PHY181: Intermediate Mechanics
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Class Meetings:
Time:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:55 to 12:45
Location:
Physics 154
Recitations:
Time:
Thursday 6:00 to 8:00
Location:
Physics 235
Instructor:
Steffen A. Bass
Office:
Physics 261-D
Phone:
660-2479
Email:
bass@phy.duke.edu
Office hours:
Wednesday: 09:00 to 10:30 and Friday 09:00 to 10:30, or by appointment
Recommended reading:
Textbooks most useful for the course:
Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems
, 5th Edition, by J.B Marion and S.T. Thornton (Brooks/Cole 2004).
Classical Mechanics: Systems of Particles and Hamiltonian Dynamics
, 1st edition, by Walter Greiner (Springer Verlag, New York, 2003)
other helpful textbooks:
Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 4th Edition
, by Arfken and Weber (Academic Press, 1995)
Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables, 2nd edition
, Schaum's outlines, by Murray R. Spiegel and John Liu
for those who like to be challenged:
Classical Mechanics
, 3rd edition, by H. Goldstein, C. Poole, J. Safko (Addison Wesley Publishing Co.)