Publisher's Synopsis
This first-year undergraduate text in physics provides an introduction to the subject for students specializing in physics as well as for those for whom it is a subsiduary subject. The book includes many applications of physics to the human body and to the health sciences in general. The problems require arithmetic and elementary algebra (and a little trigonometry), but no calculus. Each chapter starts with the more familiar and works toward the more abstract - beginning with a list of questions, which serve as chapter goals, and ending with a summary. Each chapter also contains a list of defined key terms, each of which appears in an index. Topics covered range from force and motion, acceleration, and energy and power to fluid flow, entropy, and sound and vision. Many exercises are included.
