Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire)

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.

Classical Mechanics
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First edition
AuthorTom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics
GenreNon-fiction; science text
PublisherImperial College Press
Publication date
2004
Pages500
ISBN978-1-86094-435-2 (pbk)

Publication historyEdit

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 in 1973 . The 4th, jointly with F H Berkshire, was is 1996 The 5th, jointly with F H Berkshire, 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
  • Spanish, as Mecánica clásica
  • Portuguese as Mecanica classica

ReceptionEdit

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


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