Introduction to Physics

Abstract

Volume 1: Mechanics, Hydrodynamics and Thermodynamics P. Frauenfelder and P. Huber, translated by F. S. Levin and J. L. Weil Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1966. Pp. viii + 591. Price £3 10s. This book covers mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics up to the second law, elasticity hydrodynamics, elementary kinetic theory, etc., up to about second year of the old style London University special degree. There is also a section on the symmetry of solids and the commoner crystal structures, and many problems which are taken from two books published in the Soviet Union.