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### Problems and Solutions in Introductory Mechanics 

 

Self-published (to keep the cost low) through CreateSpace (2014), 350 pages.  
Intended audience: High school AP, or college first-years.  
(The Kindle version is a static-page “Print Replica” – basically a pdf in Kindle form.)

I generated the book’s material during the first dozen times I taught Harvard’s introductory mechanics course (Physics 15a). Most of the problems are from old exams and problem sets. Each chapter has a short introduction, then a set of multiple-choice questions, and then a set of longer free-response problems. Detailed solutions to all questions/problems are included.



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- [Back cover (concise description of book)](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/david_morin_back_cover.pdf "Mechanics - back cover")
- [Preface](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/mechanics_preface.pdf "Mechanics - preface")
- [Table of contents](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/mechanics_contents.pdf "Mechanics - toc")
- Sample chapters:
    - [Chapter 1 ](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/problemschap1.pdf "Mechanics - chapter 1")(Problem-solving strategies)
    - [Chapter 2](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/problemschap2.pdf "Mechanics - chapter 2") (Kinematics in 1-D)
    - [Chapter 3](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/problemschap3.pdf "Mechanics - chapter 3") (Kinematics in 2-D (and 3-D))
    - [Chapter 4](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/problemschap4.pdf "Mechanics - chapter 4") (F=ma)
    - [Appendices](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/problemssolutionsapps.pdf "Mechanics - appendices")
- [Corrections/typos/errata/clarifications](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/mechcorrections.pdf "Mechanics - corrections")



 

While the book is calculus-based, it can also easily be used in algebra-based courses. The problems that require calculus (only a sixth of the total number) are listed in an appendix, allowing students to steer clear of those if they wish.

This book (the blue book) is written for a more general audience than *Introduction to Classical Mechanics* (the [red book](/books/classical-mechanics "Classical Mechanics")). The blue-book problems are similar to the one-star and two-star problems in the red book. The red book contains many harder problems and more advanced topics. The blue book can be viewed as a stepping stone to the red book.

Side note: If you know of any middle school or high school students (or eager elementary school students) who are learning algebra, they might enjoy my new [Algebra](https://davidmorin.physics.fas.harvard.edu/books/algebra/) book!



 

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