The following material comprises a set of class notes in Introduction to Physics taken by math graduate students in Ann Arbor in 1995/96. The goal of this course was to
introduce some basic concepts from theoretical physics which play so fundamental role in
a recent intermarriage between physics and pure mathematics. No physical background
was assumed since the instructor had none. I am thankful to all my students for their
patience and willingness to learn the subject together with me.
There is no pretense to the originality of the exposition. I have listed all the books
which I used for the preparation of my lectures.
I am aware of possible misunderstanding of some of the material of these lectures and
numerous inaccuracies. However I tried my best to avoid it. I am grateful to several of
my colleagues who helped me to correct some of my mistakes. The responsibility for ones
which are still there is all mine.
I sincerely hope that the set of people who will find these notes somewhat useful is
not empty. Any critical comments will be appreciated.