Taylor classical mechanics, university science books, 2005. This has been, by far, the most helpful book for any course yet. Lecture notes on classical mechanics a work in progress. I am an undergraduate at rutgers who used this in my 300level mechanics courses last year. In my nonus university, we use one of the big general physics books for the first mechanics and em courses, and then use griffiths for the second undergraduate em course after weve learned pdes. It is accessible for strong secondsemester sophomores and is probably about right for firstsemester juniors. The brief answer to the first question is that this book is about classical mechanics a subject ill describe in a moment. Bring classical mechanics to life with a realistic software simulation. I am a big believer that students learn the most when they have access to the solutions manual for their texts. Trouble with classical mechanics selflearning how to avoid. Rent classical mechanics 1st edition 97818989221 today, or search our site for other textbooks by john r. This book well matches the sequence and most of the topics taught in p235w at a similar level to thornton and marion. Robert pompi, state university of new york, binghamton taylor s book is unique among classical mechanics texts.
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