Introductory Classical Mechanics

A physical pendulum

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.

Lectures

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

Course materials

Books

• 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. pp. 546 pp. ISBN 0070350485. 

• Halliday David; Resnick Robert; Krane S. Kenneth (1992). A student's companion to accompany Physics, fourth edition, volumes one and two. New York: Wiley. ISBN 0471518735. 

Wikibooks

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

See also

• Classical Mechanics

External links

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

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