This book provides an innovative and mathematically sound treatment of the foundations of analytical mechanics and the relation of classical mechanics to relativity and quantum theory. It treats time as a transformable coordinate, and so moves the teaching of classical mechanics out of the nineteenth century and into the modern relativistic era. It also presents of classical mechanics in a way designed to assist the student's transition to quantum theory.

Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases provides a self-contained introduction to the subject of granular gases at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level. It is mainly addressed to students and researchers of physics, astronomy (planetary sciences and cosmic dust) as well as mechanical and chemical engineering.