Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire)

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Classical Mechanics
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First edition
Author Tom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire
Language English
Subject Physics
GenreNon-fiction; science text
Publisher Imperial College Press
Publication date
2004
Publication place UK
Pages500
ISBN 978-1-86094-435-2 (pbk)

Classical Mechanics is a textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire of the Imperial College Mathematics Department. The book covers the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all of physics.

Contents

Publication history

The first edition was published in 1966, and until the fourth edition (published in 1996), Thomas Kibble was the sole author. [1]

The book has been translated into several languages, including French, Greek, German, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese.

Reception

The original edition was reviewed in Current Science . [2] The fourth edition was reviewed by C. Isenberg in 1997 in the European Journal of Physics , [3] and the fifth edition was reviewed in Contemporary Physics . [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Cat author listing
  2. ↑ C V R (October 1966). "Current Science Vol.-35 No.-17". Current Science . 35 (20): 526.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
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