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'Kleppner and Kolenkow's An Introduction to Mechanics is a classic textbook as useful today as when it was first published in 1973. It covers classical mechanics and energy through planetary orbits and oscillators as well as special relativity helping well-prepared freshmen to develop the conceptual understanding and mathematical confidence to tackle the analytical dynamics and quantum mechanics that is to come. Of particular note is the treatment of the difficult subject of rigid body dynamics. The worked examples and problems thoughtfully confront and resolve many of the confusions that students typically encounter.' Roger Blandford, Stanford University
'… the 'gold standard' for a mechanics text at this level and should be on the bookshelf of every serious student, alongside other classic books like Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics and Goldstein's Classical Mechanics. I am glad to see it is to be re-issued by Cambridge at a more sensible price. This addresses the only negative feature of the book.' David Hanna, McGill University
'Kleppner and Kolenkow is a great textbook for advanced freshmen studying classical mechanics. It does a wonderful job of developing conceptual, mathematical intuition. The text, the examples, and the problems are all engaging and provide students with a strong foundation to become master problem-solvers. It is particularly good for developing an intuition for multivariable calculus in the context of classical mechanics.' Kathryn Moler, Stanford University
'An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow is a great book. It is original and beautifully written and is really the only choice for a serious introduction to mechanics for well prepared physics majors. I very much enjoy the book every time I teach freshman mechanics.' Bruce Winstein, University of Chicago --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
'… the 'gold standard' for a mechanics text at this level and should be on the bookshelf of every serious student, alongside other classic books like Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics and Goldstein's Classical Mechanics. I am glad to see it is to be re-issued by Cambridge at a more sensible price. This addresses the only negative feature of the book.' David Hanna, McGill University
'Kleppner and Kolenkow is a great textbook for advanced freshmen studying classical mechanics. It does a wonderful job of developing conceptual, mathematical intuition. The text, the examples, and the problems are all engaging and provide students with a strong foundation to become master problem-solvers. It is particularly good for developing an intuition for multivariable calculus in the context of classical mechanics.' Kathryn Moler, Stanford University
'An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow is a great book. It is original and beautifully written and is really the only choice for a serious introduction to mechanics for well prepared physics majors. I very much enjoy the book every time I teach freshman mechanics.' Bruce Winstein, University of Chicago --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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In the years since it was first published, this classic introductory textbook has established itself as one of the best-known and most highly regarded descriptions of Newtonian mechanics. Intended for undergraduate students with foundation skills in mathematics and a deep interest in physics, it systematically lays out the principles of mechanics: vectors, Newton's laws, momentum, energy, rotational motion, angular momentum and noninertial systems, and includes chapters on central force motion, the harmonic oscillator, and relativity. Numerous worked examples demonstrate how the principles can be applied to a wide range of physical situations, and more than 600 figures illustrate methods for approaching physical problems. The book also contains over 200 challenging problems to help the student develop a strong understanding of the subject. Password-protected solutions are available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521198219.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can only really say that where the book didn't work for the previous reviewer, it did for me. I found this book to be uniquely helpful amongst those classical mechanics texts that one may come across in their first year of a physics course. Clear, concise, and an unusual emphasis on worked examples of the phenomena described. I can't quite recall at what points the book could be considered too technical-perhaps some may be uncomfortable with the extensive use of vectors almost from the start, but ultimately if one seeks a comprehensive understanding of the subject, utilisation of such mathematical methods are a necessity.
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Format:Paperback
When we look for first year mechanics textbooks, perhaps what we expect nowadays is a colourful picture filled text that goes through the material in a way that allows the student to solve the exam problems correctly. This text on the other hand focuses on what physics is and how physics is discovered, its pace is different to what the student will have so far encountered in high school and the problems will challenge students from all the spectrum until they learn that in order to trully understand how to solve a physics problem one must go beyond using a formula and some algabraic manipulation and use their imagination to break the problem's barriers. Written in the 70's by two of MIT's faculty members, this book is clearly not a breeze but the student who takes mechanics seriously not simpl for the sake of being able to solve standardized physics problems but to understand their meaning and how we can extend what physics is will clearly benefit from using Keppner and Kolenkow's Introduction to Mechanics along with Feynman's classic Lecture's on Physics.
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Format:Hardcover
Well written, deals with topics rarely found in other books (central forces, the solution of the forced oscillator problem, relativity four-vectors, tensor of inertia, etc . . . ) too bad there isn't an analytical counterpart, and too bad for that price, too.
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Very technical and not a layperson's intro to the subject
I found the book very disappointing. I got it as a recommended aid for a first year course in Newtonian physics but I tried reading it through and decided to stick to the lecture... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2001
An Amazing Introduction to Mechanics and SR
This is THE book to buy if you want to learn classical mechanics. Of course, there isn't much theory in classical mechanics, but there are many applications. Read more
Published on 18 July 1999
Excellent.
Good explanation and challenging problems.
Published on 19 Mar 1999
Wonderful, Amazing, Lovely, etc.
Kleppner did it great. With lots of pictures for full understanding and well-chosen problems at the end of each chapter, it is worth buying. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 1999
a challenging read
This book is very thorough. Anyone succeding in reading it will feel like they can solve almost any mechanics problem (at least those in other, lesser texts). Read more
Published on 29 Oct 1998
A challenging introductory mechanics text.
Kleppner does thoroughly cover most topics, but I have found the book cryptic. The connection between the text and the included problems seems vague at best. Read more
Published on 19 Oct 1998
Great book, easy and simple. Worth the money
a textbook for a classroom setting but very easy for self teaching, the author dosn't leave out any thing. Very thought threw. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 1998
One of the best books about Mechanics for beginners!!
This book is a must along with Mr. Feynman well known Lectures for all those high school student's who are thinking to make Physics a major. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 1998
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