BASIC PHYSICS
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IN THE NEWS Q&A: Kenneth Ford on Textbooks Popularizations and Scientific SecrecyPhysics Today June 2017 This reissued version of the classic text Basic Physics will help teachers at both the high-school and college levels gain new insights into and deeper understanding of many topics in both classical and modern physics that are commonly taught in introductory physics courses. All of the original book is included with new content added. Short sections of the previous book (174 in number) are labeled "Features." These Features are highlighted in the book set forth in a separate Table of Contents and separately indexed. Many teachers will value this book as a personal reference during a teaching year as various topics are addressed. Fords discussions of the history and meaning of topics from Newtons mechanics to Feynmans diagrams although written first in 1968 have beautifully withstood the test of time and are fully relevant to 21st-century physics teaching. Readership: University students course lecturers teaching assistants university curriculum planners.
