●1. Elementary Newtonian Mechanics
●1.1 Newton's Laws(1687) and Their Interpretation
●1.2 Uniform Rectilinear Motion and Inertial Systems
●……
●2. The Principles of Canonical Mechanics
●3. The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies
●4. Relativistic Mechanics
●5. Geometric Aspects of Mechanics
●6. Stability and Chaos
●7. Continuous Systems
●Exercises
●Solution of Exercises
●Appendix
●A. Some Mathematical Notions
●B. Historical Notes
●Bibliography
●Index
內容簡介
《力學(第5版)(英文)》將力學作為理論物理學的一部分來介紹,首先從廣義坐標和*小作用量原理導出拉格朗日方程,以後分別論述守恆定律、運動方程的積分、質點踫撞理論、微振動和剛體運動理論,*後詳細論述了哈密頓方程和正則變換等相關課題。全書以簡潔的敘述給出了解決力學問題的*接近和*直接的方法。