Classical Mechanics
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Book Overview
For thirty years this has been the acknowledged standard in advanced classical mechanics courses. This classic book enables readers to make connections between classical and modern physics - an indispensable part of a physicist's education. In this new edition, Beams Medal winner Charles Poole and John Safko have updated the book to include the latest topics, applications, and notation, to reflect today's physics curriculum. They introduce readers to the increasingly important role that nonlinearities play in contemporary applications of classical mechanics. New numerical exercises help readers to develop skills in how to use computer techniques to solve problems in physics. Mathematical techniques are presented in detail so that the book remains fully accessible to readers who have not had an intermediate course in classical mechanics. For college instructors and students.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0201025108
ISBN13:9780201025101
Release Date:January 1950
Publisher:Addison Wesley
Length:399 Pages
Weight:1.56 lbs.
Dimensions:9.2" x 6.3" x 0.8"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
An outstandingly good quality book, both in content and in the book itself. Very satisfied.
A very good upper division textbook on mechanics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is an excellent way to learn classical mechanics. Actually, I prefer Landau's book. But Landau's book is about 170 pages and this one is about 650 pages. And you get much more material with this book. The book is readable, and there are plenty of useful exercises. You start off with Lagrange's equations. Then you learn a little about the calculus of variations. And then the central force problem, kinematics of rigid body motion, and oscillations. And there's material on Hamilton's equations, canonical transformations, and Hamilton-Jacobi theory. In this manner, the text covers in 420 pages what Landau does in 170. There are more explanations and more examples. It's not a bad way to learn the subject. In addition, there are chapters on special relativity, chaos, canonical perturbation theory, and continuous systems and fields. These are good topics to cover in a upper division class on mechanics. This book has a lot to offer a student and would be fun to teach from.
Mechanics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is a superb book for graduate level mechanics. It is complete and rigorous. It is a bit pricy, so look for used copies. The second edition is more standard since there is a lot of new notation in the third. There are a handful of minor typos that a careful read will weed out.
There are none better.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is superb in its content, especially about the logical structure of the chapters organized. There are no other texts can match this.The problems are also challanging. If you're looking for an excellent mechanics book with the "conventional" mathematics (meaning: no use of differential geometry/topology/global analysis), then this is the one you should buy.
Quite thorough
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is a far better book than any other book on Classical Mechanics that I have come across. This one starts with simple things and goes on to develop the ideas quite lucidly and logically - which lack in Landau. The explanations do help in understanding what the author is trying to establish.
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