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AN introductory course in physics should aim at presenting the fundamentals rigorously without being excessively mathematical in outlook, and should also arouse enthusiasm for the subject and stimulate the student to pursue it further. In planning this text-book for first-year students in American universities, the authors have clearly had these intentions in mind. Fifteen chapters are devoted to mechanics and general physics, eight to heat, thirteen to magnetism and electricity, thirteen to optics, and two to atomic physics. Modern ideas and applications are kept in view throughout the book.
College Physics
By Dr. C. E. Mendenhall Prof. A. S. Eve Prof. D. A. Keys Prof. R. M. Sutton. Pp. vii + 693. (Boston, Mass.: D. C. Heath and Co., 1944.) 4 dollars.
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NOAKES, G. College Physics. Nature 155, 530 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155530b0
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