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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.Description: xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780465028115 (hardcover)
  • 046502811X (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530 23
LOC classification:
  • QC23.2 SUS 2013
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 string theorist and a citizen scientist instruct lay readers on elementary principles of physics and associated math that amateur enthusiasts should know in order to study more advanced topics, in a reference that covers such topics as classical mechanics, electromagnetic fields and chaos theory--Summary: "A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre QC 23.2 SUS 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 014937 Available MzULM-014937

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 string theorist and a citizen scientist instruct lay readers on elementary principles of physics and associated math that amateur enthusiasts should know in order to study more advanced topics, in a reference that covers such topics as classical mechanics, electromagnetic fields and chaos theory--

"A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.

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