Concepts of Physics : (Part 1) / H.C. Verma.

his book is a wonder. If you want to have clear conceptions about physics,challenging numericals which boosts your thinking capability & if you are an engineering aspirant then this book is a must buy. It helped to analyse problems in much more logical way without over thinking it.So I recommend you to purchase this book. Another tip, don't read this book for theory because you have to be pretty strong in calculus to understand the derivations, for that use Resnick & Halliday or V.K Mehta. This book shows you how to apply physics in various problems. P.S. Don't refer to Ncert at first for learning, use it for revision for your school exams

Introduction to Physics. Physics and Mathematics. Rest and Motion : Kinemaics. The Forces. Newton's Law of Motion. Friction. Circular Motion. Work and Energy. Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Collision. Rotational Mechanics. Gravitation. Simple Harmonic Motion. Fluid Mechanics. Some Mechanical Properties of Matter. Wave Motion and Wave on a String. Sound Waves. Light Waves. Geometrical Optics. Optical Instruments. Dispersion and Spectra Speed of Light. Photometry.

From the foreward of this 462 page textbook: "Dr. Verma's book has been divided into two parts because of the size of the manuscript. It is a totally different attempt to teach physics, and it will be extremely useful to the undergraduate students. The exposition of each concept is extremely lucid. In carefully formatted chapters, besides problems and short questions, a number of objective questions have also been included. This book can certainly be extremely useful not only as a textbook, but also for preparation of various competitive examinations." Y. R. Waghmare, Professor of Physics, IIT Kanpur