Classical Mechanics (European Physics Series) - Softcover

Kibble, T. W. B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470473959 ISBN 13: 9780470473955

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1973

Synopsis

Explains the fundamental principles of the mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Revised edition contains two new chapters on dynamical systems and their geometry, and on order and chaos and appendices on conic sections and classification of the behavior of dynamical system near a critical point. Paper.

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About the Author

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.

Review

"This volume, by Kibble and Berkshire, has proved to be a successful book ... the written content and presentation are all excellent."

..." the student who requires a good book on the older aspects of Classical Mechanics together with a brief introduction to newer ideas will find the third edition useful."

"Classical mechanics by T Kibble and F Berkshire is tailor-made for budding theoreticians. It lays the groundwork for relativity and quantum theory, quickly progressing beyond Newtonian mechanics to the alternative formulations of Joseph Lagrange and William Hamilton."

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0470473959
• ISBN 13: 9780470473955
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 254