This volume contains ideas on classical physics, briefly mentioning quantum properties of electromagnetic radiation. It also covers: Newton's Laws (with an emphasis on gravity and its importance), the special and general theories of relativity, thermodynamics, and the electromagnetic theory.

We have designed and written this book. not as a text nor for the professional mathematician. but for the general reader who is naturally attracted to mathematics as a great intellec- tual challenge. and for the special reader whose work requires him to have a deeper understanding of mathematics than he acquired in school. Readers in the first group are drawn to mental recreational activities such as chess. bridge. and various types of puzzles. but they generally do not respond enthusiastically to mathematics because of their unhappy learning experiences with it during their school days. The...