力学第5版

　　PurposeandEmphasis．MechanicsnotonlyiStheoldestbranchofphysicsbutwasandstillisthebasisforalloftheoreticalphysics．Ouantummechanicscanhardlybeunderstood，perhapscannotevenbeformulated，withoutagoodknowl．edgeofgeneralmechanics．Fieldtheofiessuchaselectrodynamicsborrowtheirformalframeworkandmanyoftheirbuildingprinciplesfrommechanics．Inshort．throughoutthemanymodemdevelopmentsofphysicswhereonefrequentlyturnsbacktOtheprinciplesofclassicalmechanicsitsmodelcharacterisfelt．ForthisreasonitisnotsurprisingthatthepresentationofmechanicsreflectstOsomeextentthedevelopmentofmodemphysicsandthattodaythisclassicalbranchoftheoreticalphysicsiStaughtratherdifferentlythanatthetimeofArnoldSore．merfeld，inthe1920s，oreveninthe1950s，whenmoreemphasiswasputonthetheoryandtheapplicationsofpartial—differenfialequations．Today．symmetriesandinvarianceprinciples，thestructureofthespace-timecontinuum，andthegeomet—ricalstructureofmechanicsplayanimportantrole．Thebeginnershouldrealizethatmechanicsisnotprimarilytheartofdescribingblock．and．tackles．collisionsofbilliardballs，constrainedmotionsofthecylinderinawashingmachine，orbi．cycleriding．Howeverfascinatingsuchsystemsmaybe，mechanicsisprimarilythefieldwhereonelearnstodevelopgeneralprinciplesfromwhichequationsofmotionmavbederived，tounderstandtheimportanceofsymmetriesforthedy-namics，and，lastbutnotleast，togetsomepracticeinusingtheoreticaltoolsandconceptsthatareessentialforallbranchesofphysics．

暂缺《力学第5版》作者简介

1．1 Newton's Laws(1687) and Their Interpretation
1．2 Uniform Rectilinear Motion and Inertial Systems
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2． The Principles of Canonical Mechanics
3． The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies
4． Relativistic Mechanics
5． Geometric Aspects of Mechanics
6． Stability and Chaos
7． Continuous Systems
Exercises
Solution of Exercises
Appendix
A． Some Mathematical Notions
B． Historical Notes
Bibliography
Index