Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics - Brossura

Susskind, Leonard

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ISBN 10: 0465075681 ISBN 13: 9780465075683

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2014

Riassunto

A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2013If 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.

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"Beautifully clear explanations of famously 'difficult things.'"―Wall Street Journal

"What a wonderful and unique resource. For anyone who is determined to learn physics for real, looking beyond conventional popularizations, this is the ideal place to start."―Sean Carroll, physicist, California Institute of Technology, and author of The Particle at the End of the Universe

"A spectacular effort to make the real stuff of theoretical physics accessible to amateurs."―Science News

"Very readable. Abstract concepts are well explained.... [The Theoretical Minimum] does provide a clear description of advanced classical physics concepts, and gives readers who want a challenge the opportunity to exercise their brain in new ways."―Physics World

"Readers ready to embrace their inner applied mathematics will enjoy this brisk, bare-bares introduction to classical mechanics."―Publishers Weekly

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"Beautifully clear explanations of famously'difficult' things"-Wall Street Journal

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0465075681
• ISBN 13: 9780465075683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256