Author Description

Applied physics has been developed for the first and second semester engineering students. It is an attempt to rekindle the interest of engineering students in physics by bringing to fore the close links between physics and engineering. tailored to suit the needs of a wider student community that follows a syllabus oriented approach through the use of the following special features. Charts to facilitate quicker and more comprehensive understanding of different topics stitched and woven together to speed up preparation for examinations. Boxes for derivations of important expressions to offer clarity in framing answers in examinations and for introduction to special topics to provide windows to look beyond the syllabus. Numerical problems, largely from previous university examinations, to provide working clarity of concepts and to gain the necessary quantitative appreciation.