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LEADER: 01891cam a22003017a 4500
001 2012953679
003 DLC
005 20130627075820.0
008 121109s2013 nyua 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2012953679
020 $a9780465028115 (hardcover)
020 $a046502811X (hardcover)
020 $z9780465031740 (e-book)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn778420859
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dBDX$dKNJ$dYDXCP$dABG$dCGP$dWIQ$dBWX$dVP@$dMOF$dJQM$dCDX$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aQC23.2$b.S87 2013
082 04 $a530$223
100 1 $aSusskind, Leonard.
245 14 $aThe theoretical minimum :$bwhat you need to know to start doing physics /$cLeonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2013.
300 $axi, 238 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aA string theorist and a citizen scientist instruct lay readers on elementary principles of physics and associated math that amateur enthusiasts should know in order to study more advanced topics, in a reference that covers such topics as classical mechanics, electromagnetic fields and chaos theory--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $a"A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.
650 0 $aPhysics.
700 1 $aHrabovsky, George.