Symon Mechanics 2nd or 3rd edition?

[MidgetDwarf]

Hi, was wondering if anyone is familiar with Symon Mechanics 2nd and 3rd edition. Is there a significant difference between these editions? Ie., content, quality of printing, major corrections?

 

[madscientist_93]

The preface to the third edition says :

" This third edition differs from the second edition of this text primarily in the
addition of the final two chapters on the theory of relativity, and in the addition to the first seven chapters of some additional problems, similar to those contained in the earlier editions but generally of a lower average level of difficulty. "

 

[MidgetDwarf]

Thanks a ton. It looks like the 3rd edition it will be. The easier problems sold me. I want to go through Goldstein after, so it doesn't hurt to know how to solve simper problems and have a firm foundation to build on.

 

[vanhees71]

But for Goldstein better use the older 2nd edition than its distortion by some authors who felt obliged to ruin a classic textbook instead of writing their own ;-).