ISBN: PB: 9780300243772

Yale University Press

October 2019

528 pp.

23,5x15,6 cm

123 black&white illus.

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£27.50
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Fundamentals of Physics

Volume I: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (Expanded Edition)

In this concise book, R. Shankar, a well‑known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, explains the essential concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, waves, fluids, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. Now in an expanded edition – complete with problem sets and answers for course use or self‑study – this work provides an ideal introduction for college‑level students of physics, chemistry, and engineering; for AP Physics students; and for general readers interested in advances in the sciences. The book begins at the simplest level, develops the basics, and reinforces fundamentals, ensuring a solid foundation in the principles and methods of physics.

About the author

Ramamurti Shankar is John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics, Yale University. His popular Open Yale Course "Introduction to Physics" has a major following in the United States, India, Australia, China, and elsewhere. He is the 2009 winner of the American Physical Society's Lilienfeld Prize and the author of two previous textbooks, "Principles of Quantum Mechanics" and "Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students".