Classical Mechanics (5th Edition)

I found this book to be a fantastic overview of classical mechanics. Having already had a fairly extensive background in undergraduate level math and physics, I found the level on which this book operates to be a perfect next step: very rigorous but clear, with many excellent problems at the end of each chapter which introduce important topics and provide a good range of difficulty. This would probably not be a good introduction to the topic, but would be excellent for anyone with at least the equivalent of a freshman physics and calculus course under their belt who wants a more advanced treatment.

This is a great book! It may sound like a minor detail, but the font on a paperback textbook makes all the difference in the world! The author spaces the text from the equations and uses a very elegant style to format everything. He strategically uses the dot-notation for time derivatives in places to reduce clutter and d/dt notation where emphasis is needed. The subjects are arranged in a fluid fashion and is suitable for [in my opinion] both Intermediate and Graduate level Mechanics.

You're going to have to do some leg work of your own to fully grasp classical mechanics from this text, but as a primer, or a theoretical background, it's a fairly solid textbook.

Logically complete, your questions will always have an answer if you look for them. The build-up of concepts based on previous concepts is complete. Examples are thought-provoking and rarely tedious. Explanations are precise, clear, and complete, and not wordy.

This book wad required for class.

I've just finished up to Chapter 4 andeverything I read is excellent. It hasvery good reviews of vectors and tensorsin the appendix. Answers to the exercisesare also provided.

I purchased this book based on a course on "Applied Math" in college; any years ago. Turns out; what was once a broad-based study is, nowadays, divided into about 6 or 7 disciplines. Some, completely outside the true purpose of Applied Math. Bottom line: the current approach will (does) lead to a plethora of engineers/problem solvers, that will/do lack the broad-based education that allows creativity to flourish. books like this help me to understand why engineering problem solvers, cannot truly solve the problems they were hired to solve.

Packs a lot for its (thankfully) small physical size. Great review/reference travel text.