Keith Symon. Mechanics

Second Edition. — Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc., 1964. — 556 p.This text is intended as the basis for an intermediate course in mechanics at the undergraduate level. Such a course, as essential preparation for advanced work in physics, has several major objectives. It must develop in the student a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of mechanics. It should treat in detail certain specific problems of primary importance in physics, for example, the harmonic oscillator, and the motion of a particle under a central force. The problems suggested and those worked out in the text have been chosen with regard to their interest and importance in physics, as well as to their instructive value. This book contains sufficient material for a two-semester course, and is arranged in such a way that, with appropriate omissions, it can be used for a single three- or four-hour course for one semester. The author has used the material in the first seven chapters in a three-hour course in mechanics.