During development of the textbook, the authors found a unique way of motivating students for the study of physics. The main point is to demonstrate that physics is useful. Accordingly, a unique Chapter 2 was inserted with an application such as radar, automatic control, and sports medicine with only one page devoted to each application for definitions and lists of subtopics. Chapter 1 considers the role of physics in society, discusses the basic physics topics without mathematics, treats the statistics of measurement, and emphasizes the importance of experiment in the history of physics. Chapters 3 through 9 treat mechanics, heat, electricity, magnetism, and wave motion with the last two chapters devoted to 20th century physics.
Special attention is devoted to readability.
Linkage between topics is provided liberally. Suggestions for the Teacher Educational Level. Some students avoid physics in high school when the introductory course should be taken. The textbook is quite suitable for those students in a university or community college when they have the objective of liberal arts, law, business, or other fields which do not have a rigorous scientific or technical content. Moreover, members of the general public may benefit from use of the text book in an adult education course or from privately reading the material.