By E C G Sudarshan and N Mukunda
World Scientific
More than 40 years since the appearance of the first edition, this book in now published in a revised version that is presented with the same passion and dedication as the original. The authors confess that they have always had an “affair of the heart” with classical dynamics, and this remains alive.
In the volume, classical dynamics is treated as a subject in its own right, as well as a research frontier. While presenting all of the essential principles, the authors demonstrate that a number of key results originally considered only in the context of quantum theory and particle physics have their foundations in classical dynamics.
Even if the text is based on what the authors define as “our understanding of quantum mechanics”, this new version builds on many suggestions coming from other physicists and continuous dialogue with students using the book as a reference.
