Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire)
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| Author | Tom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Physics |
| Genre | Non-fiction; science text |
| Publisher | Imperial College Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | UK |
| Pages | 500 |
| ISBN | 978-1-86094-435-2 (pbk) |
Classical Mechanics is a well-established textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire of the Imperial College Mathematics Department. The book provides a thorough coverage of the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all of physics.
Publication history
[edit]The English language editions were published as follows:[1]
The first edition was published by Kibble, as Kibble, T. W. B. Classical Mechanics. London: McGraw–Hill, 1966. 296 p.
The second ed., also just by Kibble, was published in 1973.
The 4th, jointly with F H Berkshire, was published in 1996.
The 5th, jointly with F H Berkshire, was published in 2004.
The book has been translated into several languages:
- French, by Michel Le Ray and Françoise Guérin as Mécanique classique
- Modern Greek, by Δ. Σαρδελής και Π. Δίτσας, επιμέλεια Γ. Ι. Παπαδόπουλος. Σαρδελής, Δ. Δίτσας, Π as Κλασσική μηχανική
- German
- Turkish, by Kemal Çolakoğlu as Klasik mekanik (stok kodu: 9789757477563)
- Spanish, as Mecánica clásica (ediciones Urmo, Bilbao, january/1987)
- Portuguese, as Mecânica clássica
Reception
[edit]The various editions are held in 1789 libraries.[2] In comparison, the various (2011) editions of Herbert Goldstein's Classical Mechanics are held in 1772 libraries[3]
The original edition was reviewed in Current Science.[4] The fourth edition was reviewed by C. Isenberg in 1997 in the European Journal of Physics,[5] and the fifth edition was reviewed in Contemporary Physics.[6]
Contents (5th edition)
[edit]- Preface
- Useful Constants and Units
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Linear motion
- Chapter 3: Energy and Angular momentum
- Chapter 4: Central Conservative Forces
- Chapter 5: Rotating Frames
- Chapter 6: Potential Theory
- Chapter 7: The Two-Body Problem
- Chapter 8: Many-Body Systems
- Chapter 9: Rigid Bodies
- Chapter 10: Lagrangian mechanics
- Chapter 11: Small oscillations and Normal modes
- Chapter 12: Hamiltonian mechanics
- Chapter 13: Dynamical systems and their geometry
- Chapter 14: Order and Chaos in Hamiltonian systems
- Appendix A: Vectors
- Appendix B: Conics
- Appendix C: Phase plane Analysis near Critical Points
- Appendix D: Discrete Dynamical Systems – Maps
- Answers to Problems
- Bibliography
- Index
See also
[edit]
- Newtonian mechanics
- Classical Mechanics (Goldstein book)
- List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics
References
[edit]- ^ World Cat author listing
- ^ World Cat item record
- ^ WorldCat item record
- ^ C V R (October 1966). "Current Science Vol.-35 No.-17". Current Science. 35 (20): 526.
- ^ Isenberg, C. (March 1997). "Review of Classical Mechanics, 4th ed". European Journal of Physics. 18 (2). doi:10.1088/0143-0807/18/2/017. S2CID 250869052.
- ^ Solomon, Allan I. (November 2012). "Review of Classical Mechanics, 5th ed". Contemporary Physics. 53 (6): 542–543. Bibcode:2012ConPh..53..542S. doi:10.1080/00107514.2012.739661. S2CID 120514537.