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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 531 EAN: 9780201657029 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0201657023 Label: Addison Wesley Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 680 Publication Date: June 25, 2001 Publisher: Addison Wesley Studio: Addison Wesley Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: For thirty years this has been the acknowledged standard in advanced classical mechanics courses. This classic book enables readers to make connections between classical and modern physics - an indispensable part of a physicist's education. In this new edition, Beams Medal winner Charles Poole and John Safko have updated the book to include the latest topics, applications, and notation, to reflect today's physics curriculum. They introduce readers to the increasingly important role that nonlinearities play in contemporary applications of classical mechanics. New numerical exercises help readers to develop skills in how to use computer techniques to solve problems in physics. Mathematical techniques are presented in detail so that the book remains fully accessible to readers who have not had an intermediate course in classical mechanics. For college instructors and students. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - sucksonce again, another crappy grad physics book. difficult problems that don't really teach you a damn thing. the flow is incoherent and leaves out key steps in derivations. Rating:  - ExcellentAn outstandingly good quality book, both in content and in the book itself. Very satisfied. Rating:  - Could be worse...Goldstein has very hit and miss moments in the book. Sometimes he is incredibly clear and sometimes he leaves a big question mark over your head with drawn out text. He could have been much more concise in his explanations as he tends to ramble on making a large chunk of text unreadable. However, every graduate student will learn the Kameltonian ;) and appreciate the way Goldstein can present a problem. I would recommend this in conjunction with Landau's text on mechanics. Rating: - Powerful, somewhat old-fashionedThis is one of the most common books used in advanced undergraduate classes in mechanics. It covers the fundamentals of the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism, and many applications are analyzed in great depth. The book is written very carefully, and is full of insightful comments along the way. Due to this reason, the book may look a bit heavy for some readers, but time-conscious readers should be aware of the fact that many of these comments can be skipped without damage. On the other hand, those ... Read More Rating: - Good contents but can be written clearerI gave this book a 4-star because some parts of it are in fact not so clearly written, as some of the previous reviewers have pointed out. Yet it is probably the only book out there that explains classical mechanics at the level of sophistication and comprehensiveness suitable for an advanced physics student. This book is aimed at the graduate audience but in my opinion any undergraduate students with a solid introductory mechanics course should have no problem understanding most of the materials in this ... Read More 
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