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Country United States Publication date January 29, 2013 ISBN 978-0465028115 Genre Popular science Preceded by The Black Hole War | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 256 pp. Originally published 29 January 2013 Publisher Basic Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print, e-book, audiobook Similar Leonard Susskind books, Popular science books, Physics books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lecture 1 the theoretical minimum
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (ISBN 0-465-02811-X) is a popular science book by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. The book was initially published on January 29, 2013 by Basic Books.
Contents
Overview
The book is a mathematical introduction to various theoretical physics concepts, such as principle of least action, Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, Poisson brackets, and electromagnetism. It is the first book in a series called The Theoretical Minimum, based on Stanford Continuing Studies courses taught by world renowned physicist Leonard Susskind. The courses collectively teach everything required to gain a basic understanding of each area of modern physics, including all of the fundamental mathematics.
Core Course 1: Classical Mechanics
The book, also published in 2014 by Penguin Books under the title Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum (ISBN 978-0141976228), is complemented by video recordings of the complete lectures which are available on-line.
Core Course 2: Quantum Mechanics
The second book in the series, by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman, was published in 2014 by Basic Books under the title Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum (ISBN 978-0465062904).Video recordings of the complete lectures are available on-line.
Core Courses 3-6
Lectures in the remaining four courses, on
are available on-line as video recordings.
Supplemental Courses
Further lecture courses in the Theoretical Minimum series have been delivered by Prof. Susskind, on
and these are also available on-line as video recordings.