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The theoretical minimum : what you need to know to start doing physics / Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 046502811X (hardcover)
  • 0465031749 (ebk.)
  • 9780465028115 (hardcover)
  • 9780465031740 (ebk.)
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 530 S964 Available 33111007177724
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 530 S964 Available 33111007116441
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2013

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 skillsyou 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.

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.

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