《時代教育·國外高校優秀教材精先·物理學：概念與實踐（英文版·文科類）》是一本精心編著的、反映現代物理學最新發展的、適用于非理工科類的大學物理教材。本書語言簡明，富有邏輯，使學生在有趣和愉悅的語言氛圍中理解和掌握物理概念。同時，本書設置有“PHYSICS EVERYDAY”欄目，在全書28章的篇幅中用了44個專題實例生動地向學生展示了物理原理在日常生活中的各種實踐和有趣的現象與應用，如液晶顯示、熒光色、全息攝影、引力波、“無線”電池充電等。此外，本書還設置有章前圖片、問題和解答，用于檢查學生概念理解與否的“ARE YOU ON THE Bus？”欄目，針對數學基礎偏弱的學生數學內容可略過而又不影響概念理解的“WORKINGITOUT”欄目、8篇配有大圖的傳記性短文“The Big Picture”以及每章章后大量的思考題和練習題（全書思考題1500多道，練習題500多道）。
本書主要內容包括九個部分：運動和引力基礎，動量和能量守恒，相對論，物質的結構（包括熱和熱力學），波現象和聲音，光和光學，電和磁，量子，原子核、基本粒子與物理學前沿。本書為非理工科類，如文科、經濟管理等專業大學生的大學物理教材，也是高校廣大物理教師進行教學的優秀參考書，同時還是廣大科學愛好者、大學生等學習和了解科學知識的優秀讀物。
Preface
1.AWorld View
First Grade
On Building a World View
Bode's Law
Measurements
Sizes: Large and Small
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
2.Describing Motion
Average Speed
Images of Speed
Instantaneous Speed
Speed with Direction
Acceleration
A First Look at Falling Objects
Free Fall: Making a Rule of Nature
Starting with an Initial Veloaty
A Subtle Point
Summary
Key Terms
ConceptuaI Questions
Exercises
3.Explaining Motion
An Early Explanation
The Beginnings of Our Modern Explanation
Newton's First Law
Adding Vectors
Newton's Second Law
Mass and Weight
Weight
Free-Body Diagrams
Free Fall Revisited
Galileo versus Aristotle
Friction
Newton's Third Law
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
4.Motions in Space
Cifcular Motion
Acceleration Revisited
Acceleration in Circular Motion
Projectile Motion
Launching an Apple into Orbit
Rotational Motion
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptuat Questions
Exercises
5.Gravity
The Concept of Gravity
Newton's Gravity
The Law of Universal Gravitation
The Value of G
Gravity Near Earth's Surface
Satellites
Tides
How Far Does Gravity Reach?
The Field Concept
Summary
Kty Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
The Big Picture:The Discovery of Invariants
6.Momentum
Linear Momentum
Changing an Object's Momentum
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Collisions
Investigating Accidents
Airplanes, Balloons, and Rockets
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
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7.Energy
8.Rotation
9.ClassicaI Relativity
10.Einstein's Relativity
11.Structure of Matter
12.States of Matter
13.ThermaI Enery
14. Available Energy
15.Vibrations and Waves
16.Sound and Music
17.Light
18.Refraction of Light
19.A Model for Light
20.Electricity
21.Electric Current
22.Electromagnetism
23.The Early Atom
24.The Modern Atom
25.The Nucleus
26.Nuclear Energy
27.Elementary Particles
28.Frontiers
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