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  2. To address this problem Jack Wisdom and I, with help from Hardy Mayer, have written [Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics] and are teaching a class at MIT that uses computational techniques to communicate a deeper understanding of Classical mechanics. We use computational algorithms to express the methods used to analyze ...

  3. An Introduction to Mechanics - Wikipedia

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    An Introduction to Mechanics, commonly referred to as Kleppner and Kolenkow, is an undergraduate level textbook on classical mechanics coauthored by physicists Daniel Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow. It originated as the textbook for a one- semester mechanics course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where both Kleppner and Kolenkow ...

  4. The Theoretical Minimum - Wikipedia

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    The series commenced with What You Need to Know (above) reissued under the title Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum. The series presently stands at four books (as of early 2023) covering the first four of six core courses devoted to: classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , special relativity and classical field theory , general ...

  5. Mechanics - Wikipedia

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    For instance, in Newtonian mechanics, the kinetic energy of a free particle is E = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ mv 2, whereas in relativistic mechanics, it is E = (γ − 1)mc 2 (where γ is the Lorentz factor; this formula reduces to the Newtonian expression in the low energy limit).

  6. List of textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

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    Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list Translated by J. Kestin (1956) New York: Academic Press. Ehrenfest, Paul and Tatiana (1912). The conceptual foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. German Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences.

  7. Mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Various machine components used in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. [1]

  8. Hamilton–Jacobi equation - Wikipedia

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    The Hamilton–Jacobi equation is a formulation of mechanics in which the motion of a particle can be represented as a wave. In this sense, it fulfilled a long-held goal of theoretical physics (dating at least to Johann Bernoulli in the eighteenth century) of finding an analogy between the propagation of light and the motion of a particle.

  9. University Physics - Wikipedia

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    University Physics, informally known as the Sears & Zemansky, is the name of a two-volume physics textbook written by Hugh Young and Roger Freedman. The first edition of University Physics was published by Mark Zemansky and Francis Sears in 1949.