Classical Mechanics

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gptkbp:instanceOf branch of physics
gptkbp:appliesTo non-relativistic speeds
macroscopic scales
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Newton's_laws_of_motion
gptkb:law_of_universal_gravitation
gptkbp:basisFor aerospace engineering
astrophysics
civil engineering
mechanical engineering
applied physics
engineering mechanics
classical field theory
gptkbp:category gptkb:Physics
gptkb:Mechanics
gptkbp:contrastsWith quantum mechanics
relativity
gptkbp:describes celestial mechanics
dynamics
fluid mechanics
kinematics
rigid body mechanics
statics
oscillations
gptkbp:developedBy 17th century
gptkbp:form calculus
partial differential equations
vector analysis
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:governs everyday phenomena
gptkbp:hasTextbook gptkb:Mechanics_by_L.D._Landau_and_E.M._Lifshitz
gptkb:Classical_Mechanics_by_Herbert_Goldstein
gptkb:Classical_Mechanics_by_John_R._Taylor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Classical Mechanics
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Hamiltonian_mechanics
gptkb:Lagrangian_mechanics
gptkb:Newtonian_mechanics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkb:William_Rowan_Hamilton
gptkbp:limitation does not account for relativistic effects
does not account for quantum effects
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:special_relativity
quantum mechanics
gptkbp:studies motion of macroscopic objects
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:astronomy
engineering
classical physics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orbital_Angular_Momentum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6