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Title: Mediocre, UseGoldstein
Review: This book lacks good examples, and continuosly alters the time scale to "simplify" equations, which merely makes the form confusing. Classical Mechanics by Goldstein is far superior. Although the problems in Goldstein are much more difficult, the content is more thorough and straightforward. Hand and Finch do an extremely poor job with the Laplace Rung Lenz Vector, and their work on Hamiltonian dynamics is incomplete and largely unmotivated. The only benefit of this book over Goldstein is the introduction of Green's Functions, which Goldstein does not cover.All in all, if you want an undergraduate Analytic Mechanics text, buy Goldstein. Its more advanced, but more comprehensible.
