An Introduction to Mechanics
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| Author | Daniel Kleppner Robert J. Kolenkow |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Classical mechanics |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | McGraw Hill Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | 1973, 2010, 2013 |
| Publication place | United States United Kingdom |
| Pages | 542[1] |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| OCLC | 1059566786 |
An Introduction to Mechanics, commonly referred to as Kleppner and Kolenkow, is an undergraduate-level textbook on classical mechanics written by physicists Daniel Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow. It originated as the textbook for a one-semester mechanics course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where both Kleppner and Kolenkow taught, intended to go deeper than an ordinary first-year course.[2]
The first edition was published in 1973 by McGraw Hill and republished in 2010 by Cambridge University Press (CUP),[3] which also published the second edition in 2013.
Table of contents (2nd edition)
[edit | edit source]- Preface
- To the Teacher
- List of Examples
- Chapter 1: Vectors and Kinematics
- Chapter 2: Newton's Laws
- Chapter 3: Forces and Equations of Motion
- Chapter 4: Momentum
- Chapter 5: Energy
- Chapter 6: Topics in Dynamics
- Chapter 7: Angular Momentum and Fixed Axis Rotation
- Chapter 8: Rigid Body Motion
- Chapter 9: Non-Inertial Systems and Fictitious Forces
- Chapter 10: Central Force Motion
- Chapter 11: The Harmonic Oscillator
- Chapter 12: The Special Theory of Relativity
- Chapter 13: Relativistic Dynamics
- Chapter 14: Spacetime Physics
- Hints, Clues, and Answers to Selected Problems
- Appendix A: Miscellaneous Physical and Astronomical Data
- Appendix B: Greek Alphabet
- Appendix C: SI Prefixes
- Index
Reception
[edit | edit source]The first edition of the book was criticized for sexism in the exercises, though this was improved in the second edition.[4]
See also
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- Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein
- Course of Theoretical Physics Vol. 1: Mechanics by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz
- List of textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics
References
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