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This is a calculus-based physics textbook meant for the type of freshman survey course taken by engineering and physical science majors. It uses a nontraditional order of topics, with energy coming before force. For instructors who prefer the traditional sequence, there is a drop-in replacement for ch. 0-4, Mechanics, that covers force before energy.

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Élégante_Nature -- traduction libre commencée par Benoit Clenet, sous forme de wiki, ouverte aux contributions de toute personne francophone

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