Table of Contents Preface A Few Hints for Solving the Problems Notation PART ONE. PHYSICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICS 1.1. Kinematics 1.2. The Fundamental Equation of Dynamics 1.3. Laws of Conservation of Energy, Momentum, and Angular Momentum 1.4. Universal Gravitation 1.5. Dynamics of a Solid Body 1.6. Elastic Deformations of a Solid Body 1.7. Hydrodynamics 1.8. Relativistic Mechanics PART TWO. THERMODYNAMICS AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS . . . 2.1. Equation of the Gas State. Processes 2.2. The First Law of Thermodynamics. Heat Capacity 2.3. Kinetic Theory of Gases. Boltzmann's Law and Maxwell's Distribution 2.4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Entropy 2.5. Liquids. Capillary Effects 2.6. Phase Transformations 2.7. Transport Phenomena PART THREE. ELECTRODYNAMICS 3.1. Constant Elec,tric Field in Vacuum 3.2. Conductors and Dielectrics in an Electric Field 3.3. Electric Capacitance. Energy of an Electric Field 3.4. .Electric Current 3.5. Constant Magnetic Field. Magnetics 3.6. Electromagnetic Induction. Maxwell's Equations 3.7. Motion of Charged Particles in Electric and Magnetic Fields PART FOUR. OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES 4.1. Mechanical Oscillations 4.2. Electric Oscillations 4.3. Elastic Waves. Acoustics 4.4. Electromagnetic Waves. Radiation PART FIVE. OPTICS 5.1. Photometry and Geometrical Optics 5.2. Interference of Light 5.3. Diffraction of Light 5.4. Polarization of Light PART SIX. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS 5.5. Dispersion and Absorption of Light 5.6. Optics of Moving Sources 5.7. Thermal Radiation. Quantum Nature of Light 6.1. Scattering of Particles, Rutherford-Bohr Atom Th 6.2. Wave Properties of Particles. Schrodinger Equation 6.3. Properties of Atoms. Spectra 6.4. Molecules and Crystals 6.5. Radioactivity 6.6. Nuclear Reactions