Classical Mechanics: Transformations, Flows, Integrable and Chaotic Dynamics

I think this and any book written by Prof McCauley are absolutely wonderful. I think any physics nerd should read them. I put full faith in Prof McCauley, he's one of the smartest men alive...of course it could be because he's my father!!

I purchased and studied this book shortly after completing an undergraduate class in mechanics. It was incredibly enlightening. After studying this, I realized that I had only received a partial glimpse via the standard undergrad mechanics course. McCauley provides the models to explain dynamics variations that you might think were not discernable.It is a difficult but worthy journey. "Just buy it and the insightwill come"

This book provides an excellent discussion of "integrability" which dispells some confusions that exist about this subject. The style is accessible and the book does not require years of study of differential geometry before reading. My only complaint is that sometimes the discussion drags on longer than I like; a more concise presentation could be made in places. However, this is a minor quibble and a prolonged discussion is definitely less of a defect than an abstract, poorly explained discussion that one finds in too many other books.