A Text-Book of Physics (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Louis Bevier Spinney

9780666270139: A Text-Book of Physics (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0666270139 ISBN 13: 9780666270139

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Mastering physics for engineering minds: a practical, fundamentals-first text for beginning students.

This book is designed as a clear, student-friendly introduction to physics with an emphasis on mechanics and real-world applications. It presents core principles with straightforward demonstrations, minimizes abstract digressions, and aligns with a lab‑based learning approach. The material targets readers who have basic algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, and it explains measurements, units, and the metric system in a practical context.

The work unfolds from foundational concepts to essential tools for analyzing physical systems. It places particular importance on vectors, motion, forces and torque, circular and harmonic motion, and the work–energy framework. Although the text highlights practical applications, it also lays a solid groundwork for more advanced topics in heat, electricity and magnetism, and wave phenomena through a carefully chosen sequence of topics and demonstrations.
What you’ll experience

A clear introduction to length, mass, and time within the metric system, plus how these units relate to familiar English units.
Focused treatment of mechanics topics such as motion, force, torque, energy, and simple machines.
Visuals and explanations that connect physical laws to everyday phenomena and engineering problems.
A curriculum-friendly pace that favors elementary demonstrations and practical reasoning over heavy mathematics.
Guidance on how the course integrates classroom study with laboratory work and experiments.

Ideal for readers of introductory physics in engineering and technical programs, this edition sets the stage for both theoretical understanding and practical problem solving.

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