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The theoretical minimum: what you need to know to start doing physics

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2013
Basic Books New York
ISBN: 9780465028115, 9780465031740

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Abstract: A world-class physicist and a citizen scientist combine forces to teach Physics 101 - the DIY way. The Theoretical Minimum is a book for anyone who has ever regretted not taking physics in college or who simply wants to know how to think like a physicist. In this unconventional introduction, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur. Unlike most popular physics books which give readers a taste of what physicists know but shy away from equations or math. Susskind and Hrabovsky actually teach the skills you need to do physics, beginning with classical mechanics, yourself. Based on Susskind's enormously popular Stanford University-based (and YouTube-featured) continuing-education course, the authors cover the minimum?the theoretical minimum of the title that readers need to master to study more advanced topics. An alternative to the conventional go-to-college method, The Theoretical Minimum provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace.

Keyword(s): Theoretical physics ; Mathematical physics ; Popular science ; theoretical physics ; Classical physics

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Content:
  • The nature of classical physics
  • Motion
  • Dynamics
  • Systems of more than one particle
  • Energy
  • The principle of least action
  • Symmetries and conservation laws
  • Hamiltonian mechanics and time-translation invariance
  • The phase space fluid and the Gibbs-Liouville theorem
  • Poisson brackets, angular momentum, and symmetries
  • Electric and magnetic forces

Note: The book runs parallel to Susskind's Stanford University-hosted continuing education course (see www.theoreticalminimum.com).
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Classical mechanics: the theoretical minimum
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Special relativity and classical field theory: the theoretical minimum
London : Penguin Books, The theoretical minimum [3], 448 pages ()  GO BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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General relativity: the theoretical minimum
[London] : Allen Lane, The theoretical minimum [4], xiv, 373 pages : illustrations ()  GO BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Quantum mechanics: The theoretical minimum
London : Penguin Books, The theoretical minimum [2], 364 pages ()  GO BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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