Fundamentals of Physics

Fundamentals of Physics is a calculus based physics textbook by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker. It is a perfect introduction into physics, and has been well-known to science and engineering students for decades as “the gold standard” of freshman-level physics texts. It explains physics in a clear way without resulting in a ‘… for dummies’ book.

The textbook covers most of the basic topics in physics: Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics and Special Relativity. The extended edition also contains introductions to topics such as Quantum Mechanics, Atomic Theory, Solid State Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology.