29. Changing Magnetic Fields

30. Changing Electric Fields

31. Electric Circuits

32. Electronics

33. Ray Optics

34. Wave and Particle Optics

Appendix A: Notation

Appendix B: Mathematics Review

Appendix C: Useful Data

Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems

Credits