Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems - Softcover

Marion, Jerry B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483256766 ISBN 13: 9781483256764

Publisher: Academic Press, 1965

Synopsis

A thorough introduction to mechanics for physics, for upper level undergraduate students.

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About the Author

Stephen Thornton is Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia. He has over 130 research publications in experimental nuclear physics and has done research at several accelerator facilities in the United States and Europe. He has directed the research for 25 graduate students. He has held two U.S. Senior Fulbright-Hays Fellowships and a Max-Planck Fellowship to do research at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany on two occasions. He was the founding Director of the University of Virginia Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics. He has published three college textbooks for physics. He is currently Director of the Master of Arts in Physics Education program at the University of Virginia, which has graduated more than 70 high school physics teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of several organizations including American Association of Physics Teachers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Teachers Association, Virginia Association of Science Teachers (past President), and the Virginia Math and Science Coalition. He has developed multiple courses for undergraduate students and high school physics teachers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483256766
• ISBN 13: 9781483256764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592