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Overview

Physics with Calculus Extended, Volume I treats calculus as the natural language of motion rather than an obstacle to it. It covers the first semester of calculus-based university physics, Chapters 1 to 12, and builds every result step by step from physical reasoning.

Topics include:

- Motion: kinematics in one dimension, vectors, and motion in a plane, including projectiles and circular motion.

- Forces and energy: Newton's laws and their applications, work and kinetic energy, potential energy and conservation of energy.

- Momentum and rotation: momentum, collisions and center of mass; rigid-body rotation, torque and angular momentum.

- Oscillations and waves: simple harmonic motion, mechanical waves and sound.

- Gravitation and fluids: universal gravitation, and fluids at rest and in motion.

- Heat: temperature and heat, and the kinetic theory of gases.

Every chapter opens with physical motivation and clear learning goals, then develops the tools with fully worked examples, a STEM Student Workshop, graded practice, and a chapter review. "Simulate It" sections show short Python programs that bring the physics to life, and computational practice problems let you explore what the equations predict. Appendices provide a mathematical toolkit, physical constants and data, a Python quick start and a glossary.

Written for university physics, engineering and physical-science students, and for AP Physics C. Step-by-step solutions to the problems are published separately in the companion Physics with Calculus Extended Solutions Manual, Volume I. Volume II continues with thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics.

About the author: Ronald H. Miller holds a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT. A plasma physicist and computational engineer, he has conducted research at the University of Michigan, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory, and has held senior engineering roles in the automotive sector. He has more than 100 publications and 75 patents, and is the founder and sole author of the Physics First Series.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9798954070224
  • ISBN-10: 9798954070224
  • Publisher: Physics First Series LLC
  • Publish Date: November 2026
  • Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.95 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.39 pounds
  • Page Count: 472

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