This will include: lecture notes, summaries of lectures and overviews; worksheets, practice questions; book guide.

Please note: for final reviewing (of some of the material) you may want to refer to in-class exercises (‘worksheets’).

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General Resources

Only a few basic, and comprehensive, books and web sources are listed in this section. Of course, there is a lot more available out there and you are encouraged to look at additional/alternate resources. Diversity is good. Also, for a lot more see Links & Resources page.

Books

“Physics Concepts and Connections” 3rd Edition, by Art Hobson. The ‘course book’ should provide most, or all, of what you need. It agrees with the course philosophy quite well. Also, it has a decent number of excellent review questions and exercises. But please note: what we talk about in the class is not a retelling of what is in the book. The distribution of material is different; our coverage of modern physics is more extensive; a number of short, modern examples and overviews that will be scattered throughout are not in the book. Also, the book raises and discusses a few important points, related to societal aspects of science and energy resources, which we will emphasize strongly but not talk about as much. (This reading is crucial for general education, and most recommended.)

“Conceptual Physics” by Paul G. Hewitt, in its tenth edition. This is a standard and well known textbook. (I have looked at editions 8 and 9 and they do not seem to differ much at all.) It is written in a more traditional way, using (some) mathematics; it is written well though, with a lot of insights and examples, and it can be utilized even without knowing/using any math.

Clearly, there is a great number of other excellent texts, both textbooks and conceptual, non-mathematical accounts of specific areas of physics. Using various resources will certainly aid and enrich understanding.

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