1st Edition

Physics A Focused Introduction

By Colin Campbell Copyright 2026
732 Pages 631 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

732 Pages 631 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

732 Pages 631 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Physics: A Focused Introduction provides a thorough overview of the principles and practical applications of introductory undergraduate physics. Featuring a streamlined narrative, it encourages active engagement between fundamental concepts and fully worked examples. Major topics such as motion (kinematics, forces, and conservation of momentum and energy), thermodynamics, waves, optics,... Read more

Part 1: The Fundamentals of Motion
1. Describing Motion on a Line
2. Describing Motion on a Plane
3. Forces
4. Conversation Laws
Part 2: Applying Fundamentals
5. Thermodynamics
6. Simple Harmonic Motion and Waves
Part 3: Optics
7. Ray Optics
8. Wave Optics
Part 4: Electricity and Magnestism
9. Electric Charge: Fundmamentals
10. Electric Charge: Cumulative Effects
11. Moving Charge: Electric Circuits
12. Moving Charge: Magnetism
Part 5: Modern Physics
13. Modern Physics
Part 6: Appendices

Biography

Colin Campbell is an Associate Professor of Physics and Data Science at the University of Mount Union, USA, where he teaches at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum. He earned his B.S. from Westminster College and his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. He has received multiple honors for his teaching, including the University of Mount Union's Distinguished Teaching Award.