An introduction to mechanics

by Kleppner, Daniel

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Title Statements

Full title :An introduction to mechanics / Daniel Kleppner, Robert J. Kolenkow.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

Notes

Includes index.

Originally published: 1973.

The Physical Object

Description:546 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521198216, 9780521198219
oclc:on1013309572
LC Classification:QA805

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.