"This is not a physics textbook. Rather, it is a physics reader, a collection of some of the best articles and book passages on various aspects of physics ..."-- unit 1, preface.

"This document is only one of many instructional materials being developed by Harvard Project Physics ... This first version of the Reader, issued in seven separate booklets, was developed under the direction of Prof. Alfred M. Bork of Reed College, Portland, Oregon"--t.p. verso.

"The work of Harvard Project Physics has been financially supported by: the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the United States Office of Education"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.