Classical Mechanics: A Modern Perspective

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About the Book
This outstanding volume in the McGraw-Hill International Series in Pure and Applied Physics provides solid coverage of the principles of mechanics in a well-written, accessible style. Topic coverage for the second edition of Classical Mechanics: A Modern Perspective includes linear motion, energy conservation, Lagrange's equations, momentum conservation, as well as discussions of nonlinear mechanics and relativity. The text is comprehensive and designed to be appropriate for one- or two-semester introductory mechanics courses.
Drs. Barger and Olsson have taken great care to provide readers with the most understandable presentation possible, including an abundance of new and relevant examples, problems, and interesting applications. In order to develop the most up-to-date coverage of mechanics in the second edition, the authors have included modern coverage of topics in chaos and cosmology, as well as numerous discussions of numerical techniques.
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About the Book
This outstanding volume in the McGraw-Hill International Series in Pure and Applied Physics provides solid coverage of the principles of mechanics in a well-written, accessible style. Topic coverage for the second edition of Classical Mechanics: A Modern Perspective includes linear motion, energy conservation, Lagrange's equations, momentum conservation, as well as discussions of nonlinear mechanics and relativity. The text is comprehensive and designed to be appropriate for one- or two-semester introductory mechanics courses.
Drs. Barger and Olsson have taken great care to provide readers with the most understandable presentation possible, including an abundance of new and relevant examples, problems, and interesting applications. In order to develop the most up-to-date coverage of mechanics in the second edition, the authors have included modern coverage of topics in chaos and cosmology, as well as numerous discussions of numerical techniques.
About the Authors
Vernon D. Barger earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the Pennsylvania State University and joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1963, where he continues to teach and do research. He is currently Vilas Professor and Director of the Institute for Elementary Particle Physics Research. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii and the University of Durham, and a visiting scientist at the SLAC, CERN, and Rutherford Laboratories. Dr. Barger's fellowships include Fellow of the American Physical Society, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, and Senior Visiting Fellow of the British Science-Engineering Research Council. He has coauthored three other textbooks and has published more than 300 scientific articles.
Martin G. Olsson earned his B.S. degree at the California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. degree at the University of Maryland. A member of the University of Wisconsin faculty since 1964, he has published over 100 research papers. With Barger he also coauthored the textbook Classical Electricity and Magnetism: A Contemporary Perspective. He was the recipient of a university distinguished teaching award and has served as chair of the Physics Department. He has held visiting positions at the University of Durham and at CERN, Los Alamos, and Rutherford Laboratories. Vissza