Classical mechanics is a physical theory describing the motion of objects such as projectiles, parts of machinery, spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies...
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writings of Aristotle and Archimedes (see History of classical mechanics and Timeline of classical mechanics). During the early modern period, scientists such...
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In physics, mechanics is the study of objects, their interaction, and motion; classical mechanics is mechanics limited to non-relativistic and non-quantum...
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Classical Mechanics is a textbook written by Herbert Goldstein, a professor at Columbia University. Intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning...
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This is a list of notable textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics arranged according to level and surnames of the authors in alphabetical...
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paradigm, which includes classical mechanics and relativity. Likewise, classical field theories, such as general relativity and classical electromagnetism, are...
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quantum information science. Quantum mechanics can describe many systems that classical physics cannot. Classical physics can describe many aspects of...
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physical laws governing atomic motion. Statistical mechanics arose out of the development of classical thermodynamics, a field for which it was successful...
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The following is a timeline of classical mechanics: 4th century BC - Aristotle invents the system of Aristotelian physics, which is later largely disproved...
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Classical mechanics is the branch of physics used to describe the motion of macroscopic objects. It is the most familiar of the theories of physics. The...
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