The Student Solutions Manual contains detailed solutions to 25 percent of the end-of-chatper problems, as well as additional problem-solving techniques.
Thornton (U. of Virginia) and Rex (U. of Puget Sound) have made few changes to their textbook for a course of one or two semesters for physics and engineering students at the sophomore or junior level
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This best-selling classical mechanics text, written for the advanced undergraduate one- or two-semester course, provides a complete account of the classical mechanics of particles, systems of particle
