Herbert Goldstein (1) (1922–2005)
Author of Classical Mechanics
For other authors named Herbert Goldstein, see the disambiguation page.
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- Birthdate
- 1922-06-22
- Date of death
- 2005-01-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Education
- City College of New York (BS|1940)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.|1943) - Occupations
- physicist
- Awards and honors
- Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (Physics, 1962)
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The first chapter presents a very austere but elegant exposition of the basic principles of Newtonian mechanics. It would probably not suit beginners but this isn't a book for beginners anyway. That's about all I can say.