Updated version of a classic text (first published 1974 in Russian, and 1978 in English translation) by a man who for several decades has been universally ackno... » 

Updated version of a classic text (first published 1974 in Russian, and 1978 in English translation) by a man who for several decades has been universally acknowledged to stand at the forefront of the effort to clarify the deep mathematical problems to which classical mechanics gives rise, and who himself discovered or inspired the discovery of many of the new insights which have necessitated the update. Everything by V.I. Arnold is treasured by serious students of the fields, every such person will want to have a copy of this volume within easy reach. Written in a style calculated to engage the experience and imagination of physicists, the book is deeply mathematical but not off-puttingly so. Beautifully produced. «