The entire elementary course of physics is successively and briefly considered in the book; at the same time, the main attention is paid to solving typical problems and examples. Most tasks have detailed guidelines. There is a large set of tasks for independent work. The new edition corrected the observed inaccuracies of the previous edition (1976); terminology and units of physical quantities are given in accordance with GOST 8.417-81 (ST SEV 1052-78).