9780914098324-0914098322-Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I

Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I

ISBN-13: 9780914098324
ISBN-10: 0914098322
Edition: First Edition
Author: Michael Spivak
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Publish or Perish
Format: Hardcover 749 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780914098324
ISBN-10: 0914098322
Edition: First Edition
Author: Michael Spivak
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Publish or Perish
Format: Hardcover 749 pages

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Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I (ISBN-13: 9780914098324 and ISBN-10: 0914098322), written by authors Michael Spivak, was published by Publish or Perish in 2010. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Mechanics (Physics) books. You can easily purchase or rent Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Mechanics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $12.26.

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From the Preface:

The purpose of this book, or possibly series of books, is indicated precisely by the title Physics for Mathematicians. It is only necessary for me to explain what I mean by a mathematician, and what I mean by
physics.

By a mathematician I mean some one who has been trained in modern mathematics and been inculcated with its general outlook. ...

And by physics I mean -- well, physics, what physicists mean by physics, i.e., the actual study of physical objects ... (rather than the study of symplectic structures on cotangent bundles, for example). In addition to presenting the advanced physics, which mathematicians find so easy, I also want to explore the workings of elementary physics ... which I have always found so hard to fathom.

As these remarks probably reveal, basically I have written this work in order to learn the subject myself, in a form that I find comprehensible. And readers familiar with some of my previous books probably realize that this has pretty much been the reason for those works also. ...
Perhaps this travelogue of an innocent abroad in a very different field will also turn out to be a book that mathematicians will like.

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