Calculus-Based Physics is an introductory physics textbook designed for use in the two-semester introductory physics course typically taken by science and engineering students. This is the first of two textbooks for this course.
Author: Amy Liao
This is a textbook for the first semester of University Physics for scientists and engineers. It covers classical mechanics, and a brief introduction to thermodynamics. The presentation and approach are similar to Mazur’s “The Principles and Practice of Physics,” in that conservation laws are introduced before forces, and one-dimensional systems are thoroughly covered before moving …
University Physics I – Classical Mechanics (Gea-Banacloche) (CC BY-SA 4.0)Read More »
This is an open-access textbook for calculus-based introductory physics courses. The textbook is specifically intended for a flipped-classroom approach, wherein students complete readings at home and the material is then discussed in class. The textbook thus contains questions and activities to engage readers. This text also includes a curriculum in experimental physics, detailing the scientific …
Introduction to Physics (Park, 2018) – OpenStax (CC BY 4.0)Companion resources available in MyOpenMath – directions forthcoming. Introduction to Physics is an adaptation of Concepts of Physics, itself an adaptation based on modules from OpenStax College Physics. Some of the modules removed from College Physics have been put back in, most notably modules on momentum, rotation and special relativity. Sections on …
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Body Physics – Motion to Metabolism (Davis, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) – Pressbooks
Conceptual Physics (Crowell, 2019) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
This OER is Survey of Physics by Kolo Wamba for Skyline College as a derivative of Conceptual Physics by Benjamin Crowell.
College Physics (OpenStax, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)Adapted for a two-semester introductory algebra-based physics course.
“This is an introductory text intended for a one-year introductory course of the type typically taken by biology majors, or for AP Physics 1 and 2. Algebra and trig are used, and there are optional calculus-based sections.”