Classical Mechanics
Language: English
Published by University Science Books, 2005
- Hardcover
- New
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- Title
- Classical Mechanics
- Author
- Taylor, John R.
- Publisher
- University Science Books
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 189138922X
- ISBN 13
- 9781891389221
John Taylor has brought to his most recent book, Classical Mechanics, all of the clarity and insight that made his Introduction to Error Analysis a best-selling text. Classical Mechanics is intended for students who have studied some mechanics in an introductory physics course, such as “freshman physics."" With unusual clarity, the book covers most of the topics normally found in books at this level, including conservation laws, oscillations, Lagrangian mechanics, two-body problems, non-inertial frames, rigid bodies, normal modes, chaos theory, Hamiltonian mechanics, and continuum mechanics. A particular highlight is the chapter on chaos, which focuses on a few simple systems, to give a truly comprehensible introduction to the concepts that we hear so much about. At the end of each chapter is a large selection of interesting problems for the student, 744 in all, classified by topic and approximate difficulty, and ranging from simple exercises to challenging computer projects.
Adopted by more than 450 colleges and universities in the USA and Canada and translated into six languages, Taylor’s Classical Mechanics is a thorough and very readable introduction to a subject that is 400 years old but as exciting today as ever. The author manages to convey that excitement as well as deep understanding and insight.
Contents
PART I: THE ESSENTIALS1. Newton's Laws of Motion
2. Projectiles and Charged Particles
3. Momentum and Angular Momentum
4. Energy
5. Oscillations
6. Calculus of Variations
7. Lagrange’s Equations
8. Two-Body Central Force Problems
9. Mechanics in Noninertial Frames
10. Motion of Rigid Bodies
11. Coupled Oscillators and Normal Modes
12. PART II: FURTHER TOPICS
13. Nonlinear Mechanics and Chaos
14. Hamiltonian Mechanics
15. Collision Theory
16. Special Relativity
17. Continuum Mechanics"
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