''Classical Mechanics'' is a well-established textbook written by
Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and
Frank Berkshire of the
Imperial College
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Mathematics Department. The book provides a thorough coverage of the fundamental principles and techniques of
classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all of
physics.
Publication history
The English language editions were published as follows:
The first edition was published by Kibble, as Kibble, T. W. B. ''Classical Mechanics.'' London: McGraw–Hill, 1966. 296 p.
The second ed., also just by Kibble, was in 1973 .
The 4th, jointly with F H Berkshire, was is 1996
The 5th, jointly with F H Berkshire, in 2004
The book has been translated into several languages:
*French, by Michel Le Ray and Françoise Guérin as '' Mécanique classique''
*Modern Greek, by Δ. Σαρδελής και Π. Δίτσας, επιμέλεια Γ. Ι. Παπαδόπουλος. Σαρδελής, Δ. Δίτσας, Π as ''Κλασσική μηχανική''
*German
*Turkish, by Kemal Çolakoğlu as ''Klasik mekanik''
*Spanish, as '' Mecánica clásica''
*Portuguese as '' Mecanica classica''
Reception
The various editions are held in 1789 libraries.
In comparison, the various (2011) editions of
Herbert Goldstein's ''
Classical Mechanics'' are held in 1772. libraries
The original edition was reviewed in ''
Current Science''.
The fourth edition was reviewed by C. Isenberg in 1997 in the ''
European Journal of Physics'', and the fifth edition was reviewed in ''
Contemporary Physics''.
Contents (5th edition)
* Preface
* Useful Constants and Units
* Chapter 1: Introduction
* Chapter 2:
Linear motion
* Chapter 3:
Energy and
Angular momentum
* Chapter 4:
Central
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Central may also refer to:
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Conservative Forces
* Chapter 5:
Rotating Frame
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* Chapter 6:
Potential Theory
* Chapter 7: The
Two-Body Problem
In classical mechanics, the two-body problem is to predict the motion of two massive objects which are abstractly viewed as point particles. The problem assumes that the two objects interact only with one another; the only force affecting each ...
* Chapter 8:
Many-Body Systems
* Chapter 9:
Rigid Bodies
* Chapter 10:
Lagrangian mechanics
* Chapter 11: Small oscillations and
Normal mode
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* Chapter 12:
Hamiltonian mechanics
* Chapter 13:
Dynamical systems and their geometry
* Chapter 14: Order and
Chaos in Hamiltonian systems
* Appendix A:
Vectors
* Appendix B:
Conics
* Appendix C:
Phase plane
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Analysis near Critical Points
* Appendix D: Discrete Dynamical Systems – Maps
* Answers to Problems
* Bibliography
* Index
See also
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Newtonian mechanics
Newton's laws of motion are three basic laws of classical mechanics that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it. These laws can be paraphrased as follows:
# A body remains at rest, or in motion ...
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''Classical Mechanics'' (Goldstein book)
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List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics
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References
External links
* {{doi, 10.1142/p310
2004 non-fiction books
Classical mechanics
Mathematical physics
Physics textbooks
Theoretical physics