An introduction to mechanics
By: Daniel Kleppner, Robert J. Kolenkow
Contributors: Kolenkow, Robert J.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780521198219
Subjects: Analytic mechanics
Notes: Originally published: 1973.

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