Classical A replacement for Mcauley's Classical mechanics

AI Thread Summary
Mcauley's "Classical Mechanics: Transformations, Flows, Integrable and Chaotic Dynamics" presents a unique approach to Hamiltonian flows and chaos, avoiding modern differential geometry. However, the initial chapters have been criticized for their confusing structure and poor writing quality. Readers are seeking alternative texts that maintain a similar level of complexity and approach but are better organized and clearer. One suggested alternative is "Introduction to Dynamics" by Percival and Richards, which, while slightly less advanced, is noted for its clarity and quality.
andresB
Messages
625
Reaction score
374
Mcauley's "Classical mechanics: transformations, flows, integrable and chaotic dynamics" has a very interesting table of contents, and it has a philosophy of approaching Hamiltonian flows and chaos without using the formalism of modern differential geometry.
Unfortunately, after reading the first three chapters, I think that the book is confusing and badly written, and the ideas are not well organized. So, is there any other book at the same level, with the same approach, but better written?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I am unfamiliar with your book.
Introduction to Dynamics by Percival and Richards
appears to be at a slightly lower level, but on the other hand it is a good book.
 
Last edited:
TL;DR Summary: Book after Sakurai Modern Quantum Physics I am doing a comprehensive reading of sakurai and I have solved every problem from chapters I finished on my own, I will finish the book within 2 weeks and I want to delve into qft and other particle physics related topics, not from summaries but comprehensive books, I will start a graduate program related to cern in 3 months, I alreadily knew some qft but now I want to do it, hence do a good book with good problems in it first...
TLDR: is Blennow "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering" a good follow-up to Altland "Mathematics for physicists"? Hello everybody, returning to physics after 30-something years, I felt the need to brush up my maths first. It took me 6 months and I'm currently more than half way through the Altland "Mathematics for physicists" book, covering the math for undergraduate studies at the right level of sophystication, most of which I howewer already knew (being an aerospace engineer)...

Similar threads

Replies
6
Views
3K
Replies
20
Views
17K
Replies
1
Views
3K
Replies
7
Views
4K
Replies
20
Views
9K
Replies
11
Views
6K
Replies
7
Views
15K
Back
Top