Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire)

Classical Mechanics is a textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire of the Imperial College Mathematics Department. The book covers the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all of physics.

Classical Mechanics

First edition
Author	Tom W. B. Kibble & Frank H. Berkshire
Language	English
Subject	Physics
Genre	Non-fiction; science text
Publisher	Imperial College Press
Publication date	2004
Publication place	UK
Pages	500
ISBN	978-1-86094-435-2 (pbk)

Publication history

The first edition was published in 1966, and until the fourth edition (published in 1996), Thomas Kibble was the sole author.^[1]

The book has been translated into several languages, including French, Greek, German, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese.

Reception

The original edition was reviewed in Current Science.^[2] The fourth edition was reviewed by C. Isenberg in 1997 in the European Journal of Physics,^[3] and the fifth edition was reviewed in Contemporary Physics.^[4]

See also

• Books portal
• Physics portal

• Newtonian mechanics
• Classical Mechanics (Goldstein book)
• List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics