Download or read book A First Course in Mechanics written by Mary Lunn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1991-04-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides a simple introduction to mechanics for students coming to the subject for the first time. The text is based on courses given to first and second year undergraduates and has been written with this audience in mind. Prerequisites are only a basic familiarity with vectors, matrices, and elementary calculus. The author's aim is to provide an understanding of Newtonian mechanics using the tools of modern algebra. The text is illustrated throughout with many worked examples, and numerous exercises (some with solutions) are provided.