Introduction to Modern Dynamics

From Classical Mechanics to Complex Systems
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-896639-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm

Introduction to Modern Dynamics: From Classical Mechanics to Complex Systems offers a comprehensive and unified perspective on dynamics for the 21st century. Now in its third edition, the text provides a rigorous yet accessible foundation in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, modernized with a geometric viewpoint that enhances intuitive understanding. The book's four-part structure provides a seamless transition from foundational principles to cutting-edge topics, beginning with the foundations of classical and complex mechanics and moving on to cover applications of those concepts to complex systems, as well as relativity and spacetime.

To facilitate student learning and prepare them for careers in research and technology, this edition has a renewed focus on practical application. Each chapter includes numerous worked problems, and online access to computational code allows students to explore a wealth of nonlinear phenomena. These resources are designed to equip students with the analytical and computational skills necessary to tackle the complex dynamical systems that are increasingly central to science and technology, while continuing the tradition of classical mechanics as the common language for practicing physicists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nolte, David D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I. Modern Foundations of Classical Mechanics

- 1: Physics and Geometry

- 2: Lagrangian Mechanics

- 3: Hamiltonian Dynamics and Phase Space

- Part II. Complex Dynamics

- 4: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

- 5: Hamiltonian Chaos

- 6: Stochastic Dynamics

- Part III. Applications to Complex Systems

- 7: Synchronization of Coupled Oscillators

- 8: Dynamics on Networks

- 9: Evolutionary Dynamics

- 10: Neurodynamics and Artificial Neural Networks

- Part IV. Relativity and Spacetime

- 11: Metric Spaces and Geodesic Motion

- 12: Relativistic Dynamics

- 13: The General Theory of Relativity and Gravitation

Über Autor(innen)

David D. Nolte is the Edward M. Purcell Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University. He received his Baccalaureate from Cornell University, his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, and he held a post-doc position at AT&T Bell Labs before joining Purdue. He is the author of three trade nonfiction books and actively blogs on issues of science at https://galileo-unbound.blog. He has published over 200 journal papers and is the technical founder of a start-up company that commercialized the BioCD laser diagnostic platform.