University Physics Volume 1

OpenStax · Web editionFree to read, no login

  1. 1 Units and Measurement
  2. 2 Vectors
  3. 3 Motion Along a Straight Line
  4. 4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
  5. 5 Newton's Laws of Motion
  6. 6 Applications of Newton's Laws
  7. 7 Work and Kinetic Energy
  8. 8 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
  9. 9 Linear Momentum and Collisions
  10. 10 Fixed-Axis Rotation
  11. 11 Angular Momentum
  12. 12 Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
  13. 13 Gravitation
  14. 14 Fluid Mechanics
  15. 15 Oscillations
  16. 16 Waves
  17. 17 Sound

Adapted from University Physics Volume 1 by OpenStax (openstax.org), licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Changes were made.

License: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License; this adaptation is distributed under the same license and is provided free of charge.

These eBooks are a prerelease and are not yet certified conformant with WCAG 2.1 AA or ADA Title II. Every page is built against an automated accessibility gate, and the published editions will meet ADA Title II requirements when they release in late September 2026. If something is unusable, please tell us.