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.