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The task of mechanics is the quantitative description and calculation of the motion of material bodies. This is achieved in two steps:
First, a conceptual and formal framework is established in order to describe quantitatively the changes in location and form of bodies (kinematics), and then a procedure is constructed which allows, at least in principle, the motions of bodies to be calculated and predicted (dynamics).
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Honerkamp, J., Römer, H. (1993). Newtonian Mechanics. In: Theoretical Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77984-8_2
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