Introduction to University Physics – Theories and Methods, History and Frontiers

Author: Xiang Yihe
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: This book is a rich and uniquely distinctive introductory university physics textbook. It is divided into two volumes. The first volume includes mechanics and relativity, as well as the kinetic theory of gases and thermodynamics. The second volume covers electromagnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics. The book narrates the formation, development, and evolution of physical concepts, providing a detailed and in-depth revelation of their. While explaining the fundamental principles and laws of physics, it also introduces the process of establishing these theories, the journey of physicists in major physical discoveries, analyzing their research approaches, creative work characteristics, and the research methods they employed. While maintaining a relatively complete classical physics knowledge system, the book also introduces new advancements and knowledge in modern physics, such as conservation laws and symmetry, chaos and the inherent randomness of Newtonian mechanics, general relativity and modern cosmology, entropy and information as well as genetics, dissipative structures, and atomic nuclei and fundamental particles, etc. This book is suitable as a physics textbook for undergraduate students in disciplines such as economics and management, humanities and social sciences, teacher training, agriculture and medicine, etc. It can also be used for non-physics majors in science and engineering-related fields.