Physics

"Physics: An Introduction to Physical Dynamics" provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of physics for science and engineering undergraduates who are studying elementary physics.

Michael J.R. Hoch spent many years as a visiting scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University, USA. Prior to this, he was a professor of physics and the director of the Condensed Matter Physics Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he is currently professor emeritus in the School of Physics.

Chapter 1: The Physical World. Chapter 2: Motion in Space and Time. Chapter 3: Momentum and the Laws of Motion. Chapter 4: Work and Mechanical Energy. Chapter 5: Circular Motion. Chapter 6: Rigid Body Motion. Chapter 7: Fluids and Solids. Chapter 8: Oscillations. Chapter 9: Waves in Low Dimensions. Chapter 10: Waves in Higher Dimensions. Chapter 11: Basics of Thermal Physics. Chapter 12: Entropy and the Second Law. Appendices. Index.