Daniel Kleppner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Robert Kolenkow

An Introduction to Mechanics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now brought up to date, this improved second edition is ideal for classical mechanics courses for first- and second-year undergraduates with foundation skills in mathematics. The book retains all the features of the first edition, but with new examples taken from recent developments and a solutions manual for instructors at www.cambridge.org/kandk.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 566
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1417g
• ISBN-13: 9780521198110
• ISBN-10: 0521198119
• Artikelnr.: 37803163

Autorenporträt

Daniel Kleppner is Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For his contributions to teaching he has been awarded the Oersted Medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society. He has also received the Wolf Prize in Physics and the National Medal of Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Vectors and kinematics; 2. Newton's laws; 3. Forces and equations of motion; 4. Momentum; 5. Work and energy; 6. Small oscillations, stability, and collisions; 7. Angular momentum and fixed axis rotation; 8. Rigid body motion; 9. Noninertial systems and fictitious forces; 10. Central force motion; 11. The harmonic oscillator; 12. The special theory of relativity; 13. Relativistic dynamics; 14. Spacetime physics; Index.