The theoretical minimum : what you need to know to start doing physics /
Susskind, Leonard.
The theoretical minimum : what you need to know to start doing physics / Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. - 1st ed. - New York : Basic Books, c2013. - xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
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 -- Appendix 1. Central forces and planetary orbits.
"A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.
046502811X (hardcover) 0465031749 (ebk.) 9780465028115 (hardcover) 9780465031740 (ebk.)
2012953679
Physics--Popular works.
The theoretical minimum : what you need to know to start doing physics / Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. - 1st ed. - New York : Basic Books, c2013. - xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
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 -- Appendix 1. Central forces and planetary orbits.
"A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.
046502811X (hardcover) 0465031749 (ebk.) 9780465028115 (hardcover) 9780465031740 (ebk.)
2012953679
Physics--Popular works.