Newtonian Mechanics - A Modelling Approach

Newtonian mechanics is a towering intellectual achievement that doesn't need to be daunting. This text will walk you through introductory topics all the way to some advanced material, making it the perfect desk reference. The problem-solving aspects are fully developed, showing you how problems are approached and bringing out the ways of going about constructing a model and solution.

List of contents

1: Mechanical Models
2: Forces
3: Kinematics
4: Energy
5: Motion
6: Momentum
7: Orbital Motion
8: Oscillations
9: Rigid Bodies
10: Stability of Motion
11: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics
Index

About the author

Raine Derek:
Derek Raine, PhD, is director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester. His research has ranged over relativity, quantum field theory, astrophysics, and more recently, biophysics and complex systems.

Product details

• Authors: Derek Raine
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2021
• EAN: 9781683926825
• ISBN: 978-1-68392-682-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 16 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 489 g
• Series: Essentials of Physics Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous