With prerequisites of only a basic familiarity with vectors, matrices, and elementary calculus this text provides a simple introduction to mechanics for students coming to the subject for the first time.

1. Newton's laws; 2. Central forces; 3. Energy; 4. Rotating frames; 5. Many-particle systems; 6. Rigid bodies: equations; 7. Soluble problems in rigid body motion; 8. Lagrangian mechanics; 9. Impulsive forces; Appendices 1, 2, 3; Solutions to odd-numbered exercises; Index

Mary LunnVice Principal, Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, St Hugh's College, Oxford

`This textbook provides a simple introduction to mechanics for students coming to the subject for the first time.' L'Enseignement Mathematique