Understanding Pendulums A Brief Introduction /

• Main Author: Pook, L.P (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 12
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Mathematics.; Physics.; Popular works.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Physics, general.; History of Science.; Mathematics, general.; Popular Science, general.

Despite their apparent simplicity, the behaviour of pendulums can be remarkably complicated. Historically, pendulums for specific purposes have been developed using a combination of simplified theory and trial and error. There do not appear to be any introductory books on pendulums, written at an in...