Classical Mechanics Study Materials

Introduction: 

Classical Mechanics is a subdomain of Classical physics. Classical mechanics is the study of the motion of the bodies (including the special case in which bodies remain at rest) in accordance with the general principles first enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton. Classical mechanics was the first branch of physics to be discovered, and is the foundation upon which all other branches of physics are built. Moreover, classical mechanics has many important applications in other areas of science, such as Astronomy (e.g., celestial mechanics), Chemistry (e.g., the dynamics of molecular collisions), Geology (e.g., the propagation of seismic waves, generated by earthquakes, through the Earth's crust), and Engineering (e.g., the equilibrium and stability of structures).

Classical mechanics is also of great significance outside the realm of science. After all, the sequence of events leading to the discovery of classical mechanics— starting with the ground-breaking work of Copernicus, continuing with the researches of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, and culminating in the monumental achievements of Newton—involved the complete overthrow of the Aristotelian picture of the Universe, which had previously prevailed for more than a millennium, and its replacement by a recognizably modern picture in which humankind no longer played a privileged role.

With that being said, we present you the necessary lecture notes and videos, found in the WWW domain to study/learn classical mechanics. 

Lecture Videos:

• Prof. Walter Lewin's lectures on classical mechanics, as taught in 1999.
• Prof. Leonard Susskind's lectures on classical mechanics. Recorded on October 15, 2007 at Stanford University.
• Prof. Leonard Susskind's course on classical mechanics (Fall 2011) which is a part of coursework known as "The Theoretical Minimum."
• Lecture series on classical physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
• Lecture videos by Prof. P.C. Deshmukh, Department of Physics, IIT Madras, on Special Topics in classical mechanics.

Lecture Notes:

Introductory Courses

• Lecture Notes, Assignments, and Exams based on Prof. Walter Lewin's Classical Mechanics course.
• Lecture Notes based on Leonard's Susskind's classical mechanics course on Youtube.
• Richard Fitzpatrick's lecture note on classical mechanics.
• George Kapp's lecture notes on classical mechanics.
• An introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics, by Alain J. Brizard.
• An introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics, by Alain J. Brizard.
• David Tong's lecture notes on Classical Dynamics.

Upper Division Courses

• Richard Fitzpatrick's lecture note on Newtonian Dynamics.
• Physics 419 course notes.
• Lecture notes on Analytical Mechanics.
• Physics 605 lecture notes and assignments.
• Lecture notes on classical mechanics, by Sunil Golwala.
• Maloney's lecture notes and assignments on Classical Mechanics.
• Free advanced text on Classical Mechanics (More advanced than Goldstein).
• Kip Thorne's applications of Classical Physics (Advanced).