An introduction to mechanics

In The Years Since It Was First Published In 1973 By Mcgraw-hill, This Classic Introductory Textbook Has Established Itself As One Of The Best-known And Most Highly Regarded Descriptions Of Newtonian Mechanics. Intended For Undergraduate Students With Foundation Skills In Mathematics And A Deep Interest In Physics, It Systematically Lays Out The Principles Of Mechanics: Vectors, Newton's Laws, Momentum, Energy, Rotational Motion, Angular Momentum And Noninertial Systems, And Includes Chapters On Central Force Motion, The Harmonic Oscillator, And Relativity. Numerous Worked Examples Demonstrate How The Principles Can Be Applied To A Wide Range Of Physical Situations, And More Than 600 Figures Illustrate Methods For Approaching Physical Problems. The Book Also Contains Over 200 Challenging Problems To Help The Student Develop A Strong Understanding Of The Subject. Password-protected Solutions Are Available For Instructors At Www.cambridge.org/9780521198219. In the years since it was first published in 1973 by McGraw-Hill, this classic introductory textbook has established itself as one of the best-known and most highly regarded descriptions of Newtonian mechanics. Intended for undergraduate students with foundation skills in mathematics and a deep interest in physics, it systematically lays out the principles of vectors, Newton's laws, momentum, energy, rotational motion, angular momentum and noninertial systems, and includes chapters on central force motion, the harmonic oscillator, and relativity. Numerous worked examples demonstrate how the principles can be applied to a wide range of physical situations, and more than 600 figures illustrate methods for approaching physical problems. The book also contains over 200 challenging problems to help the student develop a strong understanding of the subject. Password-protected solutions are available for instructors at (http://www.cambridge.org/9780521198219) www.cambridge.org/9780521198219 . CONTENTS......Page 5 1. Vectors and Kinematics - A Few Mathematical Preliminaries......Page 23 2. Newton's Laws - The Foundations of Newtonian Mechanics......Page 73 3. Momentum......Page 133 4. Work and Energy......Page 173 5. Some Mathematical Aspects of Force and Energy......Page 223 6. Angular Momentum and Fixed Axis Rotation......Page 253 7. Rigid Body Motion......Page 309 8. Noninertial Systems and Fictitious Forces......Page 361 9. Central Force Motion......Page 399 10. The Harmonic Oscillator......Page 431 11. The Special Theory of Relativity......Page 463 12. Relativistic Kinematics......Page 483 13. Relativistic Momentum and Energy......Page 511 14. Four-Vectors and Relativistic Invariance......Page 537 INDEX......Page 561 List of examples Vectors and kinematics: a few mathematical preliminaries Newton's laws: the foundations of Newtonian mechanics Momentum Work and energy Some mathematical aspects of force and energy Angular momentum and fixed axis rotation Rigid body motion and the conservation of angular momentum Noninertial systems and fictitious forces Central force motion The harmonic oscillator The special theory of relativity Relativistic kinematics Relativistic momentum and energy Four-vectors and relativistic invariance. Intended for undergraduate students, this is a classic introductory textbook on the principles of Newtonian mechanics. It contains numerous worked examples and challenging problems to help students understand how the principles can be applied to a wide range of physical situations. Password-protected solutions are available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521198219.