内容简介

The content of this volume includes two parts: mechanics and theory of heat. In the part of mechanics, the fundamental concepts and principles, as Newton’ s laws of motion, Momentum and angular momentum, work and energy, rotation and relativity. In the part of theory of heat, temperature, the kinetic theory of gases, the two laws of thermodynamics are introduced.
This Volume 1 together with Volume 2 cover all the pedagogic requirements of physics course in colleges and universities and hence can be used as textbooks of physics there。 They can also be used as pedagogic references by high school teachers or as self-learning materials by other readers.