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"The authors of this book offer a very strong reason for the study of classical mechanics describing it 'as the base on which the whole pyramid of modern physics has been erected' … In order that students can gauge their understanding of the various topics, many exercises are introduced. Some of those should be straightforward whilst others are quite challenging … The authors are to be thanked for delivering a highly readable text which should assure a continued supply of practitioners of classical mechanics and its applications."
Contemporary Physics
Problem solving in physics is not simply a test of understanding, but an integral part of learning. This book contains complete step-by-step solutions for all exercise problems in Essential Classical Mechanics, with succinct chapter-by-chapter summaries of key concepts and formulas. The degree of difficulty with problems varies from quite simple to very challenging; but none too easy, as all problems in physics demand some subtlety of intuition. The emphasis of the book is not so much in acquainting students with various problem-solving techniques as in suggesting ways of thinking. For undergraduate and graduate students, as well as those involved in teaching classical mechanics, this book can be used as a supplementary text or as an independent study aid.
Sample Chapter(s)Preface
1. In Three-Dimensional Space: Vector Description
Contents:
- Summary and Problems:
- In Three-Dimensional Space: Vector Description
- Evolution in Time: Basic Elements of Newtonian Mechanics
- One-Dimensional Motion
- Motion of a Particle in Two or Three Dimensions
- The Two-Body Problem, Collision and Many-Particle System
- Gravitational Field Equations
- Rigid Body Dynamics I
- Elements of Fluid Mechanics
- Motion in a Non-Inertial Reference Frame
- Lagrangian Mechanics
- Application of the Lagrangian Method: Small Oscillations
- Rigid Body Dynamics II
- Hamiltonian Mechanics
- Solutions:
- In Three-Dimensional Space: Vector Description
- Evolution in Time: Basic Elements of Newtonian Mechanics
- One-Dimensional Motion
- Motion of a Particle in Two or Three Dimensions
- The Two-Body Problem, Collision and Many-Particle System
- Gravitational Field Equations
- Rigid Body Dynamics I
- Elements of Fluid Mechanics
- Motion in a Non-Inertial Reference Frame
- Lagrangian Mechanics
- Application of the Lagrangian Method: Small Oscillations
- Rigid Body Dynamics II
- Hamiltonian Mechanics
Readership: Undergraduate and graduate physics students.
