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Me too. Lagrangian mechanics are almost the only thing about my physics undergrad where I still recall thinking "wow this is awesome!"
by randlet 12y ago
Me too. Lagrangian mechanics are almost the only thing about my physics undergrad where I still recall thinking "wow this is awesome!"
- nileshtrivedi 12y agoWhere can I find a good introduction to Lagrangian mechanics?
- thrownaway2424 12y agoCollege.
- sigterm 12y agoAny undergraduate classical mechanics text book such as this one should cover it: http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Dynamics-Particles-Systems-Thornton/dp/0534408966 http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Dynamics-Particles-Systems-T...
- ivan_ah 12y agoI highly recommend Classical Mechanics by Goldstein et al. http://www.abebooks.com/9780201657029/Classical-Mechanics-Goldstein-Herbert-Poole-0201657023/plp http://www.abebooks.com/9780201657029/Classical-Mechanics-Go...
- msds 12y agoLandau and Lifshitz's Classical Mechanics - dense, high level, the classic text.
- randlet 12y agoWe used a combination of Goldstein (a classic as another poster pointed out) and Marion & Thornton's Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems (which was good but not great).
- codezero 12y agoI love how everyone has their favorite Classical Mechanics text and how they are almost all very different, though Goldstein and Marion almost always top the lists. I learned from a less established text by Taylor: http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Mechanics-John-R-Taylor/dp/189138922X http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Mechanics-John-R-Taylor/dp/1... Looks unavailable, but a PDF is very clearly the second result on Google for "Classical Mechanics Taylor" so it may be a good option for the tight budget :)