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Introductory Physics
**Tracer Bullet 10-1**
- Scope
- Introductions to the Topic
- Textbooks
- Specialized Texts
- Abstracting and Indexing Services 
- Journals 
- Representative Journal Articles
- Selected Materials
- Additional Sources of Information
- The Internet

 
**SCOPE**
Physics might be defined as the study of patterns in               nature: patterns described by mathematically-expressed models,              which are then tested by rigorous experiment. It is a field which describes               the interactions of matter and energy in all its forms, and includes              both the mundane and the esoteric, on scales ranging from the sub-atomic               to the galactic.

Physics is a mental collaboration that has taken place world-wide               across the centuries. Its many dedicated contributors have              ranged from the philosophers of ancient Greece, to legendary geniuses              such  as Galileo and Newton, to giants of the twentieth century              like Einstein and Feynman, and will include the scientists--and students--of              today  and tomorrow. 

This Library of Congress Science Tracer Bullet updates TB05-7 and is intended as a basic list of resources for those wanting to know something about the science, methods, people, and discoveries of physics.  The books mentioned are meant only as introductions to the subject.  This and other recent Tracer Bullets are available online from the Science Reference Section at URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/tbs.html.  Not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, this compilation is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader “on target.”

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**INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC**
	Brush, Stephen G.  Physics.  In  *Encyclopedia Americana.*  International ed.  v. 22.  Danbury, CT, Scholastic Library Pub., c2006.  p. 49-56. 			   AE5.E333 2006 v. 22  <BusRR>

Lerner, K. Lee, and David E. Newton. Physics.  In *Gale encyclopedia of science.*4th ed.  v. 4.  Detroit, Thomson Gale, c2008.  p. 3327-3330. 			   Q121.G37 2008 v. 4 <SciRR>

Trefil, James.  Physics.  In The *World book encyclopedia*. v. 15.  Chicago, World Book, c2009.  p. 436-444. 			   AE5.W55 2009 v. 15 <BusRR>

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**SUBJECT HEADINGS**
Subject Headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books               on physics can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs:            

**Highly Relevant:**
			  PHYSICS--EXPERIMENTS              PHYSICS--HISTORY              PHYSICS--PHILOSOPHY			  
**Relevant:**
              PHYSICS--LABORATORY MANUALS              PHYSICS--METHODOLOGY              PHYSICS--OUTLINES, SYLLABI, ETC.              PHYSICS--PERIODICALSPHYSICS--PROBLEMS, EXERCISES, ETC.              PHYSICS--PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION              PHYSICS--STUDY AND TEACHING			  
**Related:**
              PHYSICS--RESEARCH              PHYSICS IN LITERATURE              PHYSICS--CONGRESSES
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**TEXTBOOKS**
Textbooks contain an organized, reliable introduction               to physics. Textbooks are especially valuable because of the questions                and problem sets they contain. Often an author will use them to               emphasize points of special importance, to involve and challenge              the student with the material, or even to include supplemental              information.  More recent textbooks often include digital materials, ranging from disks supplied with the text to websites established and maintained by the publisher for book purchasers.

While most textbooks deal with the same basic breadth of               information, the depth of their treatment depends on               the  level of mathematical sophistication they employ. Mathematics               is the most precise "language" of physics, and advanced study requires               mathematical fluency. 

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**Basic Math Needed**

Bloomfield, Louis.  *How everything works: making physics out of the ordinary.*  Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, c2007.  720 p.  				    QC24.5.B56 2007 <SciRR>

Bloomfield, Louis.  *How things work: the physics of everyday life*.  3rd ed.  New York, Wiley, c2006. 561 p.			     QC21.2.B59 2006 <SciRR>

Eisenkraft, Arthur. *Active physics*. Armonk, N.Y., It's               About Time, Inc., 1998. 7pts.			     Title of the parts include *Home*, *Medicine*, *Transportation*,               *Predictions*, *Communications*,*Sports*               and *Light up my Life.* 					      Not in LC Collections            

Glashow, Sheldon L. *From alchemy to quarks: the study of physics               as a liberal art*. Pacific Grove, Cal., Brooks/Cole Pub., 1994.               692 p.                Includes bibliographical references.			   Some algebra needed to understand this volume.			   QC21.2.G58 1994 

 Griffith, W. Thomas, and Juliet W. Brosing.  *The physics of everyday phenomena: a conceptual introduction to physics.*  6th ed.  Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill, c2008.  512 p.			   Some algebra needed to understand this volume.			    QC23.2.G75 2008

Hewitt, Paul G. *Conceptual physics*. 11th ed.               Boston, Addison-Wesley, c2010.  737 p.                                Some algebra needed to understand this volume.			     QC23.2.H488 2010 <SciRR>

Kirkpatrick, Larry D., and Gregory E. Francis.  *Physics, a world view.*  6th ed.  Belmont, CA, Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2007.  603 p.				   Some algebra needed to understand this volume.			   QC23.2.K57 2007

March, Robert H. *Physics for poets*. 5th ed.               Boston McGraw-Hill, c2003. 288 p. 			      Some algebra needed to understand this volume.                 QC23.2.M37 2003

Ostdiek, Vern J., and Donald J. Bord.  *Inquiry into physics.*  6th ed.  Belmont, CA, Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2008.  1 v. (various pagings)			   Some algebra needed to understand this volume.			   QC23.2.O88 2008

	Trefil, James S., and Robert M. Hazen.  *Physics matters: an introduction			    to conceptual physics*.  Hoboken, N.J., Wiley, c2004.  691 p				   Some algebra needed to understand this volume.		       QC23.2.T74 2004

**Algebra, Geometry, and Basic Trigonometry Needed**

Cutnell, John D., and Kenneth W. Johnson; with contributions by Kent D. Fisher. *Physics*. 8 th               ed. Hobobken, N.J., Wiley, c2009. 1012p.                  QC23.2.C87 2009 

	Ewen, Dale,  Neill Schurter. *Physics for career education.*  7th ed.  Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall, c2002.  622 p.		   QC23.E9 2002

Giambattista, Alan, Betty McCarthy Richardson, and Robert C. Richardson.  *Physics.*  2nd ed.  Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill, 2010.  1120 p.	   QC21.3.G537 2010

Giancoli, Douglas C. *Physics: principles with applications*.               6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J., Prentice Hall c2004-2005.               2 v.                  QC23.2.G399 2004 

Giordano, Nicholas J.  *College physics: reasoning and relationships.*  Belmont, CA, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2010.  1082 p.			     QC21.3.G56 2010

 Hecht, Eugene. *Physics: algebra/trig.* 3rd ed. Pacific Grove,              CA., Thomson-Brooks/Cole, c2003. 1120 p. + 1 CD-ROM               QC21.2.H427 2003 FT MEADE			   By appointment in Jefferson Microform RR (MRC).

	Sears, Francis Weston, Mark W. Zemansky, and Hugh D. Young.  *College physics.*  7th ed.  Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, c1991.  1060 p. 			   QC23.S369 1991

 Serway, Raymond A., and others. *College physics*.  8th ed.  Belmont, CA, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2009.  960 p.  			     QC21.3.S46 2009

	Tippens, Paul E.  *Physics.*  7th ed.  Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill, c2007.  777 p.	   QC21.3.T57 2007

 Touger, Jerold. *Introductory physics: building understanding*.              Hoboken, N.J., Wiley, c2006. 875 p. 			     QC21.3.T68 2006

	Tsokos, K. A.  *Physics for the IB diploma.  5th ed.*  Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, c2008.  836 p. |