A First Course in Mechanics
$83.42
- Paperback
204 pages
- Release Date
4 April 1991
Summary
This textbook provides a simple introduction to mechanics for students coming to the subject for the first time. The text is based on courses given to first and second year undergraduates and has been written with this audience in mind. Prerequisites are only a basic familiarity with vectors, matrices, and elementary calculus. The author’s aim is to provide an understanding of Newtonian mechanics using the tools of modern algebra. The firstchapters of the book introduce the fundamentals of t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198534334 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198534337 |
| Series: | Oxford Science Publications |
| Author: | Lunn |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 204 |
| Edition: | 0002nd |
| Release Date: | 4 April 1991 |
| Weight: | 305g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 13mm |
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‘This textbook provides a simple introduction to mechanics for studentscoming to the subject for the first time.’ L’Enseignement Mathematique
`This textbook provides a simple introduction to mechanics for students coming to the subject for the first time.’ L’Enseignement Mathematique’The text is well written and presented using an adequate mathematical apparatus in an up to date formulation.’M. Baake, Mathematics Abstracts, Vol. 714’This is a nice book … The presentation is clear throughout. Problems and some answers are given. It is suitable for strong first and second year undergraduates.‘Mathematika, 38 (1991)
About The Author
Lunn
Mary Lunn is at St Hugh’s College, Oxford.
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