Introductory Classical Mechanics

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Classical Mechanics is the study of large-scale physical phenomena. We will study the laws of motion formulated by Sir Isaac Newton and expand on them to discuss space and time, particle dynamics, work and potential energy, momentum, rigid bodies and rotational dynamics, as well as introducing concepts in Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.

Contents 1 Lectures 2 Course materials 2.1 Books 2.2 Wikibooks 3 See also 4 External links

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1. Introduction
2. Units of Measurement
3. Vectors
4. Position, Velocity, Speed and Acceleration

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• Feynman, Richard, Robert Leighton, Matthew Sands (1963). The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol I. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-02116-1.

• Kleppner, Daniel, Robert J. Kolenkow (1973). An Introduction to Mechanics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 546 pp. ISBN 07-035048-5.

[edit] Wikibooks

• Physics with Calculus
• Classical Mechanics
• Introduction to Theoretical Physics

[edit] See also

• Classical Mechanics

[edit] External links

• 8.01 Classical Mechanics at MIT OpenCourseWare
  Taught by Prof. Walter Lewin