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Benjamin Crowell

I teach physics at Fullerton College, a community college in Southern California. My physics textbooks are all available under a Creative Commons license, and can be freely downloaded.

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Web Site: www.lightandmatter.com

Newtonian Physics

This is a text on Newton's laws for an introductory college physics class. The treatment is algebra-based, with applications of calculus discussed in optional sections. For more information about this book, see its web page. This book is part of the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks.


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Conservation Laws

This is a text for an introductory college physics class, covering conservation of energy, momentum, and angular momentum. The treatment is algebra-based, with applications of calculus discussed in optional sections. For more information about this book, see its web page. This book is part of the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks
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Vibrations and Waves
This is a text on vibrations and waves for an introductory college physics class. The treatment is algebra-based, with applications of calculus discussed in optional sections. For more information about this book, see its web page.

This book is part of the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks.
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Electricity and Magnetism

This is a text on electricity and magnetism for an introductory college physics class. The treatment is algebra-based, with applications of calculus discussed in optional sections. For more information about this book, see its web page.

This book is part of the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks.
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Optics

This is a text on optics for an introductory college physics class. The treatment is algebra-based, with applications of calculus discussed in optional sections. For more information about this book, see its web page.

This book is part of the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks.
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The Modern Revolution in Physics

This is a text for an introductory college physics class, covering special relativity and basic quantum physics. The treatment is algebra-based, with applications of calculus discussed in optional sections. For more information about this book, see its web page.

This book is part of the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks.
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Calculus
This is a short introductory text, focusing mainly on integration and differentiation of functions of a single variable, although iterated integrals are discussed. Infinitesimals are used when appropriate, and are treated more rigorously than in old books like Thompson's Calculus Made Easy, but in less detail than in Keisler's Elementary Calculus: An Approach Using Infinitesimals. Numerical examples are given using the open-source computer algebra system Yacas, and Yacas is also used sometimes to cut down on the drudgery of symbolic techniques such as partial fractions. Proofs are given for all important results, but are often relegated to the back of the book, and the emphasis is on teaching the techniques of calculus rather than on abstract results. For more information about the book, see its home page at lightandmatter.com.
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Simple Nature, volume 1
Simple Nature is an introductory calculus-based physics textbook. Volume 1 covers mechanics, conservation laws, thermodynamics, and relativity. For more information, see the book's web site.
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Simple Nature, volume 2
Simple Nature is an introductory calculus-based physics textbook. Volume 2 covers electricity and magnetism, and quantum physics. For more information, see the book's web site.
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Conceptual Physics
This is a nonmathematical physics textbook, designed so that it can be used either for a semester-length course of the type popularized by Hewitt, or for a shorter course of 8 or 10 weeks.
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Discover Physics
Discover Physics is a conceptual physics textbook intended for students in a nonmathematical one-semester general-education course. For more information about the book, see its web page. This inexpensive version has the cover in color, but is black and white inside; there is also a color edition.
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Discover Physics (color edition)
Discover Physics is a conceptual physics textbook intended for students in a nonmathematical one-semester general-education course. For more information about the book, see its web page. This is the color edition. There is also an inexpensive black and white edition.
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Eyes and Ears: An Anthology of Melodies for Sight-Singing
Eyes and Ears is a book of melodies for use in practicing sight-singing. It currently contains about 400 melodies, arranged systematically for education. So far, I've concentrated on assembling a body of relatively easy material that would be sufficient for the first semester or two of a college-level musicianship course. There is a small amount of didactic text, but if you're going to use the book for self-instruction, you'll need some background in basic music theory, and preferably access to someone knowledgeable to provide guidance. For more information, see the book's home page.
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Lab Manual
A lab manual used by students in Physics 205, 206, 210, 211, and 221-223 at Fullerton College.
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