本书是一本在美国被普遍认可而广泛采用的大学物理教科书。内容包括力学、热学、振动与波、电磁学、光学、狭义相对论等。本书的特色是注重概念,原理的讲解,非常注意教给学生解答物理习题的方法;除配有大量,合适的例题外,还适时地总结列出利用原理解答习题的思路和步骤,并在学业生易发生误解和错误的地方及时地加注:本书还引用了大量生动的生活实例,从实际出发,激发学生的学习兴趣,开阔学生的眼界。本书适用于一般工科院校,特别是双语教学。

Hugh D.Young is Professor of Physics at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh,PA.He attended Carnegie-Mellon for both undergraduate and graduate study and eraned his Ph.D. in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky.He joined the faculty of Carne

MECHANICS
CHAPTER 1 Nnits,Physical Quantities,and Vectors
CHAPTER 2 Motion Along a Straight Line
CHAPTER 3 Motion in two ro Three Dimensions
CHAPTER 4 Newton's Laws of Motion
CHAPTER 5 Applications of Newton's Laws
CHAPTER 6 Work and Kinetic Energy
CHAPTER 7 Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
CHAPTER 8 Momentum,Impulse,and Collisions
CHAPTER 9 Rotation of Rigid Bodies
CHAPTER 10 Dynamics of Rotational Motion
CHAPTER 11 Equilibrium and Elasticity
CHAPTER 12 Gravitation
CHAPTER 13 Periodic Motion
CHAPTER 14 Fluid Mechanics
THERMODYNAMICS
CHAPTER 15 Temperature and Heat
CHAPTER 16 Thermal Properties of matter
CHAPTER 17 The First Law of Thermodynamics
CHAPTER 18 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
WAVES/ACOUSTICS
CHAPTER 19 Mechanical Waves
CHAPTER 20 Wave Interference and Normal Modes
CHAPTER 21 Sound and Hearing
ELECTROMAGNETISM
CHAPTER 22 Electric Charge and Electric Field
CHAPTER 23 Gauss's Law
CHAPTER 24 Electric Potential
CHAPTER 25 Capacitance and Dielectrics
CHAPTER 26 Current,Resistance,and Electromttive Force
CHAPTER 27 Direct-Current Circuits
CHAPTER 28 Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
CHAPTER 29 Sources of Magnetic Field
CHAPTER 30 Electromanetic Induction
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OPTICS
MODERN PHYSICS
Appendices