Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire)
{{short description|Textbook by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire}}
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| author = {{nowrap|Tom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire}}
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| country = UK
| language = English
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| subject = Physics
| genre = Non-fiction; science text
| publisher = Imperial College Press
| pub_date = 2004
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| pages = 500
| isbn = 978-1-86094-435-2
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Classical Mechanics is a textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire of the Imperial College Mathematics Department. The book covers the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all of physics.
Publication history
The first edition was published in 1966, and until the fourth edition (published in 1996), Thomas Kibble was the sole author.[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AT+W+B+kibble&qt=results_page#x0%253Abook-%2C%2528x0%253Abook%2Bx4%253Adigital%2529format World Cat author listing]
The book has been translated into several languages, including French, Greek, German, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese.
Reception
The original edition was reviewed in Current Science.{{cite journal|journal=Current Science|volume=35|issue=20|author=C V R|title=Current Science Vol.-35 No.-17|page=526|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.147456/page/n111|date=October 1966}}
The fourth edition was reviewed by C. Isenberg in 1997 in the European Journal of Physics,{{cite journal|last=Isenberg|first=C.|date=March 1997|doi=10.1088/0143-0807/18/2/017|issue=2|journal=European Journal of Physics|title=Review of Classical Mechanics, 4th ed.|volume=18|s2cid=250869052 }} and the fifth edition was reviewed in Contemporary Physics.{{cite journal|last=Solomon|first=Allan I.|bibcode=2012ConPh..53..542S|date=November 2012|doi=10.1080/00107514.2012.739661|issue=6|journal=Contemporary Physics|pages=542–543|title=Review of Classical Mechanics, 5th ed.|volume=53|s2cid=120514537}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p310}} {{doi|10.1142/p310}}