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1、CLASSICALMECHANICSGregory’sClassicalMechanicsisamajornewtextbookforundergraduatesinmathe-maticsandphysics.Itisathorough,self-containedandhighlyreadableaccountofasubjectmanystudentsfinddifficult.Theauthor’sclearandsystematicstylepromotesagoodunderstandingof
2、thesubject:eachconceptismotivatedandillustratedbyworkedexamples,whileproblemsetsprovideplentyofpracticeforunderstandingandtechnique.Computerassistedproblems,somesuitableforprojects,arealsoincluded.Thebookisstructuredtomakelearningthesubjecteasy;thereisan
3、aturalprogressionfromcoretopicstomoreadvancedonesandhardtopicsaretreatedwithparticularcare.Athemeofthebookistheimportanceofconservationprinciples.Theseappearfirstinvectorialmechanicswheretheyareprovedandappliedtoproblemsolving.Theyreappearinana-lyticalmec
4、hanics,wheretheyareshowntoberelatedtosymmetriesoftheLagrangian,culminatinginNoether’stheorem.•Suitableforawiderangeofundergraduatemechanicscoursesgiveninmathematicsandphysicsdepartments:nopriorknowledgeofthesubjectisassumed•Profuselyillustratedandthoroug
5、hlyclass-tested,withacleardirectstylethatmakesthesubjecteasytounderstand:allconceptsaremotivatedandillustratedbythemanyworkedexamplesincluded•Good,accurately-setproblems,withanswersinthebook:computerassistedproblemsandprojectsarealsoprovided.Modelsolutio
6、nsforproblemsavailabletoteachersfromwww.cambridge.org/GregoryTheauthorDouglasGregoryisProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofManchester.Heisaresearcherofinternationalstandinginthefieldofelasticity,andhasheldvisitingposi-tionsatNewYorkUniversity,theUnivers
7、ityofBritishColumbia,andtheUniversityofWashington.Heishighlyregardedasateacherofappliedmathematics:this,hisfirstbook,istheproductofmanyyearsofteachingexperience.Bloodyinstructions,which,beingtaught,Returntoplagueth’inventor.SHAKESPEARE,Macbeth,actI,sc.7Fr
8、ontCoverThephotographonthefrontcovershowsMimas,oneofthemanymoonsofSaturn;thehugecraterwasformedbyanimpact.Mimastakes22hours37minutestoorbitSat-urn,theradiusofitsorbitbeing185,500kilometers.AfterreadingChapter7,youwillbeabl