Daniel Kleppner (1932–2025)

An excellent text on introductory kinematics and mechanics. Don't let "introductory" fool you, though. I used this book as the primary text for an honors physics course at Cornell University, and it is not for the faint of heart.

Provides excellent detail on vector manipulation, calculus based physics and even provides an introduction to special relativity. Practice problems are instructive, relevant and challenging.

The writing is clear and easy to read, for a physics textbook.

First year classical physics textbook at Cornell circa 1991. Newton's laws plus special relativity kinematics. Lots of problem sets involving weights and pulleys.