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 Susskind, Leonard - New York Basic Books 2014 - xi, 238 p.
Table of Contents:
Lecture 1 The nature of classical physics : Spaces, trigonometry, and vectors
Lecture 2 Motion : Integral calculus
Lecture 3 Dynamics : Partial differentiation
Lecture 4 Systems of more than one particle
Lecture 5 Energy
Lecture 6 The principle of least action
Lecture 7 Symmetries and conservation laws
Lecture 8 Hamiltonian mechanics and time-translation invariance
Lecture 9 The phase space fluid and the Gibbs-Liouville Theorem
Lecture 10 Poisson brackets, angular momentum, and symmetries
Lecture 11 Electric and magnetic forces
Appendix 1: Central forces and planetary orbits.
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, 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.
(http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465075683)
9780465075683
Physics - Popular works
Physics
530 / S8T4
The theoretical minimum: what you need to know to start doing physics Susskind, Leonard - New York Basic Books 2014 - xi, 238 p.
Table of Contents:
Lecture 1 The nature of classical physics : Spaces, trigonometry, and vectors
Lecture 2 Motion : Integral calculus
Lecture 3 Dynamics : Partial differentiation
Lecture 4 Systems of more than one particle
Lecture 5 Energy
Lecture 6 The principle of least action
Lecture 7 Symmetries and conservation laws
Lecture 8 Hamiltonian mechanics and time-translation invariance
Lecture 9 The phase space fluid and the Gibbs-Liouville Theorem
Lecture 10 Poisson brackets, angular momentum, and symmetries
Lecture 11 Electric and magnetic forces
Appendix 1: Central forces and planetary orbits.
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, 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.
(http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465075683)
9780465075683
Physics - Popular works
Physics
530 / S8T4