An Introduction To Mechanics
By Daniel Kleppner, Robert Kolenkow
* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
* Number Of Pages: 600
* Publication Date: 1973-03-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0070350485
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780070350489
Summary: Good introduction to mechanics, but could use revision
Rating: 4
I used this book my first semester at Columbia (2801) after taking 2 years of HS physics prior. The explanatory portions of the chapters sometimes were confusingly assembled but in general contained a lot of material that was helpful in solving the problems later on. The problems were challenging and sometimes frustrating because different colleges' solution manuals DISAGREED on the answers for some of the questions. One very helpful revision to this book could be a solutions manual or simply non-typoed answers in the back of the book. I happened to dislike the relativity chapters because my professor, a particle physicist, worked the problems in a completely different way, with natural units instead of physical units.
This book is good if it is supplemented with solid lectures. I found that trying to review material directly from the book was difficult because of the slightly incoherent structure. But the problems and depth of material "felt" just right. If this book were revised, with answers in the back, slightly different presentation order, maybe proofs on SHM, and better images for kicks, I'm certain it would merit 5-stars.
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