Talk:Kinematics

Possible Merge
There is already a book on theoretical mechanics (predates this book with a few months ;-) ). Perhaps it might be a good idea to merge the content of this book with Theoretical Mechanics? --Patrik 13:02, 9 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Patrik,


 * This book would not be a good addition to the theoretical mechanics book. The reason for this comes from the definition for mechanics, which I quote from Wiktionary: "That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies."


 * The primary point of kinematics (as opposed to kinetics, which you might have been thinking of), is that one looks at the range of motion of objects without respect to the forces involved in this movement. Looking at kinematics from a mechanics standpoint is more in the realm of a course in mechanisms, robotics, or kinetics.


 * Since it has been nearly a year since your post and no one has responded, I am going to remove the merger request from the main page.


 * Âme Errante 11:41, 30 July 2006 (UTC)