Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Second Edition) (Volume 1 -- Mechanics)

Author: Liang Shaorong
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Publishing Date: 2001-06-16
Features: The book consists of five volumes, published between 1987 and 1989, and won the second prize in the National Outstanding Textbook Competition organized by the State Education Commission in 1992. It has been revised and republished based on the Teaching Syllabus for Advanced Normal College Physics Education issued by the State Education Commission in December 1991, and considering the teaching needs of normal colleges, teacher education institutions, and correspondence education. This book is the th volume: Mechanics. The th chapter is an Introduction to Physics, serving as an introduction to the entire book, providing an overview of physics for beginners to overcome the drawback of "seeing the trees but not the forest." Starting from the second chapter, it covers mechanics, including: the kinematics of point and rigid bodies, the dynamics of point masses, the impulse-momentum theorem and the angular momentum theorem, work and energy, universal gravitation, the equilibrium and rotation of rigid bodies, elastic deformation, fluid mechanics, mechanical vibrations, mechanical waves, and acoustics, totaling eleven chapters. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and exercises. In the appendix, vector operations are briefly described. In addition to the main content, there are also -marked and small-print sections for reference and selection. This book can be used as a textbook for various physics programs, including satellite television education, normal colleges, teacher education institutions, correspondence education, and self-study. It is also available for reference by science and technology workers.