Includes bibliography and indexes.

A brief history of classical mechanics -- Review of Newtonian mechanics --Linear oscillators -- Nonlinear systems and chaos -- Calculus of variations -- Lagrangian dynamics --Symmetries, invariance and the Hamiltonian -- Hamiltonian mechanics -- Hamilton's action principle --Nonconservative systems -- Conservative two-body central forces -- Non-inertial reference frames -- Rigid-body rotation -- Coupled linear oscillators -- Advanced Hamiltonian mechanics -- Analytical formulations for continuous systems --Relativist mechanics --The transition to quantum physics -- Epilogue.