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.

Publication history

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 (stok kodu: 9789757477563)
Spanish, as Mecánica clásica (ediciones Urmo, Bilbao, january/1987)
Portuguese, as Mecânica clássica

Reception

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)

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

References

^ World Cat author listing
^ World Cat item record
^ WorldCat item record
^ C V R (October 1966). "Current Science Vol.-35 No.-17". Current Science. 35 (20): 526.
^ Isenberg, C. (March 1997). "Review of Classical Mechanics, 4th ed". European Journal of Physics. 18 (2). doi:10.1088/0143-0807/18/2/017. S2CID 250869052.
^ Solomon, Allan I. (November 2012). "Review of Classical Mechanics, 5th ed". Contemporary Physics. 53 (6): 542–543. Bibcode:2012ConPh..53..542S. doi:10.1080/00107514.2012.739661. S2CID 120514537.

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