Textbooks

Textbooks and lecture notes

Recommended textbooks:

We will assign readings from the following textbooks. You do not need to buy them, mhjensen/Physics321, but they are good to have as a reference.

• JRT: John R. Taylor, Classical Mechanics (Univ. Sci. Books 2005)

• AMS: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen, Elementary Mechanics using Python (Springer 2015)

Supplementary textbooks:

• MLB: Mary L. Boas, Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences (Wiley 2005)

Lectures:

• Posted lecture notes were adapted from https://mhjensen.github.io/Physics321/doc/web/course.html. They are not meant to be a replacement for textbook readings and deeper research.

• Handwritten lecture notes from class will be posted after each lecture. These notes will summarize the main sticking points and processes from each lecture. They will supplement the posted lecture notes and textbook readings.

• Class lectures will accessible online via Zoom (https://dannycab.github.io/meet) should you be ill or traveling, but they will not be recorded.

• Some class lectures might be over zoom if Danny is ill or traveling.