Now includes two new chapters on the qualitative geometrical features of dynamical systems, and on the distinction between regular and chaotic motion. The book assumes some prior acquaintance with the elementary concepts, but begins with a review of these first principles. Needed results on vectors are summarized in an appendix. Those features of classical mechanics, which are of importance in other branches of physics, particularly the conservation laws and symmetries, are highlighted.
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Classical Mechanics by T Kibble and F Berkshire is tailor-made for budding theoreticians -- New Scientist, Oct 1997
This volume has proved to be a successful book...the written content and presentation are all excellent. -- European Journal of Physics
the student who requires a good book on Classical Mechanics will find the third edition useful -- Comtemporary Physics --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
This volume has proved to be a successful book...the written content and presentation are all excellent. -- European Journal of Physics
the student who requires a good book on Classical Mechanics will find the third edition useful -- Comtemporary Physics --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Tom Kibble is Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has published many articles on theoretical particle physics and cosmology. Frank Bershire is also at Imperial College London. He is Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Mathematics, and has published on dynamical systems, waves and fluids. He was elected as Imperial College Teaching Fellow in 1996. Both authors have long experience of lecturing to physics and applied mathematics students.
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I've just finished up to Chapter 4 andeverything I read is excellent. It has very good reviews of vectors and tensors in the appendix. Answers to the exercises are also provided.
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This is basically the most abstract classical mechanics book at the senior undergraduate level. While there are merits to this abstractness, it's not the best book to use when you're first starting to learn upper-division CM. The lack of worked examples certainly makes learning certain topics significantly more time-consuming - especially topics in later chapters, like coupled pendulums and rigid-body rotations. If you want more worked examples, you probably should use Marion and Thornton (or Fowles and Cassidy) as a supplement (or as a main text).
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