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Kleppner, Daniel.

An introduction to mechanics / Daniel Kleppner, Robert J. Kolenkow. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xxii, 546 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Originally published : 1973. Includes index.

List of examples -- Vectors and kinematics: a few mathematical preliminaries -- Newton's laws: the foundations of Newtonian mechanics -- Momentum -- Work and energy -- Some mathematical aspects of force and energy -- Angular momentum and fixed axis rotation -- Rigid body motion and the conservation of angular momentum -- Noninertial systems and fictitious forces -- Central force motion -- The harmonic oscillator -- The special theory of relativity -- Relativistic kinematics -- Relativistic momentum and energy -- Four-vectors and relativistic invariance.

9780521198219 (hbk.)


Analytic mechanics.

QA805 / .K62 2010

531 / K622

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