How Do You Choose Classical Mechanics Books?

[Devil Moo]

In the market, it has many many physics books teaching classical mechanics. Do you read one book only or a number of books? How do you make a choice?

 

[jedishrfu]

I think self-students will check two or more whereas students taking a formal class will rely on one unless the topic isntt well explained.

When I took it, my prof used Marions book but some students in the class recommended Goldstein and so we used both when doing the problems.

 

[Devil Moo]

I am self-study and I bought a book from Landau. Well, it is difficult to understand.

 

[jtbell]

What level of physics and math (which textbooks?) have you studied already? Landau is usually considered to be graduate school level (masters / PhD).

 

[Devil Moo]

I think it should be undergraduate level.

 

[Joker93]

When I choose the books I am going to study from, I check out the books that have the best reviews in amazon and goodreads and I also check out their price.
When I narrow down my options, I then ask around(maybe reviews suffice and I sometimes don't need to ask around) to find out which books explain stuff intuitively and which books re more mathematical.
Then, I buy one that explains concepts well and one that is at a slightly higher mathematical level than the course that I will enroll in so I am always challenged.
This, I think, is a nice strategy for self-study too.

Also, sometimes I don't buy the books but I borrow then from my University library. For example, for my upcoming classical mechanics course I bought Morin's books and I will be borrowing Taylor's and Goldstein's books.