Schaum's Outline of Lagrangian Dynamics
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (805 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0070692580 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book clearly and concisely explains the basic principles of Lagrangian dynamicsand provides training in the actual physical and mathematical techniques of applying Lagrange's equations, laying the foundation for a later study of topics that bridge the gap between classical and quantum physics, engineering, chemistry and applied mathematics, and for practicing scientists and engineers.
"Love the Text, Hate the Production Quality" according to Darrell R. Lamm. I have never written an Amazon Review before, but I feel compelled to do so in this case.I cut my teeth on this text many years ago, and I still refer to it for occasional insights - I still learn from it. The combination of theory interspersed with a large number of examples is a great way to learn the subject matter. Five Stars for the content, and kudos the to the author, Dare Wells.My beef is with the production quality of the latest edition published by McGraw-Hill. In short: it's quite poor. Rather than re. adam said Needs more examples. Wanted more examples and less lectures. "Moderately helpful" according to calvinnme. This Schaum's outline is OK if you have an engineer's interest in the subject, but it does not have the kinds of problems you typically encounter in the pure sciences. It is also not typical of the high quality you find in other Schaum's outlines.In Lagrangian mechanics, the trajectory of an object is derived by finding the path which minimizes the action, a quantity which is the integral of the Lagrangian over time. The Lagrangian for classical mechanics is taken to be the difference between the kinetic energy