First published in 1960 under title: Physics for students of science and engineering.

"Physics, part 2, is a revised printing of the second edition of Physics for students of science and engineering." In this part, Halliday's name appears first in the title page.

1. Measurement
2. Vectors
3. Motion in one dimension
4. Motion in a plane
5. Particle dynamics - i
6. Particle dynamics - ii
7. Work and energy
8. The conservation of energy
9. Conservation of linear momentum
10. Collisions
11. Rotational kinematics
12. Rotational dynamics i
13. Rotational dynamics ii and the conservation of angular momentum
14. Equilibrium of rigid bodies
15. Oscillations
16. Gravitation
17. Fluid statics
18. Fluid dynamics
19. Waves in elastic media
20. Sound waves
21. Temperature
22. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics
23. Kinetic theory of gases - i
24. Kinetic theory of gases - ii
25. Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics
26. Charge and matter
27. The electric field
28. Gauss's law
29. Electric potential
30. Capacitors and dielectrics
31. Current and resistance
32. Electromotive fore and circuits
33. The magnetic field
34. Ampere's law
35. Faraday's law
36. Inductance
37. Magnetic properties of mater
38. Electromagnetic oscillations
39. Eletromagnetic waves
40. Nature and propagation of light
41. Reflection and refraction - plane waves and plane surfaces
42. Reflection and refraction - spherical waves and spherical surfaces
43. Interference
44. Diffraction
45. Gratings and spectra
46. Polarization
47. Light and quantum physics
48. Waves and particles
49. Supplementary topics
50. Supplementary problems