01542nam a22001937a 4500003001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075040000700093041001200100082001400112100001500126245006500141260004700206300003200253365006400285520096600349650003301315St Aloysius Coll20260305180221.0260227b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781009594547  cAL  aEnglish  a531bTONC  aDavid Tong  aClassical mechanicsb: lectures on theoretical physics Vol 1  aNew YorkbCambridge University Pressc2025  axii, 422p.bPBc25.2x17.5cm  2Generala6287b₹2806.00c₹d₹3507.00e20%f24/02/2026  aAny education in theoretical physics begins with the laws of classical mechanics. The basics of the subject were laid down long ago by Galileo and Newton and are enshrined in the famous equation F=ma that we all learn in school. But there is much more to the subject, and, in the intervening centuries, the laws of classical mechanics were reformulated to emphasis deeper concepts such as energy, symmetry, and action. This textbook describes these different approaches to classical mechanics, starting with Newton's laws before turning to subsequent developments such as the Varangian and Hamiltonian approaches. The book emphasizes Noether's profound insights into symmetries and conservation laws, as well as Einstein's vision of spacetime, encapsulated in the theory of special relativity. Classical mechanics is not the last word on theoretical physics. But it is the foundation for all that follows. The purpose of this book is to provide this foundation.  2Classical MechanicsaPhysics