Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire book)

*Classical Mechanics (5th ed.)*

Author	Tom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire
Country	UK
Language	English
Subject	Physics
Genre	Non-fiction; science text
Publisher	Imperial College Press
Publication date	2004
Pages	500
ISBN	978-1-86094-435-2 (pbk)

Classical Mechanics (5th ed.) is a well-established textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble, FRS, (born 1932) 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.

Publication history

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:

French, by Michel Le Ray and Françoise Guérin as Mécanique classique
Modern Greek, by Δ. Σαρδελής και Π. Δίτσας, επιμέλεια Γ. Ι. Παπαδόπουλος. Σαρδελής, Δ. Δίτσας, Π as 'Κλασσική μηχανική
German
Turkish, by Kemal Çolakoğlu as Klasik mekanik
Spanish, as Mecánica clásica
Portuguese as Mecanica classica

Reception

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 4th ed. was reviewed by F H Berkshire, and C Isenberg in 1997 in European Journal of Physics 18, no. 2: 129. It was also reviewed in New Scientist and Contemporary Physics.

Contents (5th edition)

Preface
Useful Constants and Units
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Linear motion
Chapter 3: Energy and Angular momentum
Chapter 4: Central Conservative Forces
Chapter 5: Rotating Frames
Chapter 6: Potential Theory
Chapter 7: The Two-Body Problem
Chapter 8: Many-Body Systems
Chapter 9: Rigid Bodies
Chapter 10: Lagrangian mechanics
Chapter 11: Small oscillations and Normal modes
Chapter 12: Hamiltonian mechanics
Chapter 13: Dynamical systems and their geometry
Chapter 14: Order and Chaos in Hamiltonian systems
Appendix A: Vectors
Appendix B: Conics
Appendix C: Phase plane Analysis near Critical Points
Appendix D: Discrete Dynamical Systems – Maps
Answers to Problems
Bibliography
Index

References

External links

Book's homepage at Imperial College Press

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