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本物理教本是美国加州理工学院为非物理专业学生编写的。近年来,美国有247所大学选用本教材。教材配有音像课件、教师教学参考书、学生参考书等。

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE MECHANICAL UNIVERSE(PROGRAM 1)
Chapter 2 THE LAW OF FALLING BODIES(PROGRAM 2)
Chapter 3 DERIVATIVES(PROGRAM 3)
Chapter 4 INERTIA(PROGRAM 4)
Chapter 5 VECTORS(PROGRAM 5)
Chapter 6 NEWTON'S LAWS(PROGRAM 6)
Chapter 7 INTEGRATION(PROGRAM 7)
Chapter 8 THE APPLE AND THE MOON(PROGRAM 8)
Chapter 9 MOVING IN CIRCLES(PROGRAM 9)
Chapter 10 FORCES(PROGRAM 10)
Chapter 11 GRAVITY,ELECTRICITY,AND MAGNETISM(PROGRAM 11)
Chapter 12 THE MILLIKAN OIL-DROP EXPERIMENT(PROGRAM 12)
Chapter 13 THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY(PROGRAM 13)
Chapter 14 ENERGY AND STABILITY(PROGRAM 14)
Chapter 15 TEMPERATURE AND THE GAS LAWS(PROGRAM 45)
Chapter 16 THE ENGINE OF NATURE(PROGRAM 46)
Chapter 17 ENTROROPY(PROGRAM 47)
Chapter 18 THE QUEST FOR LOW TEMPERATURES(PROGRAM 48)
Chapter 19 THE CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM(PROGRAM 15)
Chapter 20 HARMONIC MOTION(PROGRAM 16)
Chapter 21 RESONANCE(PROGRAM 17)
Chapter 22 COUPLED OSCILLATORS AND WAVES(PROGRAM 18)
Chapter 23 ANGULAR MOMENTUM(PROGRAM 19)
Chapter 24 GYROSCOPES(PROGRAM 20)
Chapter 25 KEPLES'S LAWS AND THE CONIC SECTION(PROGRAM 21)
Chapter 26 SOL VING THE KEPLER PROBLEM(PROGRAM 22)
Chapter 27 ENERGY AND ECCENTRICITY(PROGRAM 23)
Chapter 28 NAVIGATING IN SPACE(PROGRAM 24)
Chapter 29 LOOSE ENDS AND BLACK HOLES(PROGRAM 25)
Chapter 30 THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES:AN OVERVIEW OF THE MECHANICAL UNIVERSE
(PROGRAM 26)
Appendix A THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS
Appendix B CONVERSION FACTORS
Appendix C FORMULAS FROM ALGEBRA,GEOMETRY,AND TRIGONOMETRY
Appendix D ASTRONOMICAL DATA
Appendix E PHYSICAL CONSTANTS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Index