HNhnarayanan·Jul 1, 2024
Here you go :)
https://github.com/hnarayanan/sicm
In Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (2015)hnarayanan
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4 sourcesThis is a great book but a bit dense first. At a high level it goes through physics with an optimization viewpoint, as in find the actions that minimize a system's energy to figure out how a system will evolve.
I would strongly suggest you learn Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics from this book first [1] since it comes with many more illustrations and simple arguments that'll make reading SICM much easier. If you don't have time to read a whole book and want to get the main idea I've written a blog post about Lagragian mechanics myself [2] which has made it to the front page of Hacker News before. The great thing about SICM is that it's a physics textbook where the formulas are replaced by code [3] which you means you can play around with your assumptions to gain intuition for how everything works.
IMO I believe in introductory physics
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we overemphasize formalism over intuition and playing around with simulators is a truer way to explore physics since most physical laws were derived via experimentation not derivation. Another book that really drives this point home is [4]
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Jakob-Schwichtenberg/dp/1096195380/re...
[2] https://blog.usejournal.com/how-to-turn-physics-into-an-opti...
[3] https://github.com/hnarayanan/sicm
[4] https://natureofcode.com/
Working Through Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics
2 points · Open discussionAnd here are some source files and setup notes for the underlying SICM scheme library pertinent to macOS: https://github.com/hnarayanan/sicm
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