This text is an introduction to the use of vectors in a wide range of undergraduate disciplines. It is written specifically to match the level of experience and mathematical qualifications of students entering undergraduate and Higher National programmes and it assumes only a minimum of mathematical background on the part of the reader.

Preface, 1 Vector algebra I: Scaling and adding vectors, INTRODUCTION TO SCALARS, NUMBERS AND VECTORS, Scalars and numbers, Introducing vectors, Displacements and arrows, Vector notation; SCALING VECTORS AND UNIT VECTORS, Scaling a vector or multiplication of a vector by a number, Unit Vectors; VECTOR ADDITION-THE TRIANGLE ADDITION RULE, LINEAR COMBINATIONS OF VECTORS, CARTESIAN VECTORS, Cartesian coordinates of a point-a review, Cartesian unit vectors and cartesian components of a vector, MAGNITUDES AND DIRECTIONS OF CARTESIAN VECTORS, SCALING AND ADDING CARTESIAN VECTORS, VECTORS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Definition of a vector and evidence for vector behavior, Vector problems in science and engineering, Vector algebra II: Scalar products and vector products, THE SCALAR PRODUCT, Definition of the scalar product and projections, The scalar product in vector algebra, CARTESIAN FORM OF THE SCALAR PRODUCT, THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO VECTORS, THE VECTOR PRODUCT, Definition of the vector product, The vector product in vector algebra, CARTESIAN FORM OF THE VECTOR PRODUCT, TRIPLE PRODUCTS OF VECTORS, The scalar triple product, The vector triple product.