CONTENTS

Preface

LECTURE 1

The Nature of Classical Physics

Interlude 1

Spaces, Trigonometry, and Vectors

LECTURE 2

Motion

Interlude 2

Integral Calculus

LECTURE 3

Dynamics

Interlude 3

Partial Differentiation

LECTURE 4

Systems of More Than One Particle

LECTURE 5

Energy

LECTURE 6

The Principle of Least Action

LECTURE 7

Symmetries and Conservation Laws

LECTURE 8

Hamiltonian Mechanics and Time-Translation Invariance

LECTURE 9

The Phase Space Fluid and the Gibbs-Liouville Theorem

LECTURE 10

Poisson Brackets, Angular Momentum, and Symmetries

LECTURE 11

Electric and Magnetic Forces

Appendix 1

Central Forces and Planetary Orbits

Index

Praise