SICM
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SICM is a widely respected textbook that applies the rigorous, computer-assisted, and abstraction-focused style of *Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs* to the study of classical mechanics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| SICM canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
physics textbook
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scientific book ⓘ textbook ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approach |
abstraction-focused
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computer-assisted ⓘ rigorous ⓘ |
| author |
Gerald Jay Sussman
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Jack Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
formal reasoning about physical systems
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mathematical abstraction ⓘ use of computation to explore mechanics ⓘ |
| field |
applied mathematics
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classical mechanics ⓘ computational physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| fullName | Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
first edition
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second edition ⓘ |
| hasOnlineVersion | yes ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| institutionalAffiliationOfAuthors | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced undergraduates
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computer scientists interested in physics ⓘ graduate students ⓘ researchers in mechanics ⓘ |
| languageOfPrograms | Scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Scheme-based approach to physics education
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integration of symbolic computation into mechanics ⓘ |
| publisher | MIT Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| subjectCategory |
computational science
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physics education ⓘ theoretical mechanics ⓘ |
| topic |
Hamiltonian mechanics
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Lagrangian mechanics ⓘ canonical transformations ⓘ nonlinear dynamics ⓘ numerical methods in mechanics ⓘ perturbation theory ⓘ variational principles ⓘ |
| uses |
Scheme
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computer algebra ⓘ symbolic computation ⓘ |
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