Classical Mechanics

by Brian Cowan

The study of mechanics plays a central role in physics for a whole variety of reasons. It was one of the earliest of the quantitative sciences, and had immediate practical applications. These ranged from the study of the motion of projectiles in warfare to the motion of the planets, predicting the seasons, eclipses, etc. At the present time, even though superseded on the very small scale by quantum theory and on the very large scale by the theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0710202806
• ISBN13: 9780710202802
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"