德国理论物理学家W．Griner等教授撰写的13卷集“理论物理学教科书”，是一套内容完整实用面向大学生和硕士研究生的现代物理学教材。它以系统的、统一的、连贯的方式阐述了现代理论物理学的各个方面。本套教材的特点：①取材新颖。作者十分重视新实验数据对理论物理学概念发展和深化的重要作用，不断引人大量新的材料扩充其内容。②内容叙述简明、清晰、易懂，数学推导详尽。③每卷中都输入了数以百计的例题和并均给出了详细的解答。这在当前理物理学的大量出版物中是极为难得的，它能帮助和辅导学生把理论物理学的概念与方法应用于解决物理学家感兴趣的实验问题。④书中每章后附有与本章内容有关的科学家传略。内括5部分：移动坐标系中的牛顿力学；质点系力学；振动系统；刚体力学；拉格朗日方程；哈密顿理论；非线性动力学。

Part I Newtonian Mechanics in Moving Coordinate Systems
1 Newton's Equations in a Rotating Coordinate System
1.1 Introduction of the Operator D
1.2 Formulation of Newton's Equation in the Rotating Coordinate System
1.3 Newton's Equations in Systems with Arbitrary Relative Motion
2 Free Fall on the Rotating Earth
2.1 Perturbation Calculation
2.2 Method of Successive Approximation
2.3 Exact Solution
3 Foucault's Pendulum
3.1 Solution of the Differential Equations
3.2 Discussion of the Solution
Part II Mechanics of Particle Systems
4 Degrees of Freedom
4.1 Degrees of Freedom of a Rigid Body
5 Center of Gravity
6 Mechanical Fundamental Quantities of Systems of Mass Points
6.1 Linear Momentum of the Many-Body System
6.2 Angular Momentum of the Many-Body System
6.3 Energy Law of the Many-Body System
6.4 Transformation to Center-of-Mass Coordinates
6.5 Transformation of the Kinetic Energy
Part III Vibrating Systems
7 Vibrations of Coupled Mass Points
7.1 The Vibrating Chain
8 The Vibrating String
8.1 Solution of the Wave Equation
8.2 Normal Vibrations
9 Fourier Series
10 The Vibrating Membrane
10.1 Derivation of the Differential Equation
10.2 Solution of the Differential Equation
10.3 Inclusion of the Boundary Conditions
10.4 Eigenfrequencies
10.5 Degeneracy
10.6 Nodal Lines
10.7 General Solution
10.8 Superposition of Node Line Figures
10.9 The Circular Membrane
10.10 Solution of Bessel's Differential Equation
Part IV Mechanics of Rigid Bodies
11 Rotation About a Fixed Axis
11.1 Moment of Inertia
11.2 The Physical Pendulum
12 Rotation About a Point
12.1 Tensor of Inertia
12.2 Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Rigid Body
12.3 The Principal Axes of Inertia
12.4 Existence and Orthogonality of the Principal Axes
12.5 Transformation of the Tensor of Inertia