Daniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. His areas of science include Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, and his research interests include Experimental Atomic Physics, Laser Spectroscopy, and High Precision Measurements. He is the winner of the 2005 Wolf Prize in Physics, the 2007 Frederic Ives Medal, and the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Medal. Prof. Kleppner has also been awarded the National Medal of Science (2006). In 2007 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Together with Robert J. Kolenkow, he authored a popular introductory mechanics textbook for advanced students. Kleppner graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in 1953, Cambridge University with a B.A. in 1955, and Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1959.
Hey guys, I used Kleppner and Kolenkow last semster,it is an alright book, although sometimes a bit to dry and heavy in its explanations, and am using Purcell now, the Berkeley edition, very happy and satisfied by it.
Just curious if there are any fellow physics students using these books...
moment of inertia problem-- kleppner #6.18
Ok here's the problem:
[from An Introduction to Mechanics, Kleppner&Kolenkow, problem 6.18, page 281]
Find the period of a pendulum consisting of a disk of mass M and radius R fixed to the end of a rod of length l and mass m. How does the period...