Books Roadmap & Reading Paths
This roadmap is a navigation aid, not a completion schedule or curriculum validation. Reading time depends on background, proof checking, exercise depth, and whether readers reproduce the computational work.
Publication-State Key
- Available: the canonical manuscript source and public chapter map exist at the reviewed revision.
- Scaffolded: a notebook file and tutorial title exist; execution, numerical correctness, and reproducibility are not established.
- Provisional: explanatory, mathematical, or empirical claims require the hypotheses and evidence stated in the manuscript and cited sources.
- Planned: a desired artifact or validation step does not yet exist and must not be treated as delivered.
All six volumes (0 through V) are available, provisional research-development manuscripts. The 40 mapped notebooks for Volumes I–IV are scaffolded in notebooks/geometry_of_motion/manifest.json. The route audit does not qualify the books as complete courses, reference standards, clinical guidance, coaching guidance, or validated software documentation.
Choose a Bounded Entry Path
Control Theory and Robotics
Suggested order: Volume I, Volume II, then selected Volume III chapters. Readers should already be comfortable with linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, state-space control, and local linearization. The manuscripts do not replace primary references or application-specific controller verification.
Biomechanics and Movement Science
Suggested order: the Geometry of Motion overview, Volume III, then selected Volume I material. Inverse-dynamics, muscle-force, tissue-load, neural, clinical, and coaching interpretations remain separated by the evidence ladder on the Volume III page.
Golf Mechanics
Suggested order: The Physics of Golf, the learning-path resources, then selected Volumes I-II chapters. Introductory articles still assume basic mechanics literacy; examples do not establish player-specific coaching or equipment prescriptions.
Cross-Volume Study
Suggested order: Volumes I-IV, followed by application articles and critiques. “Cross-volume” describes breadth of navigation, not mastery or comprehensive coverage. Readers should check each chapter’s source, assumptions, and validation state before reuse.
Reviewed Manuscript Coverage
| Volume | Canonical chapter coverage at the reviewed revision | Suggested prerequisites | Public state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 — The Mathematical Primer | 12 substantive chapters | Multivariable calculus, introductory ODEs | Available, HTML & LaTeX |
| I — Tangent-Space Methods | 10 substantive chapters, including 3B and 9 | Linear algebra, ODEs, state-space control | Available, provisional |
| II — Control Is Motion | 11 substantive chapters | Volume I concepts or equivalent nonlinear-control background | Available, provisional |
| III — Biomechanics - Biology to Systems | 10 substantive chapters | Multibody mechanics and basic biomechanics | Available, provisional |
| IV — Human Motor Control | 12 substantive chapters, including 7B | Prior volumes plus motor-control/neuroscience literacy | Available, provisional |
| V — Practical Application | 10 substantive chapters | Python, simulation, robotic modeling | Available, PDF & LaTeX |
Counts are derived from the chapter inputs in the six canonical main.tex files. Glossaries, further-reading sections, and nomenclature inputs are not counted as substantive chapters. A chapter’s presence does not establish pedagogical completeness, peer review, empirical validation, or notebook execution.
What Is Available Now
- Revision-pinned LaTeX source links on each volume page.
- Public chapter descriptions aligned to every substantive chapter included by the canonical manuscripts.
- Scaffolded notebook links whose limits are stated on each volume page.
- Software and provider status, which is tracked separately from manuscript availability.
- Research reviews, critiques, and unresolved questions.
Known Development Gates
- Execute and independently validate notebook outputs before changing any notebook from scaffolded to validated.
- Add chapter-level web renderings only when they remain traceable to the canonical manuscript source.
- Distinguish heuristic word-count reading-time displays (which must be explicitly flagged and labelled as estimates) from calibrated empirical reading-time evidence or formal workload schedules.
- Add audience-specific learning assessments before claiming instructional sufficiency or prerequisite waivers.
- Keep book prose, software capability, empirical evidence, and clinical/coaching interpretation in separate publication states.
Citation and Reuse
Use the revision-pinned manuscript links on the individual volume pages and inspect each source’s bibliography. A source file being available does not by itself supply a complete citation record or license a stronger claim than the source supports.
Next Steps
- Choose an entry path above and read the corresponding scientific-status statement.
- Follow the pinned manuscript link for authoritative source text.
- Treat notebooks as scaffolded until an executable validation record says otherwise.
- Check research reviews for counterarguments and unresolved evidence.
- Check software status before attempting an implementation workflow.
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