2nd Edition . Training Manual . Tomsk: TPU Publishing, 2013. - 96 s. A brief guide to physics is developed on the basis of lectures on general physics, more than 20 years read by the authors to students of technical universities, in full compliance with the requirements of the educational state standard .. The manual gives the basic laws and formulas for all sections of the second part of the physics course with explanations, diagrams, graphs and drawings. The purpose of the manual is to help students master the material of the program, to teach them to actively apply the theoretical foundations of physics as a working apparatus that allows them to solve specific problems, to gain confidence in independent work. The manual is prepared according to the program of the physics course of higher technical educational institutions . Conforms to the innovation policy of TPU, aimed at activating scientific thinking and cognitive activity of students. Designed for interuniversity use by students of technical specialties of full-time and distance forms of education .