Download or read book The Variational Principles of Mechanics written by Cornelius Lanczos and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophic, less formalistic approach to analytical mechanics offers model of clear, scholarly exposition at graduate level with coverage of basics, calculus of variations, principle of virtual work, equations of motion, more.