[HN Gopher] Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics ...
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       Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (2015)
        
       Author : xeonmc
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2024-06-26 22:08 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | tobinfricke wrote:
       | ``In almost all textbooks, even the best, this principle is
       | presented so that it is impossible to understand.'' (K. Jacobi,
       | Lectures on Dynamics, 1842-1843). I have not chosen to break with
       | tradition. V. I. Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical
       | Mechanics [5], footnote, p. 246
       | 
       | It's funny that this quote is not ironic at all, and in fact the
       | authors of SICM include it because they agree with the assessment
       | (by Arnold of his own textbook and its predecessors).
       | 
       | The SICM authors do indeed break with that tradition.
        
       | nanomonkey wrote:
       | For years I've tried to get a reading group together for this
       | book. But of all my friend's in the Bay Area, I am the only one
       | that enjoys LISP/Scheme and Physics.
       | 
       | Happy Tau day!
        
         | perihelions wrote:
         | Oh wow, that be the coolest thing ever to have a reading group
         | for this book, which is also at the intersection of multiple of
         | my interests, and I've had my eye on it for years. I want to
         | learn classical mechanics at a much deeper conceptual level,
         | and I want to absorb new, powerful uses of Lisp abstraction,
         | and writing toy physics simulations is of course always fun. I
         | have so many bits and pieces of weekend projects that sort-of
         | lead into SICM, and things like it. Sadly, I'm temporarily on
         | the wrong continent for Bay Area meetup groups. (Maybe this is
         | an error state).
         | 
         | I hope you serendipitously manage to find your ideal reading
         | group, nanomonkey.
        
         | alexshendi wrote:
         | I once joined a Clojure group for reading SICM. But then the
         | discussion turned out to be more about porting the stuff to
         | Clojure than physics.
        
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