This Book 'Basic Science' is intended to be a textbook for students of First Year Engineering Diploma of MSBTE. In most sciences, one generation years down what another has built and what one has established another undoes. In Basic Science, each generation adds a new story to the old structure.

This book is presented with simple but exact explanation of subject matter, application of each topic to real life, engineering problems, large number of illustrative examples followed by well graded exercise. We have tried to be rigorous and precise in presenting the concepts in very simple manner.

Unit 1 : Units and Measurements

Unit 2 : Electricity, Magnetism and Semiconductors

Unit 3 : Heat and Optics

Unit 4 : Chemical bonding and Catalysis

Unit 5 : Metal Corrosion, its prevention and Electrochemistry

Unit 6 : Paints, Varnishes, Insulators, Polymer, Adhesives and Lubricants