A First Course in Physics (Classic Reprint)

Explore the core ideas that explain how the physical world works, from electricity to energy and motion.

This practical overview introduces essential concepts with clear explanations and real‑world examples. It surveys how heat, light, sound, and forces shape everyday phenomena, and it shows how scientists measure and reason about the physical world.

• Foundational topics: energy, work, power, and the conservation of energy
• Electricity and magnetism: charges, circuits, fields, and electromagnetic ideas
• Heat, temperature, and phase changes, plus practical thermodynamics