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Re:Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differen... by The_suffocated on Monday November 13, 2023 @05:38AM (#38248833)
Just out of curiosity, what was that classical mechanics textbook?
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Re:Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differen... by kdavis on Monday November 13, 2023 @05:45AM (#38248869)
Goldstein?
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Re:Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differen... by contrarian1234 on Monday November 13, 2023 @07:38AM (#38249498)
Pretty sure it was An Introduction to Mechanics Kleppner, Kolenkow

The book was probably okay-ish, the point is that surely someone could have made some improvements in the past few decades

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Re:Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differen... by selimthegrim on Monday November 13, 2023 @10:53AM (#38251578)
Doesn’t it use cgs only (I think the new editions finally bit the bullet and switched to mks)
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