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" The theoretical minimum : "
Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky.
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BL
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629079
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| Main Entry
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Susskind, Leonard.
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The theoretical minimum : : what you need to know to start doing physics /\ Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Basic Books,, ©2013.
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xi, 238 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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9780465028115 (hardcover)
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: 046502811X (hardcover)
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9780465031740 (ebk.)
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0465031749 (ebk.)
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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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 -- Central forces and planetary orbits.
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"A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.
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Physics, Popular works.
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QC24.5.S87 2013
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Hrabovsky, George.
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