Classical Mechanics: a Critical Introduction

Classical mechanics : a Critical IntroductionMichael Cohen, Professor EmeritusDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA 19104-6396 Copyright 2011, 2012with Solutions Manual byLarry Gladney, J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty ExcellenceDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Pennsylvania Why, a four-year-old child could understand out and find me a four-year-old child. - GROUCHOiREVISED PREFACE (Jan. 2013)Anyone who has taught the standard Introductory mechanics coursemore than a few times has most likely formed some fairly definite ideas re-garding how the basic concepts should be presented, and will have identified(rightly or wrongly) the most common sources of difficulty for the increasing number of people who think seriously about physics peda-gogy have questioned the effectiveness of the traditional classroom with theProfessor lecturing and the students listening (perhaps).

for a cylinder rolling down an inclined plane or for an oscillating pendulum, and can calculate the tension in the wire when a picture is hanging on a wall. The practical importance of the subject hardly requires demonstration in a world which contains automobiles, buildings, airplanes, bridges, and ballistic missiles.

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