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@BOOK{Coopersmith:596140,
      author       = {Coopersmith, Jennifer},
      title        = {{T}he lazy universe: an introduction to the principle of
                      least action; {F}irst edition},
      address      = {Oxford},
      publisher    = {Oxford University Press},
      reportid     = {PUBDB-2023-06071},
      isbn         = {9780198743040},
      pages        = {xii, 267 pages : illustrations, diagrams},
      year         = {2017},
      abstract     = {This book is about 'action' and the Principle of Least
                      Action. These ideas are at the heart of physical science and
                      engineering. Physics is well known as being concerned with
                      grand conservatory principles (e.g. the conservation of
                      energy) but equally important is the optimization principle
                      (such as getting somewhere in the shortest time or with the
                      least resistance). The book explains: why an optimization
                      principle underlies physics, what action is, what 'the
                      Hamiltonian' is, and how new insights into energy, space,
                      and time arise. It assumes some background in the physical
                      sciences, at the level of undergraduate science, but it is
                      not a textbook. The requisite derivations and worked
                      examples are given but may be skim-read if desired. The
                      author draws from Cornelius Lanczos's book 'The Variational
                      Principles of Mechanics' (1949 and 1970). The present book
                      is no mere copy with the difficult bits left out. It aims to
                      explain ideas rather than achieve technical competence, and
                      to show how Least Action leads into the whole of physics.},
      keywords     = {Principle of least action (DE-H253) / Hamiltonian mechanics
                      (DE-H253) / Principle of stationary action (DE-H253) /
                      Physics (Philosophy) (DE-H253) / Mathematical physics
                      (DE-H253) / Laczos, Cornelius (DE-H253)},
      ddc          = {531.11},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
      url          = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596140},
}