Download or read book College Physics Textbook Equity Edition Volume 1 of 3: Chapters 1 - 12 written by An OER from Textbook Equity and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by Openstax College CC-BY An OER Edition by Textbook Equity Edition: 2012 This text is intended for one-year introductory courses requiring algebra and some trigonometry, but no calculus. College Physics is organized such that topics are introduced conceptually with a steady progression to precise definitions and analytical applications. The analytical aspect (problem solving) is tied back to the conceptual before moving on to another topic. Each introductory chapter, for example, opens with an engaging photograph relevant to the subject of the chapter and interesting applications that are easy for most students to visualize. For manageability the original text is available in three volumes. Full color PDF's are free at www.textbookequity.org