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Fundamentals of Physics

Fundamentals of Physics

Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (The Open Yale Courses Series)

by R. Shankar

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Professor R. Shankar, a wellknown physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, was among the first to offer a course through the innovative Open Yale Course program. His popular online video lectures on introductory physics have been viewed over a million times. In this concise and selfcontained book based on his online Yale course, Shankar ...

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