Classical Mechanics

Goldstein, Herbert

Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1957

About this Item

Description: Figure illustrations and equations. Contents are: Survey of the Elementary Principles. Variational Principles and Lagrange's Equations. The Two-Body Central Force Problem. The Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion. The Rigid Body Equations of Motion. Special Relativity in Classical Mechanics. The Hamilton Equations of Motion. Canonical Transformations. Hamilton-Jacobi Theory. Small Oscillations. Introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formulations for Continuous Systems and Fields. Originally published in 1950, this is a later printing. BINDING/CONDITION: dark blue-gray cloth with burgundy and gilt on the spine; owner's name and notes on the front endpaper, several markings in the first few page, and some scattered markings thereafter; graded Fair -- a sound working copy; no dust jacket. bibliography, indexes. 8vo (9.25 inches tall). 399 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classical Mechanics
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 1957
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: 5th Printing.
• Condition: Fair
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  • Math and Science