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Devoted to the foundation of mechanics, namely classical Newtonian mechanics, the subject is based mainly on Galileo's principle of relativity and Hamilton's principle of least action. The exposition is simple and leads to the most complete direct means of solving problems in mechanics. Th...

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Main Author: Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Lifshit︠s︡, E. M. (Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from Russian.
Published: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996, ©1976.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968. Teoretichesskai︠a︡ fizika. v. 1.
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Summary:Devoted to the foundation of mechanics, namely classical Newtonian mechanics, the subject is based mainly on Galileo's principle of relativity and Hamilton's principle of least action. The exposition is simple and leads to the most complete direct means of solving problems in mechanics. The final sections on adiabatic invariants have been revised and augmented. In addition a short biography of L D Landau has been inserted.
Item Description:"Translated from the 3rd revised and enlarged edition of Mekhanika by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Nauka, Moscow, 1993"--Title page verso
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 170 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780080503479
0080503470