The theoretical minimum : what you need to know to start doing physics
If you ever regretted not taking physics in college -- or simply want to know how to think like a physicist -- this is the book for you. In this bestselling introduction to classical mechanics, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur. Challenging, lucid, and concise, The Theoretical Minimum provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace.
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- ISBN: 0465075681
- ISBN: 9780465075683
- Physical Description xi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
- Copyright ℗♭2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The nature of classical physics -- Spaces, trigonometry, and vectors -- Motion -- Integral calculus -- Dynamics -- Partial differentiation -- 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 -- Central forces and planetary orbits. |