Mechanics
Publisher: Light and Matter
Published: Sep 2017
Place of publication: Fullerton, California, United States of America
Language: eng
Format: E-book
Number of pages: 573
Description: This is a calculus-based book meant for the first semester of the type of freshman survey course taken by engineering and physical science majors. A treatment of relativity is interspersed with the Newtonian mechanics, in optional sections. The book is designed so that it can be used as a drop-in replacement for the corresponding part of <a href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16964719W/Simple_nature">*Simple Nature*</a>, for instructors who prefer a traditional order of topics. *Simple Nature* does energy before force, while *Mechanics* does force before energy. *Simple Nature* has its treatment of relativity all in a single chapter, rather than in parallel with the development of Newtonian mechanics.