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Author | Tom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire |
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Country | UK |
Language | English |
Subject | Physics |
Genre | Non-fiction; science text |
Publisher | Imperial College Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
Pages | 500 |
ISBN | ISBN:978-1-86094-435-2 (pbk) |
Classical Mechanics is a well-established textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire of the Imperial College Mathematics Department. The book provides a thorough coverage of the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all of physics.
The English language editions were published as follows:[1]
The first edition was published by Kibble, as Kibble, T. W. B. Classical Mechanics. London: McGraw–Hill, 1966. 296 p.
The second ed., also just by Kibble, was in 1973 .
The 4th, jointly with F H Berkshire, was is 1996
The 5th, jointly with F H Berkshire, in 2004
The book has been translated into several languages:
The various editions are held in 1789 libraries.[2] In comparison, the various (2011) editions of Herbert Goldstein's Classical Mechanics are held in 1772. libraries[3]
The original edition was reviewed in Current Science.[4] The fourth edition was reviewed by C. Isenberg in 1997 in the European Journal of Physics,[5] and the fifth edition was reviewed in Contemporary Physics.[6]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire).
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