Classical mechanics

In physics, classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields of study in the science of mechanics, which is concerned with the motions of bodies, and the forces that cause them. The other sub-field is quantum mechanics. Roughly speaking, classical mechanics was developed in the 400 years since the groundbreaking works of Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo, while quantum mechanics developed within the last 100 years, starting with similarly decisive discoveries by Planck, Einstein, and Bohr.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Feynman, Richard | Title=Six Easy Pieces | Publisher=Perseus Publishing | Year=1996 | ID=ISBN 0201408252}}
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• Kleppner, D. and Kolenkow, R. J., An Introduction to Mechanics, McGraw-Hill (1973). ISBN 0070350485
• Gerald Jay Sussman and Jack Wisdom, Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (SICM), MIT Press (2001). ISBN 0-262-019455-4
• Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, John L. Safko, Classical Mechanics (3rd Edition), Addison Wesley; ISBN 0201657023
• Robert Martin Eisberg, Fundamentals of Modern Physics, John Wiley and Sons, 1961