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THE word ‘mechanics', although derived from μνxαvn, a machine or contrivance, is often used to describe the general treatment of natural philosophy by mathematical methods, and it is in this sense that the authors here employ it. This particular work is the first of several, which are intended to replace their "Introduction to Theoretical Physics", published in 1933, and is presumably to be followed by others on electromagnetism and quantum theory. In this dissection, it is believed that a better treatment of each field can be provided, at the same time preserving the general unity essential both to teacher and student.
Mechanics
By Prof. John C. Slater Prof. Nathaniel H. Frank. (International Series in Pure and Applied Physics.) Pp. xiii + 297. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1947.) 20s.
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PEARCE, J. Mechanics. Nature 161, 376 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161376b0
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