An Introduction to Mechanics
 Cover of the second edition | |
| Author | Daniel Kleppner Robert J. Kolenkow |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Classical mechanics |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | McGraw Hill Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date | 1973, 2010, 2013 |
| Publication place | United States United Kingdom |
| Pages | 542[1] |
| ISBN | 9780521198219 |
| OCLC | 1059566786 |
An Introduction to Mechanics, commonly referred to as Kleppner and Kolenkow, is an undergraduate-level textbook on classical mechanics written by physicists Daniel Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow. It originated as the textbook for a one-semester mechanics course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where both Kleppner and Kolenkow taught, intended to go deeper than an ordinary first-year course.[2]
The first edition was published in 1973 by McGraw Hill and republished in 2010 by Cambridge University Press (CUP),[3] which also published the second edition in 2013.
Table of contents (2nd edition)
[edit]- Preface
- To the Teacher
- List of Examples
- Chapter 1: Vectors and Kinematics
- Chapter 2: Newton's Laws
- Chapter 3: Forces and Equations of Motion
- Chapter 4: Momentum
- Chapter 5: Energy
- Chapter 6: Topics in Dynamics
- Chapter 7: Angular Momentum and Fixed Axis Rotation
- Chapter 8: Rigid Body Motion
- Chapter 9: Non-Inertial Systems and Fictitious Forces
- Chapter 10: Central Force Motion
- Chapter 11: The Harmonic Oscillator
- Chapter 12: The Special Theory of Relativity
- Chapter 13: Relativistic Dynamics
- Chapter 14: Spacetime Physics
- Hints, Clues, and Answers to Selected Problems
- Appendix A: Miscellaneous Physical and Astronomical Data
- Appendix B: Greek Alphabet
- Appendix C: SI Prefixes
- Index
Reception
[edit]The first edition of the book was criticized for sexism in the exercises, though this was improved in the second edition.[4]
See also
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- Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein
- Course of Theoretical Physics Vol. 1: Mechanics by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz
- List of textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics
References
[edit]- ↑ "An Introduction to Mechanics". WorldCat.
- ↑ Kleppner, Daniel; Kolenkow, Robert (1973). An Introduction to Mechanics. Cambridge University Press. p. xi.
- ↑ Kleppner, Daniel; Kolenkow, Robert J. (May 6, 2010). An Introduction to Mechanics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19821-9.
- ↑ Shorter, Richard (August 14, 2014). "An Introduction to Mechanics (2nd Edition), by Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkow". Contemporary Physics. 55 (4): 359. doi:10.1080/00107514.2014.948931. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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