University Physics - (Volume 1) (2nd Edition)

Author: Wang Li
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This textbook is a research outcome of the project "Reform of Teaching Content and Curriculum System for University Physics in Engineering for the 21st Century" undertaken by Southwest Jiaotong University and supported by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education. Grounded in quality-oriented education, the textbook emphasizes scientific thinking and methods, with the concepts of symmetry and holism running through it. It enhances the modernization of teaching content, strengthening the relatively theory, quantum mechanics, and nonlinear physics as the main achievements of 20th-century physics, carriers of modern physical thought methods, and the foundation for new technologies. The book is divided into two volumes, establishing logical connections between concepts based on the development of physical models: Volume 1 discusses macroscopic particles and multi-particle systems, while Volume 2 discusses fields and microscopic particles. This textbook can be used as a physics textbook for non-physics majors in science and engineering universities, as well as a reference book for teaching staff and students in vocational colleges and correspondence education programs.