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Introduction to Classical MechanicsWith Problems and SolutionsDavid MorinCambridge University Press |
Corrections/typos/errata (pdf)
Sample chapters (pdf draft versions):
Contents/Preface
Chap1 (Strategies for solving problems)
Chap6 (The Lagrangian method)
Chap11 (Relativity - kinematics)
Index to limericks, by first line
Instructor support via Cambridge University Press website (solutions, exam/desk copies, etc.)
Buy online (Cambridge University Press, Amazon)
Additional material: Version 2 of Chapter 15 on Hamiltonian Mechanics is now posted. (Section titles: Energy, Hamilton's equations, Legendre transforms, Three more derivations, Phase space and Liouville's theorem.) It has the same text as Version 1 but contains some new problems and exercises.
If you like the limericks, here's some more physics humor (not related to the book) that you might enjoy.
Another set of (very hefty) problems, some of which appear in the book, is located here.
On the math side of things, an introduction to combinatorics is located here. This is the first chapter in a potential book on introductory Probability and Statistics, designed for people with a familiarity with algebra (no calculus required).
Contact: morin@physics.harvard.edu