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"Physics", by Richard Wolfson (Middlebury College) & Jay M. Pasachoff (Williams College). Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston. 1081-pages. It uses calculus. 1. Doing Physics, 2. Motion in a Straight Line, 3. Motion in more than one Dimension, 4. Why Do Things Move?, 5. Using Newton's Laws, 6. Work, Energy, and Power, 7. Conservation of Energy, 8. Gravitation, 9 Systems of Particles, 10. Collisions; 11. Torque & Static Equilibrium, 12. Rotational Motion, 13. Oscillatory Motion, 14. Wave Motion, 15. Fluid Motion, 16. Temperature & Heat, 17. The Thermal Behavior of Matter, 18. Heat, Work, & the 1st Law of Thermodynamics, 19. The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, 20. Electric Charge, 21. The Electric Field & Gauss's Law, 22. Matter in Electric Fields, 23. Electric Potential, 24. Electrostatic Energy & Capacitors, 25. Electric Current, 26. Electric Circuits, 27. The Magnetic Field, 28. Sources of the Magnetic Field, 29. Electromagnetic Induction, 30. Inductance & Magnetic Energy, 31. Alternating-Current Circuits, 32. Maxwell's Equations & Electromagnetic Waves, 33. The Theory of Relativity, 34. Geometrical Optics, 35. Physical Optics, 36. Inside Atoms & Nuclei, Appendices, Answers to odd-numbered problems, Index.