Introduction To Classical Mechanics

Unfortunately did not cover waves which I understand the aurhor is writing at present.

I can't help but get the feeling that most bad reviews here are from people who are frustrated with the difficulty of the problems in this book.I was initially shocked by the amount of insights contained in every section! Throughout this book, the author presents various helpful examples with proper commentary. He points out the subtle points and he always shares his -at many instances, unique- insights. He is very verbose but everything he mentions is great and very beneficial for the reader!After Dr. Morin has provided the reader with the proper background to solve the exercises (without ever rushing it), he proceeds to solved exercises. There are lots of them in each chapter (about 20-30 each chapter). After this, the author provides the reader with a lot of unsolved exercises for him to solve alone.So, we now come back to the first sentence of this review. Many complain that the problems are diabolically difficult. Well, after so many worked out examples, I think that having difficult problems (with solutions of course) is a natural extension. The reader starts solving easy exercises, and they gradually get more difficult. Moreover, the problems are themselves very interesting and quite a few of them require creative thinking, which is amazing!Furthermore, for the reviewers who found that the exercises were too difficult, it is not expected by every reader to be able to solve the more difficult exercises. This is a book for everyone: from dumb people to really smart; it's just that the smarter you are, the more exercises you can solve, which is only natural. Mediocre students can skip the various insights and just go over the solved problems and refer to the solutions when they can't solve them. Anybody at a higher level than them can appreciate the insights, try to solve the solved problems and then proceed to the unsolved ones. Of course, as I said, you can't expect to solve everything because some exercises are for the really smart reader. But, it's safe to say that anyone who sticks with this book, no matter what his/her level is, is going to learn a lot about the concepts described here and learn how to solve much more difficult exercises than they thought they would be able to solve. Not being able to solve all of them is only natural for a book that does not assume that its reader is dumb.For me, insightful books like this should be in every physicist's bookshelf.

This is an excellent book, a must have. David Morin has the gift of crystal clear explaining things that are usually taken for granted in other books but are needed for a fundamental understanding of the matter. This book is full of very interesting problems from simple to very challenging, that help a lot in truly learning the concepts and creating a solid foundation for other physics courses.

This book is amazing, my only drawback is that some of the methods used are not as well explained as I had hoped. I am stuck going through this book because I have used other methods. This is good in a way as there are different methods for the same problem and this is now making me find out more about the methods used herein.

Excellent

arrived ahead of schedule. well pleased.

Great

I have bought this book in order to have a good reference for my study of classical mechanics. Now this book probably shares the top spot of my favourite textbooks with Feynman's lectures on Physics. There are a couple of thing I really like about this book;1.) The author is very thorough and goes in a lot of details (I especially like the remarks that highlight some of the important details)2.) The problems are well chosen, instructive and illustrate particular points in the topic + some of the problems are impossibly hard3.) The book is very rigorous and the author always tries to explain things in a wide variety of ways4.) Probably most importantly; The explanation is coherent and logically sound and the explanations are mathematically diligent as well as physically sound. This is probably the most distinguishing feature of this book form the others that normally to heavily rely on the mathematical explanation of physical concepts.To sum up; I would strongly recommend this book to everyone who really wants to understand physics and not just pass examinations.[University of Cambridge Physics (NatSci) Student]

Goes into lots of detail in his explanations. I would call this book an "advanced' introduction to classical mechanics. Good for self-study enthusiasts because he includes for each chapter a Problem Set for which he gives detailed solutions, and an Exercise Set, which does not have solutions. However, if you can get through the Problem Set, which include some really imaginative problems, without too much sweat before looking at the detailed solutions, then the Exercise Set shouldn't be too scary. Book also includes chapters on Relativity (Special and General) just for good measure. There are of course an abundance of Classical Mechanics books out there, as for example Kibble & Berkshire: Classical Mechanics (also a good book for self-study enthusiasts because it provides answers to exercise problems) or Helliwell & Sahakian: Modern Classical Mechanics, and many more. All these books have their pros and cons, but I don't think you will be disappointed with the Morin book. Finally, before undertaking any of these books, it would certainly be helpful if you have had exposure to "advanced" mathematics (vectors, complex analysis, differential equations, matrix analysis, and so on - stuff you would probably take in the first 2 or 3 years at a university.) Unfortunately, to understand classical mechanics to its fullest, mathematics is at its core.

Venia con un detalle golpecitos, pero de ahí en fuera todo bien. Buen libro para iniciarse en mecánica clásica

This is a very well written book. Good problem sets that build student knowledge along with thorough solutions provided after the problem sets.This would not be a good book for either first year physics students or first year honors physics students. They may be using this for first year honors at Harvard, but it is doubtful that the students are absorbing more that 50% of the information. There may be the exceptional student who is already grounded in Calculus and intro diff eqns along with a well developed AP physics, but most first year honors will be in over their heads.With that said, this would be a very good third year mechanics course text. The only real shortcoming is it is missing information on Hamiltonian, non-linear, chaos and such, but that could easily be supplemented during second semester. This treatise is much much better that Taylor's Classical Mechanics which is overly verbose, introduces other nomenclature at the same time it is introducing mechanics (no need to add to student's burdens by using different nomenclature than they are used to). Taylor's examples, problem and answer sets are very weak and add little value to that text.This particular text should be strongly considered for third year physics mechanics along.

Para um aluno de graduação livro é excelente,traz definições incríveis sobre os tópicos de mecânica clássica e a boa escrita do autor ajuda muito os estudantes.

Best textbook for the ones who love mathematics. This book is for those who get exited by seeing mathematics in physics. Almost all the chapters of 11-12 th mathematics is used in this textbook.If you are having a good knowledge of high school mathematics then and only then pick it. If not, then first complete RD Sharma JEE Mathematics and multivariate calculus from Thomas Calculus. Excellent book to feel the mathematical beauty and power of mathematics. Highly recommended for mathematics geeks .PS - For reading this book, you must have good grip on high school physics,for that do HC Verma.