Bibliography

This is a partial list of good references.

The textbook will be John R. Taylor, Classical Mechanics, ISBN 1-891389-22-X. We will not be covering every section but the course will follow the book in large parts and reading and problem assignments will be given from the book.

There are many books on Python programming and using Jupyter notebooks.  We will supply references elsewhere.  Of particular interest for our topic is (although our treatment will be more advanced):

• Anders Malthe-Sorenssen, Elementary Mechanics Using Python [click on SpringerLink for a downloadable pdf]

Other textbooks that you may want to have a look at as resources to supplement how our main book presents the material are

• David Morin, Introduction to Classical Mechanics [OSU Safari e-book]

• Reinhard Hentschke, Classical Mechanics: including an introduction to the theory of elasticity [click on SpringerLink for a downloadable pdf]

• Walter Greiner, Classical Mechanics: Systems of Particles and Hamiltonian Dynamics [OSU library e-book]

• Leonard Susskind, The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need To Know To Start Doing Physics [OSU Safari e-book]

• Keith Symon, Mechanics, ISBN 0-201-07392-7

• Douglas Davis, Classical mechanics, ISBN 0-122-06340-6

• Stephen Thornton and Jerry Marion, Classical dynamics of particles and systems, ISBN 0-534-40896-6