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I crave to learn the nitty-gritty of attitude dynamics - namely I want to get really up close and personal with angular momentum, gyroscopic motion, non-inertial effects. I'm looking for a resource which teaches me straight-forward yet rigorous methods for analyzing spinning motion dynamics - as my question states, gyroscopic motion is an example.

So far I read Kleppner's An introduction to Mechanics part on gyroscopic motion. I don't like how methods are outlined for specific examples - I want a resource that outlines general equations and uses them to work out solutions to specific examples.

Equally important is a book that is not condescending. What I mean is I don't want to read an author who skips parts of demonstrations or refers me to this and that. I want someone who talks to me with a level head and walks me through each step (the best example of such an author is Donald Kirk from Optimal Control Theory: An Introduction).

Do you know of such books or YouTube, etc. video series? Thanks a lot!

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  • N.b.: While it may, at times, be phrased condescendingly, it is not in and of itself condescending to leave out "basic" parts of arguments, or to refer to other sources for a more in-depth, basic, alternative or advanced treatment. – ACuriousMind Aug 09 '15 at 19:29
  • Yeah I phrased badly. I meant when the author says something like "obviously" or "naturally it follows"- sometimes it's appropriate to say that, but when it isn't I get upset that the person fails to see how to someone learning the subject a complicated conclusion may not appear "obvious". – space_voyager Aug 09 '15 at 19:32
  • Related: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/12175/2451 – Qmechanic Aug 09 '15 at 19:50
  • What does rigorous mean in this context? – Qmechanic Aug 09 '15 at 19:56
  • @Qmechanic Rigorous means using general equations, vector formulae, etc. - i.e. using the cross product instead of starting to multiply scalars which represent "perpendicular" projections, etc. Basically using a general mathematical approach while taking care to explain what the math "means" - it's a tough mix, but it's what I'm looking for. – space_voyager Aug 09 '15 at 20:01
  • It sounds like rigorous formalism in this context mean covariant formalism. Please note that Phys.SE only allows a limited number of res. recom. questions. The purpose of Phys.SE is mainly to answer actual specific physics questions rather than provide res. recom. – Qmechanic Aug 09 '15 at 20:39

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