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*{{cite book |title=Classical mechanics |author=John R. Taylor |year=2005 |publisher=University Science Books |isbn=189138922X |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=P1kCtNr-pJsC&printsec=frontcover}} A readable introduction at an undergraduate level. | |||
* {{cite book | author=[[Richard Feynman]]| title=Character of Physical Law | publisher=Random House | | *{{cite book | author=[[Richard Feynman]]| title=Character of Physical Law | publisher=Penguin | year=2007 |edition=Republication of Random House 1994 ed | isbn=0141956119 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zMwTcCz4d18C}} A 1960 series of lectures for the BBC. | ||
* {{cite book | author=Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton and Matthew Sands | title=The Feynman Lectures on Physics | publisher=Addison-Wesley | year=1989 | id=ISBN 0-201-51003-0}} | *{{cite book | author=Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton and Matthew Sands | title=The Feynman Lectures on Physics, volume 1: Mainly mechanics radiation and heat | publisher=Addison-Wesley | year=1989 | id=ISBN 0-201-51003-0 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yKPvAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks}} An out-of-print but engaging introduction. | ||
*{{cite book |title=The variational principles of mechanics |author=Cornelius Lanczos |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZWoYYr8wk2IC&printsec=frontcover |isbn=0486650677 |edition=Reprint of the University of Toronto 4th edition of 1970 ed |year=1986|publisher=Courier Dover Publications}} A very engaging discussion of classical mechanics from the Hamiltonian and especially the Lagrangian stances. | |||
*{{cite book | author=[[Lev Davidovich Landau]] and [[Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz]] | title=Mechanics |year=1976 | *{{cite book | author=[[Lev Davidovich Landau]] and [[Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz]] | title=Mechanics |year=1976 | ||
| edition=3rd Edition| publisher=Pergamon Press|id=ISBN 0-08-021022-8 | | edition=3rd Edition| publisher=Pergamon Press|id=ISBN 0-08-021022-8 | ||
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}} | }} An extremely authoritative but advanced treatment first published in 1960. | ||
*{{cite book |title=Mathematical methods of classical mechanics |author=Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd |edition=2nd ed |isbn=0387968903 |year=1989 |publisher=Springer |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Pd8-s6rOt_cC&printsec=frontcover}} An authoritative but very mathematical and complete discussion. | |||
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*{{cite book|author=Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume|title=Perpetual Motion, The History of an Obsession|edition=|publisher=Adventures Unlimited Press|year=2006|id=ISBN 1-931882-51-7}} | *{{cite book|author=Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume|title=Perpetual Motion, The History of an Obsession|edition=|publisher=Adventures Unlimited Press|year=2006|id=ISBN 1-931882-51-7}} | ||
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- John R. Taylor (2005). Classical mechanics. University Science Books. ISBN 189138922X. A readable introduction at an undergraduate level.
- Richard Feynman (2007). Character of Physical Law, Republication of Random House 1994 ed. Penguin. ISBN 0141956119. A 1960 series of lectures for the BBC.
- Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton and Matthew Sands (1989). The Feynman Lectures on Physics, volume 1: Mainly mechanics radiation and heat. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-51003-0. An out-of-print but engaging introduction.
- Cornelius Lanczos (1986). The variational principles of mechanics, Reprint of the University of Toronto 4th edition of 1970 ed. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0486650677. A very engaging discussion of classical mechanics from the Hamiltonian and especially the Lagrangian stances.
- Lev Davidovich Landau and Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (1976). Mechanics, 3rd Edition. Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-021022-8. An extremely authoritative but advanced treatment first published in 1960.
- Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd (1989). Mathematical methods of classical mechanics, 2nd ed. Springer. ISBN 0387968903. An authoritative but very mathematical and complete discussion.