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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 531.11
EAN num: 9780534408961
ISBN number: 0534408966
Label: Brooks Cole
Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 672
Printing Date: July 07, 2003
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This best-selling classical mechanics text, written for the advanced undergraduate one- or two-semester course, provides a complete account of the classical mechanics of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies. Vector calculus is used extensively to explore topics.The Lagrangian formulation of mechanics is introduced early to show its powerful problem solving ability.. Modern notation and terminology are used throughout in support of the text's objective: to facilitate students' transition to advanced physics and the mathematical formalism needed for the quantum theory of physics. CLASSICAL DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES AND SYSTEMS can easily be used for a one- or two-semester course, depending on the instructor's choice of topics.
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This book really isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is. Personally, I would cover the chapters in a different order than the book, treating the Lagrangian formation first. Maybe that's what you're supposed to do anyways, since the very first couple of chapters are intended to be review. Some of the exercises in this book are just silly and expect to use at least 5 sheets of paper to get through the inane calculations and algebra. For more advanced readers, I would recommend Landau instead, but all together not too bad.
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They just sent me a CD, not a book. I wanted to have a hard copy!!!! The .pdf file is not worth for the price I paid for.
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I used this book as a physics undergrad in the mid '90s. Like so many others on this site, my copy of M&T split in half before the semester was even half over. I'd sure love my $80 back plus interest...
I thought some of the later chapters were quite good -- particularly the one on Lagrangian dynamics -- but the very first few chapters didn't strike me as particularly well written. More than a decade later, I can still recall a problem in Chapter 2 that wasn't even remotely covered anywhere in the chapter itself. It somehow managed to survive to the 4th edition, and I'd be willing to bet it's in the 5th as well.
There were lots of things I liked about Marion and Thornton, but generally speaking, if students are expected to plunk down this kind of money for texts on fairly venerable topics, the content should be QA-tested, and the book itself should be reasonably well-constructed.
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Pros: Great reference text. The examples are clear and there are generally a lot of them. The notation is generally very readable.
Cons: The price. As with almost any physics text, this one is most easily understood if you can compare it to another book of the same level (might I recommend Taylor?) However, the price of this book makes that impractical at best.
This book is a good text. It is one of the very first books that physics students encounter after their introductory courses which makes for a very challenging semester. I think that may be why it has recieved so many poor reviews. . .
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I use this text in my spring sophomore-level mechanics class. There are no perfect texts for this level, but this is the best one out there. The book does assume that you either have a solid base of mathematics or are willing to learn during the course. That's typical in a physics class; you learn mathematics while learning physics, and so its a good introduction to the style of more advanced physics classes. While the chapter on nonlinearity doesn't fit well with the other chapters, and I wish Lagrangian's were moved later in the text, its still a better choice then most other texts for most students. Less mathematically prepared students could use Taylor's text, for example, and more mathematically prepared students should use Goldstein and landau, but this book aims at the middle of lower division physics majors.
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