Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and Continua

Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and ContinuaThis two part text fills what has often been a void in the first year graduate physics curriculum. Through its examination of particles and continua, it supplies a lucid and self contained account of classical mechanics which in turn provides a natural framework for introducing many of the advanced mathematical concepts in physics. The text opens with Newton's laws of motion and systematically develops the dynamics of classical particles, with

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