I'm currently working my way through this book on my own KZread page and enjoying it so far. Nice review!

I like this one. Some good alternatives are Keith Symon's Mechanics and Douglas Gregory's Classical Mechanics, which probably has the best coverage of topics for an undergrad mechanics book. All three go great together.

I have mixed feeling about this book. Very clear and organized presented about the concepts and formulas. The minor concern of this book is that the exercises are not as thought-provoking as Kleppner's one. Very often I just feel a plain application of what I learned in the chapter. But the computational ones are fun. And I look forward to listening to more your reviews! 🙂

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

I agree, the problems aren't that great.

Great suggestion. How is phase space different from state space though?

May I ask what are your two cents on Douglas Gregory's Classical Mechanics overall? And how does it compared to this book?

Is there a solutions manual or are there solutions available on the web?

I would also suggest looking at ‘Classical Mechanics’ by Kibble and Berkshire. To be honest, I enjoyed it notably more than Taylor’s book

should i use klepnner and kolenkow or john taylor?? i am in my first sem of undergraduate and had some exposure to physics and maths in highschool

becoming a self taught physicist is a really interesting endeavour! I dropped out of a physics degree when I was 18 and I still think about what might have been sometimes. What are your goals with this? Would you like to become a working physicist or is it for general self education?

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

Yes I would like to become a working physicist, at some point I would like to go to university and go through the normal progression to PhD.

@userkm2

Жыл бұрын

Same, I dropped out of physics degree as well, but I realized after 3 years that I couldn't let go of this subject. Physics is so interesting that any other subject, they just don't make me happy in same way. Now I have decide to become a self taught amateur physicist if I cannot get back to uni to study it again.

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

@@userkm2 Good for you! wishing you the best on your journey.

@Nic-om7en

9 ай бұрын

​@@userkm2 hey how old r u mate? I'm also thinking to become a self taught physicist since i cannot go to uni and Im more into self study since im a slow learner and i would love to learn at my own pace : ) 🫂

And then what would be interesting is how you go from this book to modern mecanics physic dau to day usage by engeneers

Why did you delete your MIT classical mechanics problem set videos?? They were so good and I was using them to study along with my HS physics class. I would really appreciate it if you reuploaded them 😃

I found the exercises to be a little bit too mathematics-oriented/theoretical without a lot of real world problems, some of which are very challenging.

Do you have any rules for selecting exercises at the end of each chapter? I'm currently self-teaching electronics in preparation for an MSc in Electronic Engineering - Microelectronics, coming from a background in Nuclear Engineering. Sometimes, I find it challenging to choose exercises, as I often feel like I haven't done enough and end up spending too much time on them without going to the next chapter.

@ermiasawoke192

2 ай бұрын

Same here. But I think you don't have to solve all problems. For I just chose odd numbered questions and check the answers from the back of the book.

This book is more conceptual and less computational compared to other books. Taylor is quite a good author, He also wrote a good book on Modern Physics

Nice! love the book review! If you have more books to cover like giffiths electromagnetism that'll be cool!

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I intend to review Griffiths in the near future.

How you describe this book's pros and cons in comparison to another Mechanics book like Kleppner and Kolenkow?

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

11 ай бұрын

This book is much more pedagogical and self contained compared to Kleppner and Kolenkow. Also this book has coverage of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics at the undergraduate level whereas Kleppner and Kolenkow doesn’t. The topics discussed often are more detailed and provide more information. Kleppner and Kolenkow is good if your taking a challenging introduction course and have had exposure to physics before. For a second course Taylor is often used.

I am a highschool student and Im from India. Here if u wanna pick science as a subject u can either go for the medical stream or the non medical the difference in subjects being that apart from physics and chemistry (in both) the difference is that med has got bio+phy+chem and non med has got math+phy+chem and I have taken med Therefore I cant learn about high level mathematics in detail only the basics of calculus and some high level trig for the purpose of studying phy My question to u is an this be a hindrance if I want to pursue physics even deeper in the future ?

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

That depends on what level of physics you intend to pursue. You'll find that most typical physics classes at the undergraduate level dont require higher-level mathematics. If you understand single-variable calculus and trig as you indicated, you will most likely be able to pick up ordinary differential equations, multivariable calculus, and the basics of linear algebra quite easily. With the exceptions of a few subjects, these three fields of mathematics are what most of undergraduate physics is based on. You can quite easily learn these subjects in your own time with MIT OpenCourseWare. Although, if you are speaking of graduate level physics, then you typically study higher-level mathematics aka proof based mathematics. This can be alot harder to pick up by yourself and definitely requires alot of attention.

Hi I'm 17 yo, and i really really really love physics and math. I would love to self study physics since I'm in a school where physics is not the main subjects so from this year I'm not gonna study it anymore. I self studied calculus 1 from a book called "calculus for the practical man" and I'm starting with calculus 2. Could you recommend me a book like this to start studying physics? I know something about mechanics but not too much, in school i did the basic things of mechanics and stopped right before work and energy. Thank you in advance 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@michald6403

2 ай бұрын

Go with young and freedmans university physics, everything really well explained and you wont get lost self studying it.

I'm doing goldstein classical mechanics

Does it cover Gravitation and Orbital Mechanics ?

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

No, just the two body central force problem.

@Klaus-Schwab_Dictator

Жыл бұрын

@@Self-TaughtPhysicist Do you know any good book that cover these topics ?

What level of math would be advised to understand this book?

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

Mostly multivariable calculus, knowledge of basic differential equations, and linear algebra can also be helpful. But overall the book is relatively self-contained.

How much

This is what I watch KZread for

This is the book I recommend people if they want to cry.

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

?

@Zero-ef4sc

Жыл бұрын

@@Self-TaughtPhysicist it's caused me so much pain.

@mastershooter64

Жыл бұрын

@@Zero-ef4sc Then you were probably lacking physical/mathematical prerequisites

@Zero-ef4sc

Жыл бұрын

@@mastershooter64 yeah, I took it before some mathematical physics courses and I think diff eq would've helped. What did I do after I took this course though? Even though I struggled so much? My dumbass took Classical Mechanics 2. Still somehow did better in that one than the first one.

Where will I get this

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

Amazon.

Aren't these courses a strange place to begin a journey working on real-life gear? The topics are designed for someone working with electrical and mechanical equipment, like satellites, but you could get an "A" in all of these classes while still being almost useless when it comes to making anything.

@Self-TaughtPhysicist

Жыл бұрын

It’s theory lol.

I taught with this book (in reality, forced to teach with this book) a classical mechanics course. I really didn't like it. I feel it just doesn't go deep enough into the important concepts and over does it with small things that are not worth the time. Do you have any suggestions for Thermodynamics books? Sophomore level....I haven't found a book that is on point; i.e., all of them are too complicated or too basic, there is no middle ground.😅

@michaelpieters1844

7 ай бұрын

Strange.

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