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Goldstein's Classical Mechanics 3rd Ed. vs 2nd

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:07 am
by bestbearblackbear
Does anyone know if buying the 3rd edition is worth it, if you have the 2nd? I have heard there are some updates, but is the text the same?

Thanks.

Re: Goldstein's Classical Mechanics 3rd Ed. vs 2nd

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:20 pm
by will
Get Jose and Saletan.

Goldstein sucks.

Re: Goldstein's Classical Mechanics 3rd Ed. vs 2nd

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:06 pm
by bestbearblackbear
Why?

Re: Goldstein's Classical Mechanics 3rd Ed. vs 2nd

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:35 am
by will
I was kind of being facetious, but since you asked, I find Goldstein to be exceptionally poor in the way it's laid out. There's little sense of continuity, and topics that seem, at least to me, logically related are scattered randomly throughout the book.