Mechanics: Volume 1 (Course of Theoretical Physics S) 3rd Edition by L D Landau (PDF)

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Devoted to the foundation of mechanics, namely classical Newtonian mechanics, the subject is based mainly on Galileo’s principle of relativity and Hamilton’s principle of least action. The exposition is simple and leads to the most complete direct means of solving problems in mechanics.The final sections on adiabatic invariants have been revised and augmented. In addition a short biography of L D Landau has been inserted.

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⭐This book is not for someone to learn classical mechanics from. In a nutshell this book shows where the symmetries of physics and the conservation laws come from. This book is not meant to show what happens when you fall off the roof. Symmetries and conservation laws play a big role in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field theory, plus various other branches of physics.All the formulations in this book use Action integrals, the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian. Learning this book can save a lot of frustration when the things this book covers show up in more advanced physics courses. It is also a good reference book to use when the things in this book do show up in later physics courses and you need a good review.To explain it the best way I know how, this book is the nuts and bolts of what is going on behind the scenes of physics. Why Newton’s equations act they way they do. This book adds the maturity to what you already know about classical mechanics and more advanced physics.Most of the physics you take from now on depend on the formulation of the ideas of this book in one way or another. Some of the formulations of QM. depend on the Hamilton-Jacobi equation which this book covers. Simply put this book is the level of maturity you need to be at to move on to more advanced physics courses.This book does an excellent job of covering these topics. It has the solutions to almost all the problems in the book making it the perfect book for self study. This book covers just the right amount of material and no more, so there is no fluff. The book is written in such a style that it is a easy read. It has just the right balance between understanding concepts and the mathematics.This book is the bridge to the next level of physics. This book gives the right background so in the future you do not memorize a bunch of equations without understanding how they came about. The ideas in this book permeate all of physics, not just Classical Mechanics.Some previous exposure to Action integrals, the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian are really a must. Again this is not a book to learn how to do Mechanics from, but the why, Newtons equations act the way they do.

⭐Arguably, everything that could possibly be said about the L&L textbook on classical mechanics (L&L-I for short) have already been said here in these reviews and elsewhere. But I would like to add my voice to the crowd that really likes this textbook.I am fond of classical mechanics, and I hold a host of “classics” in the field in my personal library: L&L-I, Goldstein, Kibble, Siegel & Moser, Sommerfeld, Arnold, Lanczos, Whittaker, and Mach, besides some general relativity texts (you may be missing Abraham & Marsden and Gallavotti’s “The Elements of Mechanics” from the list, but I am not — I miss the exquisite text by Sudarshan & Mukunda). In every one of these texts I can find something that I dislike—excessive rigour, lack of figures, verbosity, crazy exercises, etc. (sometimes in combination…)—, but I can hardly find any fault in L&L-I.The choice of topics in L&L-I is just exactly (imho) what a working physicist must know by heart. Some complain that it does not deal adequately with nonlinear dynamics, chaos, etc., but this critique is unfair: the book does not cover all you may want know about classical mechanics, but definitely covers everything you *must* know about classical mechanics. Moreover, it was written ~70 years ago, way before the “chaos revival” of the 1980’s.Recently, I came across at the library with a little book that I found well written, concise, rigorous, and with a very nice blend of classical and modern subjects: ”

⭐,” by M. G. Calkin. Nowadays, if I had to teach a second course on classical mechanics for undergraduates I would use L&L I + Calkin (despite the somewhat picky review by Robert Weinstock on Calkin’s textbook on Am. J. Phys. 66(3), 261-262 (1998)].P.S.: The printing quality is very uneven and disappointing. Some of the smaller printing (in the exercises) is barely readable. The book is not a cheap $9.99 paperback, so the puny printing quality is unacceptable. Guess what: printed and bound in China… I will feel lucky if the ink does not contain lead, mercury, wasted nuclear material, etc. Attention, editorial houses: come printing your books in Brazil!

⭐It’s a very useful textbook, a clear explanation of the difficult subject. Unfortunately, as was already mentioned a poor quality printing of the textbook does not reflect the brilliant contents. Although, honestly, it isn’t a big deal.

⭐Top book by a top physicist

⭐Everything’s there and it’s all derived very rigorously.

⭐The book is a classic and content are same as international edition. The only difference is the cover of Indian edition is completely different than what is shown in the description.

⭐Aspettavo da tempo questo bellissimo libro (che già ho avuto modo ci studiare grazie alle biblioteche), che purtroppo è arrivato con il lato inferiore tutto spiegazzato, che al prezzo di 50 euro mi sembra alquanto inaccettabile. Lo ho rimandato subito indietro. La stampa non era neanche un gran che raffinata, quindi in effetti i soldi li vale solo per la proprietà intellettuale, ma non c’è altro in questo prodotto che meriti. A questo punto tanto vale comprarsi l’edizione italiana o aspettare un venditore con qualità di inchiostro migliore.

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