An Introduction to Mechanics, commonly referred to as Kleppner and Kolenkow, is an undergraduate-level textbook on classical mechanics written by physicists Daniel Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow. It originated as the textbook for a one-semester mechanics course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where both Kleppner and Kolenkow taught, intended to go deeper than an ordinary first-year course. The first edition was published in 1973 by McGraw Hill and republished in 2010 by Cambridge University Press (CUP), which also published the second edition in 2013.
Table of contents (2nd edition) Preface To the Teacher List of Examples Chapter 1: Vectors and Kinematics Chapter 2: Newton's Laws Chapter 3: Forces and Equations of Motion Chapter 4: Momentum Chapter 5: Energy Chapter 6: Topics in Dynamics Chapter 7: Angular Momentum and Fixed Axis Rotation Chapter 8: Rigid Body Motion Chapter 9: Non-Inertial Systems and Fictitious Forces Chapter 10: Central Force Motion Chapter 11: The Harmonic Oscillator Chapter 12: The Special Theory of Relativity Chapter 13: Relativistic Dynamics Chapter 14: Spacetime Physics Hints, Clues, and Answers to Selected Problems Appendix A: Miscellaneous Physical and Astronomical Data Appendix B: Greek Alphabet Appendix C: SI Prefixes Index
Reception The first edition of the book was criticized for sexism in the exercises, though this was improved in the second edition.
See also
Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein Course of Theoretical Physics Vol. 1: Mechanics by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz List of textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics
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