The study of physics is important because physics is one of the most fundamental of the sciences. Scientists of all disciplines make use of the ideas of physics, including chemists who study the structure of molecules, paleontologists who try to reconstruct how dinosaurs walked, and climatologists who study how human activities affect the atmosphere and oceans. Physics is also the foundation of all engineering and technology. No engineer could design a flatscreen TV, an interplanetary spacecraft, or even a better mousetrap without first understanding the basic laws of physics.
The study of physics is also an adventure. You will find it challenging, sometimes frustrating, occasionally painful, and often richly rewarding and satisfying. It will appeal to your sense of beauty as well as to your rational intelligence. If you've ever wondered why the sky is blue, how radio waves can travel through empty space, or how a satellite stays in orbit, you can find the answers by using fundamental physics. Above all, you will come to see physics as a towering achievement of the human intellect in its quest to understand our world and ourselves.
The course of Physics 7C as a part of College Physics, it is mainly focused on Newtonian mechanics.
Through the study of this course, in addition to the acquirement of the basic knowledge of physics, students also learn physics ideas and the methods and techniques used in physics research.
Higher Mathematics
Textbook:
H. D. Young, R. A. Freedman and A. L. Ford. University Physics with Modern Physics (12th Edition). Addison-Wesley, 2007
Reference books:
Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn and Chris Vuille. College Physics (8th Edition). Brooks/Cole, 2008
J.D. Wilson, A. J. Buffa and B. Lou. College Physics (7th Edition). Addison-Wesley, 2009
D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker. Fundamentals of Physics (9th Edition). Wiley, 2010
N. Giordano. College Physics (2nd Edition). Brooks/Cole, 2012
R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton and M. Sands. The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Basic Books, 2011