Description:
This is a revised edition of a text on classical mechanics published twenty years ago. The presentation has been simplified, and feedback has been incorporated into the text, thus greatly improving the content and style, making it fresher and more compelling.
Review Quotes:
From the reviews of the second edition:
"It is designed to teach analytical mechanics to second and third year undergraduates in the UK, and probably to third or fourth year undergraduates in the US. ... This book offers a very attractive traditional introduction to the subject. ... the author is well tuned to the difficulties even strong students encounter. ... discusses the relevance of classical mechanics in modern physics, especially to relativity and quantum mechanics. This is a fine textbook. It would be a pleasure to teach or to learn from it." (William J. Satzer, The Mathematical Association of America, March, 2010)