Includes index.

Contents: Mechanics, solid materials -- Circular motion, simple harmonic motion -- Forces in equilibrium, forces in fluids -- Further topics in mechanics and fluids -- Sources of energy -- Elasticity, molecular forces, solid materials -- The gravitational field -- Electricity: Electrostatics. the electric field -- Capacitors -- Current electricity -- Magnetic field and force on conductor -- Magnetic fields of current-carrying conductors -- Electromagnetic induction -- A.C. circuits -- Geometrical optics, waves, wave optics, sound waves : Geometrical optics -- Lenses, optical instruments -- Oscillations and waves -- Wave theory of light -- Interference of light waves -- Diffraction of light waves -- Polirisation of light waves -- Applications of sound waves -- Waves in strings and pipes -- Thermal properties of matter: Temperature: thermometry -- Heat and energy. heat capacity, latent heat -- Gas laws, basics of thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Transfer of heat: conduction and radiation -- Further topics in thermal properties -- Electrons, electronics, atomic physics: Electron motion in fields, cathode-ray oscilloscope -- Semiconductors, junction diode.transistor. telecommunications -- Analogue and digital electronics -- Photoelectricity, energy levels, X-Rays, wave-particle duality -- Radioactivity, nuclear energy --